The efficacy and function of Tu Fuling

Poria is considered a common Chinese herbal medicine. In many cases, it is used to treat symptoms such as rheumatoid arthritis, athlete's foot, and syphilis. So what is the actual effect of Fuling? What diseases can it treat? Let us take a look at the effects and functions of Fuling, as well as the taboos and methods of taking Fuling. I hope this article can help you.

The role and efficacy of Fuling

Fuling is sweet, light, and flat. It enters the liver and liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat, dampness, and toxins, strengthening the spleen and stomach, protecting the liver, and promoting the flow of bones and joints. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" records: "It can treat five types of stranguria, turbid leucorrhea, and can also treat myrica erysipelas and erysipelas." It also records that this product can be used to simmer water to treat women's menorrhagia and secretions; "New Materia Medica" also calls it "dispelling dampness and heat, and benefiting bones and tendons." This product was originally used to treat syphilis or people with body cramps caused by mercury poisoning due to syphilis. It is very effective and is an important medicine for treating syphilis.

Fuling combined with Saposhnikovia divaricata has the pungent and warm nature to raise the spleen yang and remove dampness from the stomach and intestines. It is combined with White Peony Root to remove dampness and toxins, and to transform turbidity and eliminate filth. The three medicines work together to eliminate dampness and toxins, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and nourish the liver.

Modern scientific research has confirmed that Poria can increase the metabolism of serum uric acid and can be used to prevent gout; it is also effective in treating other symptoms caused by dampness (phlegm) heat, such as hyperlipidemia and eczema.

The role of smilax glabra

(1) Syphilis

Poria has the effects of removing dampness, detoxifying and benefiting the joints. Fuling is also one of the key Chinese medicinal materials for treating syphilis, but in fact, Tufuling Decoction was originally used to treat severe hemorrhoids. Later it was used to treat syphilis. The secret recipe is: 4 liang of Poria cocos and 7 soap beans, boil them in water and drink instead of tea.

(2) Scrofula ulceration

Cut the Poria into slices, or grind it into powder, decoct it in water or add it to porridge. It is better to eat more.

(3) Treat headaches

According to different types, different medicines should be matched. For treating headaches, you can choose 30-60g of Poria cocos, and the maximum usage should not exceed 120g. The shortest time to take the medicine is 7 days and the longest is 3 months.

(4) Treatment of knee joint effusion

Use Shentong Zhuyu Decoction as the basic prescription and increase the dosage of Chinese smilax glabra, ranging from 30g for mild cases to 120-240g for severe cases. Generally speaking, 20 doses are enough to cure mild cases, and 100 doses are enough to cure severe cases.

Based on the medicinal soup for relieving pain and removing blood stasis in the human body, the dosage of Smilax glabra can be increased, as little as 30g, up to 120g-240g. For patients with normal conditions, about 20 doses will be effective. More serious patients may need to weigh around 100g.

(5) Treatment of acute bacillary dysentery

90g each of Poria cocos (fresh), Plantago (fresh), and 30g of Andrographis paniculata. Add 1500ml of water and boil it until it reaches 1000ml. The average recovery time is 3.8 days.

Fuling's treatment

1. Treat phlegm and turbidity in the heart, dizziness in the chest and ribs

200 grams of Poria cocos, 150 grams each of cinnamon twig, Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos, and 100 grams of licorice. Take the above four ingredients, add six liters of water, boil and take three liters. Divide into three portions and take warm. It will help with urination. (Ling Gui Shu Gan Tang from Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)

2. Treat diarrhea caused by dampness

50 grams of Atractylodes and Poria, 35 grams of Poria (peeled). Chop the above ingredients into small pieces, boil 50 grams in water and take before meals. (Fuling Decoction from "Original Disease Formula")

3. Treat frequent urination and uncontrollable urination

White Poria cocos (remove the black skin), dried yam (peeled, soaked in alum water, and roasted dry over low heat). Take the above two ingredients in equal parts and grind them into powder. Take with thin rice drink. (The Confucian Way of Caring for Parents)

4. Treat sudden vomiting, fullness under the heart, ice between the diaphragms, dizziness and palpitations

One liter of Pinellia, 250 grams of ginger slices, and 150 grams of Poria (one method, four liang). Boil the above three ingredients with seven liters of water and take out one liter. Divide into portions and drink while warm. (Small Banxia and Poria Decoction from Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)

5. Treat edema, swelling of limbs, water vapor in the skin, and trembling of limbs

150 grams of Stephania tetrandra, 150 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 150 grams of cinnamon twig, 300 grams of Poria cocos, and 100 grams of licorice. Take the above five ingredients, add six liters of water, boil and take two liters, divide into three portions and take while warm. (Fangji Fuling Decoction from "Golden Chamber")

6. Treat gastric vomiting and thirst, and those who want to drink water

250 grams of Poria cocos, 200 grams of Alisma orientalis, 100 grams of licorice, 100 grams of cinnamon twig, 150 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos, and 200 grams of ginger slices. Take the above six ingredients, add one dou of water, boil and reduce to three liters, add Alisma orientalis and boil again to reduce to two and a half liters, take eight he of it while warm, three times a day. (Fuling Zexie Decoction from Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)

Fuling's Taboo

1. Don’t eat white vinegar with Fuling.

2. Patients with kidney deficiency, frequent urination, yin deficiency, internal heat, spermatorrhea, qi deficiency, and dry mouth due to body fluid injury should take it with caution.

3. Patients with kidney yin deficiency without cold and dampness, yin deficiency and internal heat leading to spermatorrhea, or qi deficiency and depression should take it with caution.

How to eat Fuling

1. Fuling chestnut porridge

15g Poria cocos, 25g chestnut, 10 red dates, 100g rice. Put water in and boil chestnuts, red dates and glutinous rice first; grind Poria cocos into powder, add slowly when the rice is half cooked, stir, and cook until chestnuts are well cooked. You can add sugar for seasoning. Our prescription uses Poria cocos to strengthen the spleen, clear away heat and dampness, chestnuts to strengthen the spleen and treat diarrhea, and red dates to benefit the stomach and intestines. It is used for spleen and stomach deficiency, poor diet, loose stools and diarrhea.

2. Fuling Chicken Wontons

50g Poria cocos, appropriate amount of chicken breast, 200g wheat flour. Grind Poria cocos into powder, mix it with wheat flour and water to make a batter, chop the chicken breast into small pieces, add ginger slices, pepper and salt as fillings, and wrap them into small wontons. Cooking. Originated from the Book of Serving and Caring for Parents. Our prescription uses Poria cocos to strengthen the spleen, clear away heat and dampness, chicken breast to strengthen the spleen and nourish blood, ginger and pepper to strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite and warm the yang. It is used for spleen and stomach deficiency, cold, vomiting, loss of appetite, and indigestion.

3. Fuling Ophiopogon japonicus porridge

15g each of Poria cocos and Ophiopogon japonicus, and 100g of corn. Cook the corn into porridge; decoct the two medicinal liquids to obtain the juice, add it when the rice is half-cooked, and cook the vegetables together. Originated from "Shenghuifang". Our prescription uses Poria to nourish yin and blood, Ophiopogon japonicus to nourish yin and clear the heart, and millet to eliminate restlessness and heat. It is used for insufficient heart yin, restlessness and heat in the chest, palpitations, insomnia, and dry mouth and thirst.

4. Fuling Wine

60g of Poria cocos, 20 red dates, 12g of Chuanxiong, 12g of wolfberry, and 1500ml of pure grain wine. Chop the medicine into pieces and put it in a clay jar. Pour in the pure grain wine, seal it and soak it for 15 days. Shake it every 3 days. Drink it 1-2 times a day, 10-15ml each time. It is suitable for treating symptoms such as low back pain, weak legs, fatigue, frequent spermatorrhea, impotence, premature graying of hair, irritability, insomnia, and poor appetite caused by weak Qi and blood, and deficiency of both Yang and Yin.

5. Poria paste

500 grams of white Poria cocos and 1000 grams of white honey. First grind the white Poria cocos into powder, rinse with water to remove the floating ones, remove the lower ones, filter out the water, rinse and dry again, repeat 3 times, then grind into powder, mix with white honey and mix well, heat and boil until the water seeps into beads, then put into a can and set aside, take twice a day, 12-15 grams each time, swallow with warm water. Regular consumption of this product is beneficial for treating edema, obesity and preventing cancer in the elderly.

Summary: Tuylum cocos has many functions and effects and can treat so many diseases. It is a precious Chinese medicinal material that cannot be over-consumed. The article introduces in detail the usage of Fuling, but if you encounter problems, you still have to go to the hospital and increase or reduce the dosage under the doctor's advice. You cannot take the medicine at will. Those with milder conditions can try the symptomatic treatment of the Fuling diet. Can treat diseases very well.