The Chinese medicine believed that poria cocus with its sweet taste and neutral properties expels dampness, invigorates the spleen and the stomach, relaxes the mind and replenishes the middle jiao.

• 中医认为，茯苓味甘、淡，性平，能利水渗湿、健脾和胃、宁心安神，入心、脾、肾三经。自古以来，茯苓做为长寿保健食品的历史超过两三千年。