History of Poria Cocos Extract

Poria cocos may be called Poria, Tuckahoe, Indian bread or Fu-Ling in Chinese. Poria cocos is a mushroom which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and has been widely accepted in modern medicine as a treatment for inflammation and as a central nervous system depressant.

The Poria cocos is known in traditional Asian medicine to treats dampness, which is beneficial for people who are suffering from Insomnia. The Poria cocos is well known in more traditional Korean folklore as a medicinal herb which is a blessing from the Gods.

Specifications of Poria Cocos Extract specification

Main chemical constituents of Poria cocos includes: beta-pachyman, a polysaccharide beta-pachymarose, several organic acids such as tumulosic acid, eubricoic acid, pinicolic acid, and pachymic acid, 3-beta-hydroxylanosta-7,9(11). 24-trien-21-oic acid, chitin, protein, fat, glucose, sterols, lecithin, gum, choline, etc. Poria cocos has tranquilizing, diuretic, and cardiotonic effects. Poria cocos also lowers blood sugar levels, and has anti-bactrial, immunotonic, anti-cancer effects. Here are our exact specification as below :

Poria cocos extract specification

Origin of Poria Cocos Extract– Wild and Cultivated !!!

Wolfiporia cocos sclerotia were artificially cultivated using both indoor and outdoor cultivation modes and employing two substrate formulae in which the main substrate component consisted of pine sawdust,pine chips or cottonseed hulls in place of pine logs.Higher yields of sclerotia were recorded using both indoor and outdoor cultivation when a substrate containing pine sawdust combined with pine chips instead of cottonseed hulls was employed.When sclerotia were cultivated on pine sawdust-pine chips either indoors or outdoors without cover,yields were lower compared to outdoor cultivation employing a low, simple canopy.Under the latter conditions,survival rate and biological efficiency values were 92.85% and 18.25%,respectively compared to corresponding values of 96% and 22.22% for controls grown on pine wood logs.

Poria cocos look like a potato (as below picture) that may be seen growing in pine tree roots and dead barks. The common form of poria fungus is its sclerotium, most of which are in the shape of irregular chunk, sphere, compressiform, oblong, or oval. They are in different sizes, usually less than 10cm in the smaller ones and 20cm to 30cm, even larger, in bigger ones. Skin is grayish brown or dark brown, in the shape of shrinking tumor, white with slightly pin inside, and composed of numerous hyphae. Fruiting body looks like mushroom, 0.5 to 2mm in diameter. It has a special odor. This mushroom has a soft texture with a sweet flavor when used in cooking. The Poria cocos is usually dried and used in traditional Chinese medicines.

Poria cocos  Extract benifits

Poria cocos mainly contain polysaccharide, carboxymethy pachyman and triterpene. It is anew type of immunoregulation nutritivehealth food. It adopts Tuckahoe, a pure natural Chinese medicine, and it refined through mordern high techniques and advancedcrafts. It can strengthen the physiological activities and prevent disease. It can promote the functional recovery of the humanimmunity ststem. It can induce or promote induction of the interferon and leukocytic opsonin. It has indirect antiviral andanti-neoplastic effection and lessens the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy. It can protect livers, lower the enzyme(CPT),

prolong the life, calm the nerves, strengthen the stomach, improve looks and so on.

A Diuretic effect

Experiments showed that poria mushroom alone had no diuretic effect at all. However, when used in formula of other related herbs, it has the diuretic function. For example, the Chinese herbal medicine-diuretic anti-inflammatory pill is made from pure natural herbs including poria cocos, which works to eliminate inflammation, kill bacteria, clear heat, eliminate toxins and promote blood circulation etc.

B Anti-inflammatory effect

The Poria cocos has the anti-inflammatory function that is essential for the treatment of many types of illnesses like joint pain, swelling and redness in rheumatoid arthritis.. Take fuyan pill for example. Besides poria cocos, fuyan pill is made from more than 50 kinds of herbs. It has the remarkable effect on eliminating inflammation, killing bacteria, clearing heat and promoting blood circulation etc. it works on many gynecological diseases like PID, chlamydia, fallopian tube problems.

C Effects on the digestive system

The Poria cocos can also benefit many gastrointestinal problems. According to the experimental study, this herb can directly relax the isolated rabbit intestine, prevent pylorus ligation-induced gastric ulcer in rats, and reduce stomach acid.

Other effects

The central nervous system effects have also made the Poria cocos an invaluable treatment for depression. In addition to that, it also can lower blood sugar. And Poria cocos extract by ether or ethanol can strengthen cardiac contractility.

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References :

1)Rios JL., Chemical constituents and pharmacological properties of Poria cocos. Planta Med. 2011 May; 77(7):681-91.

2)Cheng S. et al., Triterpenes from Poria cocos suppress growth and invasiveness of pancreatic cancer cells through the downregulation of MMP-7. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 42: 1869-1874, 2013

3)Feng YL et al., Diuretic activity of some fractions of the epidermis of Poria cocos. J Ethnopharmacol. 2013 Dec 12;150(3):1114-8