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Wolfiporia Extensa ( Peck ) Ginns ( formerly known as Poria cocos F.A. Wolf) is a fungus in the Polyporaceae family. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a terrestrial growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium that resembles a small coconut. This sclerotium ( called “Tuckahoe”, or Indian bread ) was used by Native Americans as a source of food in times of scarcity. It is also used as a medicinal mushroom in Chinese medicine. Common names include holen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling, and Matsumoto.
Poria, a saprophytic fungus that grows on pine tree roots, has a large potato-shaped formation known as a sclerotium that can be as large as 30 cm long and 1 kg in mass. The texture is soft and elastic, and the flavor is sweet and bland. The fungus is harvested and then dried in the shade. Different parts of fu-ling are used in Chinese medicine including the bark (fu-ling-pi), outermost reddish layer (chih-fu-ling), middle white layer (bai-fu-ling), and the core (fu-shen).
Poria is sweet and tasteless in flavor, neutral in nature, and it acts on the heart, spleen, and kidney channels. Being tasteless for inducing diuresis to alleviate edema, sweet for tonifying the heart and spleen, and neutral for inducing diuresis without impairing vital Qi, and for tonifying without drastic allects, it is used reinforcing and purging, as an important herb for edema, phlegm retention, diarrhea and other syndromes caused by deficiency of spleen and retention of dampness. In addition, it also has the effects of invigorating the spleen and tranquilizing.
The Poria mushroom has many health benefits and uses, including treating and managing conditions such as stomach issues, fatigue, exhaustion, tension, amnesia, nervousness, anxiety, dizziness, feeling lightheaded, restlessness, painful urination, problems with urination, tumors, excessive coughing, diarrhea, sleeplessness, and water retention.
Function:
1) Poria cocos powder will strengthen the physiological activities and prevent disease;
2) Poria cocos powder can promote the functional recovery of the human immune system;
3) Poria cocos powder used to induce or promote induction of the interferon and leukocytic opsonin;
4) Poria cocos powder has indirect antiviral and anti-neoplastic affection and lessens the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy;
5) Poria cocos powder can protect livers, lower the enzyme(CPT), prolong life, calm the nerves, and strengthen the stomach.
Application:
1) Applied in the pharmaceutical field, Poria cocos is a kind of common medicine to treat tumors;
2) Applied in the cosmetic field, Poria cocos is used as raw material to be added into cosmetics, which can delay skin aging;
3) Applied in the health product field, Poria cocos is used as raw material, such as poria cocos polysaccharide capsules, tablets, electuary, and so on.
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