Historical Concise Studies On Poria Cocos

In the theoretical system of TCM,the traditional Chinese medicine is an important means for the prevention and treatment of disease.Now, more and more people advocate the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine. In order to discover new content,we must master the medical history of Chinese traditional medicine.This article take the application of poria cocos history as the research object, with the property and application of poria cocos as cut-in point, explores the use of poria cocos comprehensively and objectively in different historical periods.We can get that the knowledge in the function of poria cocos is increasingly rich from the application of poria cocos history. Before the Northern and Southern Dynasties, poria cocos had not been divided into different types. And during this period, people often paid more attention to the efficacy of clearing damp and promoting diuresis.Tao Hongjing came up with the white poria cocos, red poria cocos and the poria with hostwood During this period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, according to the literature poria cocos sometimes could make the appearance beauty and the hair black. In addition to, poria cocos could make the bones and muscles strong. During and after the period of tang dynasty, people considered that different type of poria cocos have different function. Besides, the tonic effect of poria cocos had been taken seriously. The function which Shennong’s Herbal said poria cocos could prolong life was widely used.This kind of phenomenon is not only depend on the the understanding of Poria cocos itself, but also influenced by the external factors such as the improvement of the traditional Chinese medicine theory system,the enrichment of clinical practice experience and so on.Even in today’s rapid development of medicine, the modernization of Chinese traditional medicine is always cannot leave the support of theoretical system of TCM.