How to eat Poria cocos best

Poria cocos is a very good Chinese medicinal material. It has great medicinal value and also has good therapeutic effects. Eating some Poria cocos appropriately in daily life is very beneficial to the health of the body. It has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin and has a good effect of nourishing the body. For example, you can make some Poria cocos cakes and eat them, which are also good in replenishing qi and blood. You can also make Poria tofu, lotus leaf Poria porridge, etc.

How to eat Poria cocos best

1. How to make Fuling cake

Recipe: 50g Poria cocos, 450g flour

Production

(1) Dry the Poria cocos, grind it into powder, and mix it with flour.

(2) Mix Poria cocos and flour, add baking powder, and knead with water to form a dough for fermentation. After fermentation, shape it into a 5 cm square cake.

(3) Steam the Poria cocos cake over high heat until cooked.

How to eat: Take once a day for breakfast.

2. Appetizer soup

15g of Poria cocos, 12g of Chinese yam, 30g each of barley malt, 1 fresh and 1 dried duck gizzard, boil them into soup and drink. Treats indigestion and loss of appetite in children.

3. Poria tofu

Ingredients: 20g Poria powder, 500g tofu, carrots, 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.

4. 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.

practice

1. Boil the 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.

This porridge clears away heat and relieves summer heat, calms the mind and soothes the nerves, stops diarrhea and dysentery, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on patients with cardiovascular diseases and neurasthenia.

Side Effects of Poria

Everything has its good side, but also its bad side. So people should know something about things that are closely related to them, so as to minimize the harm. So, does Poria have any side effects?

We all know that Poria cocos has a diuretic effect. If taken in excess, it will lead to excessive urination, which will damage the foundation of the body and cause serious damage to one's vitality. At the same time, patients with kidney deficiency will aggravate their disease symptoms and even experience spermatorrhea after consuming it, so they should pay attention to the dosage and the use by special groups of people.