Poria Cocos (fulingding)

Poria Cocos (fulingding)   Poria is sweet and tasteless in flavour, neutral in nature, and it acts on the heart, spleen and kidney channels   Effects: Inducing diuresis, excreting dampness, invigorating the spleen and tranquilizing.   Indications: 1. Poria is often used in combination with white atractylodes rhizome, cinnamom twig, umbellate pore-fungus and other for inducing diuresis and alleviating edema, such as Wuling Powder, to treat retention of dampness, edema, dysuria due to insufficiency of the spleen. 2. To treat anorexia, pathologic leanness and loose stool due to weakness of the spleen and stomach, poria is often used in combination with white atractylodes rhizome, Dangshen and liquorice to benefit Qi and invigorate the spleen. 3. To treat palpitation, uneasiness, insomnia and amnesia caused by Qi and blood insufficiency and loss of vitality, poria is often used in combination with ginseng, Chinese angelica root, wild jujube seed, longan pulp and other drugs for supplementing Qi and blood, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind.