Garlic and Poria Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Garlic and Poria Decoction

Chinese Name: 大蒜茯苓饮

Formula

30 grams of garlic cloves, 20 grams of Poria.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Peel each garlic clove, chop finely, and mash into a paste. Wash the Poria, dry it in the sun or in an oven, grind it into a very fine powder, and place it in a pot. Add water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer until it becomes a thick decoction. Just before it is ready, add the garlic paste and stir until well blended.

Efficacy

Cleanses the intestines, kills bacteria, strengthens the spleen, and promotes the elimination of dampness. Suitable for various types of chronic diarrhea.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

Garlic cloves (Da-suan) hold the chief position in this formula. Pungent-warm in property, it enters the Spley, Stomach, Lung meridians, and works to warm the middle and remove toxins. Poria (Fu-ling) joins as the supporting deputy, sweet, bland-neutral in property, acting through the Heart, Lung, Spleen, Kidney meridians to drain dampness, strengthen the spleen and calm the spirit. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. The overall effect is to cleanse the intestines, kills bacteria, strengthen the spleen, promote the elimination of dampness, restoring balance within the chronic diarrhea framework.

Garlic and Poria Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Cleanses the intestines, kills bacteria, strengthens the spleen, and promotes the elimination of dampness. Suitable for various types of chronic diarrhea.

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