How to eat Poria cocos

Poria cocos is a common Chinese medicinal material. In fact, Poria cocos can also be eaten. It has high therapeutic value. Regular consumption of Poria cocos is also very good for your health. Although most people know about Poria cocos and know that it can be eaten, many people don’t know how to eat Poria cocos. In fact, there are many ways to eat Poria cocos. The following is a detailed introduction to the eating methods of Poria cocos.

How to consume Poria cocos?

Poria tofu

Raw materials: 20g Poria powder, 500g tofu, carrots and mushrooms (for 3 people).

Cooking method: Mix Poria powder and tofu evenly, season with salt and cooking wine, then put carrots and soaked mushrooms into the pot and stir-fry until half-cooked, then put tofu into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, turn to low heat and simmer slowly. It is best to season and serve.

It can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, help digestion and lose weight. Since the main ingredient of this medicinal food is tofu, people with renal insufficiency and gout should not eat too much.

Lotus Leaf and Poria Cocos Porridge

Ingredients: 1 lotus leaf (fresh or dried), 50 grams of Poria cocos, 100 grams of polished rice or millet, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Method: 1. Boil lotus leaves and remove the residue. Add Poria cocos and washed polished rice or millet into the soup.

2. Cook into porridge together, add sugar for seasoning before serving.

Efficacy: This porridge can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, calm the mind and soothe the nerves, stop diarrhea and dysentery, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on patients with cardiovascular diseases and neurasthenia.

Precautions for taking Smilax glabra

May cause itching in people with allergies

Traditional Chinese medicine indicates that there are some people in real life who are allergic to wild yam. People with this special physique may experience itchy skin and papules on the skin if they take medicinal food containing wild yam without knowing it. Severe cases may even cause erythematous papules, which will cause serious discomfort to the allergic people. Therefore, it is best to consult before eating wild yam.

Avoid drinking tea after eating Smilax glabra

Tea is a very popular drink among the Chinese people. However, many Chinese medicine practitioners will remind you to temporarily stop drinking tea when taking traditional Chinese medicine, because some elements in tea leaves may react with some of the medicines in the prescription, greatly reducing the effectiveness of the medicine. And wild yam is also a traditional Chinese medicine that easily reacts with tea, which may greatly reduce the medicinal efficacy of wild yam. Therefore, it is better not to drink tea after eating wild yam.

Tea is regarded as a health-care method. In daily life, there are many people who like to drink tea. However, when taking Poria cocos, it is best to stop drinking tea to avoid conflict between the two.

People with liver and kidney yin deficiency should not take smilax glabra.

Many people do not know what kind of physical constitution they have, so they often eat indiscriminately, which eventually leads to physical discomfort. However, it is not suitable for people with liver and kidney yin deficiency to eat wild yam. If taken without authorization, it may cause physical discomfort.