Poria with Pine is the sclerotium of the fungus Poria (Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf) from the Polyporaceae family, belonging to the genus Poria. It is a fungus of Chinese Taxillus Herb that grows on pine trees, extending 20-30 cm underground. The medicinal part is the dried sclerotium that encompasses pine roots. It is most widely distributed in pine forests at an altitude of around 700 meters, found in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shanxi, and other regions.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sex sweet and bland neutral. Act on heart, lung, spleen and kidney meridians. Yaopin Huayi: "act on heart and spleen meridians." Bencao Jing Jie: "act on hand taiyin lung and foot taiyin spleen meridians." "Essential Medicine Distribution": "Act on heart meridian, and act on liver meridian."

bubble_chart Efficacy

Invigorating spleen and draining dampness, tranquilize mind and calm spirit.

bubble_chart Indications

For palpitation, severe palpitation, insomnia, forgetfulness, fright epilepsy, dysuria, edema, and diarrhea.

bubble_chart Documentation

• Bielu: "Treats wind dizziness, wind deficiency, five kinds of strain, dry mouth. Stops palpitations due to fright, frequent anger, forgetfulness. Opens the heart and benefits wisdom, nourishes the spirit."
• Yaoxing Lun: "Treats fright epilepsy, tranquilizes the spirit and calms the mind, replenishes fatigue; treats epigastric distress, pain, hardness, and fullness, and small intestine dysfunction."
• Bencao Zaixin: "Treats heart deficiency and shortness of breath, strengthens the spleen and benefits dampness."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Kidney deficiency with symptoms such as difficulty or incontinence in urination, and cold-type spermatorrhea should be used with caution.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

• After oral administration of Poria with Pine at 10-20g/kg to experimental animals, they entered a calm and drowsy state but did not exhibit sleep phenomena; for mice excited by sodium benzoate coffee bean, intraperitoneal injection of Poria with Pine decoction at 5g/kg could calm them, with a calming rate of 90% and a calming index of 3.11; if changed to oral administration at 20g/kg, the calming rate was 85.7% and the calming index was 1.64.
• The structure of Poria sugar is a branch of β(1-6) pyranoside, and when the branch is cut off to become a simple β-(1-3) glucan (i.e., Poria polysaccharide), the inhibition rate on fleshy tumor 180 reaches 98.88%.