Poria cocos and tangerine peel are both common health-preserving Chinese medicinal materials, but their specific effects are different. Today I will simply share with my friends the specific medicinal value of Poria cocos and tangerine peel. The main functions of Poria:
Poria is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine for "diminishing water and reducing swelling". It has a sweet, light taste and mild medicinal properties, so it is more suitable for the general public to use for daily health care. The specific medicinal value of Poria cocos mainly includes the following three points.
1. Poria cocos can dispel dampness and promote diuresis
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the light taste has the effect of expelling dampness. Poria cocos not only has a light taste, but also has mild medicinal properties. As for damaging righteousness.
For example, when there is heavy moisture in our body, skin edema often occurs. At this time, using Poria cocos to make tea, cook porridge, or make Poria cocos cakes and eat them can all play a role. It has the effect of diuresis and reducing swelling.
In addition, the use of Poria can also alleviate conditions such as poor urination, short, red, astringent and painful urination caused by severe dampness and heat in the lower Jiao.
2. Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen
The sweet taste of Poria cocos is not suitable for the spleen and stomach. For people with weak spleen and stomach transportation and transformation functions, Poria cocos can also be used appropriately to maintain health. .
For example, people with weak spleen and stomach, as well as people with excessive dampness in the spleen that hinders normal digestive function, are often accompanied by loose stools, abdominal distension, fatigue, loss of appetite, etc. Poria cocos can also be used as medicine. Relieving.
3. Poria cocos can soothe the mind
Poria cocos also has a very good effect of calming the mind and calming the mind. It can treat restlessness, palpitations, depression, and dreaminess caused by various reasons. For situations such as insomnia, using Poria cocos as medicine can also be effective. The main functions of tangerine peel:
Although tangerine peel also has the effect of dehumidifying, its main effect is to promote qi. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that tangerine peel has good effects of "regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and reducing phlegm".
1. Tangerine peel can regulate qi and strengthen the spleen
Tangerine peel has a spicy taste, and the pungency can be dispersed, and the aroma can wake up the spleen and stomach. Therefore, tangerine peel can also be used as medicine to protect people's spleen and stomach. Functional.
For example, when the qi in the spleen and stomach is stagnant, abdominal distension and pain will often occur. And if the qi in the spleen and stomach rises upward, it will also be accompanied by nausea. The feeling of vomiting can be quickly relieved by using tangerine peel as medicine.
2. Tangerine peel can dry dampness and resolve phlegm
Tangerine peel has the effect of drying dampness and reducing phlegm. It can be used for coughs and asthma caused by phlegm-dampness blockage and coughs and asthma caused by unclear lung qi. It can also play a certain role in relieving coughs, as well as some long-term coughs and asthma that do not heal.
Due to the warm medicinal properties of tangerine peel, it is more suitable for coughs and asthma caused by cold evil invading the lungs. In traditional Chinese medicine, tangerine peel is often used in prescriptions to relieve cough and asthma due to phlegm and dampness, and cough and asthma due to cold lung.
3. Tangerine peel can remove chest pain
Tangerine peel has a very good power of dispersing pungent and warming the body, and can regulate qi and regulate the body, especially for chest pain caused by qi stagnation in the chest. For diseases, dried tangerine peel is quite effective as medicine.
For example, some people have qi stagnation in the chest, or phlegm-dampness in the middle burner, and often experience chest tightness, shortness of breath, chest and abdominal distension and pain, and a foreign body sensation in the throat. At this time, tangerine peel can be used as medicine. to alleviate.