Poria mushroom
Scientific names: Wolfiporia cocos, Daedalea extensa, Macrohyporia cocos, Macrohyporia extensa, Pachyma cocos, Poria cocos, Sclerotium cocus, Wolfiporia extensa
Family: Polyporaceae
Alternative names: Bai Fu Ling, Bokryeong, Bokryung, Champignon Poria, China-root, Fu Ling, FuShen, Hoelen, Hongos Poria, Indian Bread, Matsuhodo, Mushroom, Polyporus, Poria, Poria Cocos Sclerotium, Poria Sclerotium, Sclerotium of Tuckahoe, Sclerotium Poria Cocao, Sclerotium Poriae Cocos, Tuckahoe
Actions: Anti-cancer, Anti-emetic, Anti-inflammatory, Immune, Nephroprotective
Background
Poria mushroom (Wolfiporia cocos) is a fungus. The spores, which store food for the fungus, are sometimes used to make medicine.
Poria mushroom contains chemicals that might reduce swelling and change immune function.
Poria mushroom has been used for memory, anxiety, fatigue, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses. There is also no good evidence to support using poria mushroom for COVID-19.
Poria mushroom contains chemicals that might reduce swelling and change immune function.
Poria mushroom has been used for memory, anxiety, fatigue, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses. There is also no good evidence to support using poria mushroom for COVID-19.
Safety Safety definitions
When taken by mouth: There isn't enough reliable information to know if poria mushroom is safe. It can sometimes cause allergic reactions.
Surgery: Poria mushroom might slow down the central nervous system (CNS). When combined with anesthesia and other medications used during and after surgery, this might slow down the CNS too much. Stop using poria mushroom as a medicine at least 2 weeks before a scheduled surgery.
Special Precautions & Warnings:
Pregnancy and breast-feeding: There isn't enough reliable information to know if poria mushroom is safe to use when pregnant or breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.Surgery: Poria mushroom might slow down the central nervous system (CNS). When combined with anesthesia and other medications used during and after surgery, this might slow down the CNS too much. Stop using poria mushroom as a medicine at least 2 weeks before a scheduled surgery.
Effectiveness
Effective Effectiveness definitions
There is interest in using poria mushroom for a number of purposes, but there isn't enough reliable information to say whether it might be helpful.
Dosing & administration
There isn't enough reliable information to know what an appropriate dose of poria mushroom might be. Keep in mind that natural products are not always necessarily safe and dosages can be important. Be sure to follow relevant directions on product labels and consult a healthcare professional before using.
Interactions with pharmaceuticals
Drying medications (Anticholinergic drugs)
Interaction Rating=Moderate Be cautious with this combination.
Poria mushroom essential oil might increase a chemical in the body called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine plays a big part in many important body functions. Some medications, called anticholinergic drugs, block the effects of acetylcholine in the body. Taking poria mushroom might decrease the effects of anticholinergic drugs.
Sedative medications (CNS depressants)
Interaction Rating=Moderate Be cautious with this combination.
Poria mushroom extract might cause sleepiness and slowed breathing. Some medications, called sedatives, can also cause sleepiness and slowed breathing. Taking poria mushroom extract with sedative medications might cause breathing problems and/or too much sleepiness.
Various medications used for glaucoma, Alzheimer disease, and other conditions (Cholinergic drugs)
Interaction Rating=Moderate Be cautious with this combination.
Poria mushroom essential oil might increase a chemical in the body called acetylcholine. Some medications that are used for glaucoma, Alzheimer disease, and other conditions, also increase acetylcholine levels. Taking poria mushroom with these medications might increase the chance of side effects.
Interactions with herbs & supplements
Herbs and supplements with sedative properties: Poria mushroom extract might cause sleepiness and slowed breathing. Taking it along with other supplements with similar effects might cause too much sleepiness and/or slowed breathing in some people. Examples of supplements with this effect include hops, kava, L-tryptophan, melatonin, and valerian.
Interactions with foods
There are no known interactions with foods.
Products
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Per capsule:
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 42.3 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 56.1 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 42.3 mg
- Pinellia ternata ext. 42 mg
- Citrus reticulata ext. 28.2 mg
- Amomum villosum ext. 23.4 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 23.4 mg
- Lindera strychnifolia ext. 42.3 mg
Practitioner product
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 38.7 mg
- Paeonia lactiflora ext. 38.7 mg
- Bupleurum falcatum ext. 29.1 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 38.7 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 38.7 mg
- Paeonia suffruticosa ext. 38.7 mg
- Gardenia jasminoides ext. 38.7 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 12.9 mg
- Zingiber officinale ext. 9.6 mg
- Mentha haplocalyx ext. 16.2 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 37.34 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 74.63 mg
- Dioscorea oppositifolia ext. 49.76 mg
- Cornus officinalis ext. 24.87 mg
- Paeonia suffruticosa ext. 24.87 mg
- Alisma orientale ext. 37.31 mg
- Phellodendron amurense ext. 24.87 mg
- Anemarrhena asphodeloides ext. 24.87 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 36 mg
- Pinellia ternata ext. 54 mg
- Uncaria rhyncophylla ext. 36 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 36 mg
- Citrus reticulata ext. 36 mg
- Ligusticum striatum ext. 30 mg
- Bupleurum falcatum ext. 18 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 18 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 36 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 35.82 mg
- Crataegus pinnatifida ext. 53.73 mg
- Citrus aurantium ext. 29.85 mg
- Hordeum vulgare ext. 35.82 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 29.85 mg
- Pinellia ternata ext. 29.85 mg
- Raphanus sativus ext. 29.85 mg
- Forsythia suspensa ext. 17.91 mg
- Citrus reticulata ext. 17.91 mg
- Amomum villosum ext. 17.91 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 31.02 mg
- Astragalus membranaceus ext. 38.79 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 38.79 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 31.02 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 31.02 mg
- Ziziphus jujuba ext. 25.86 mg
- Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa ext. 23.28 mg
- Dimocarpus longan ext. 23.28 mg
- Cyperus rotundus ext. 23.28 mg
- Polygala sibirica ext. 12.96 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 12.93 mg
- Zingiber officinale ext. 7.77 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 29.1 mg
- Morus alba ext. 29.1 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 29.1 mg
- Achyranthes bidentata ext. 29.1 mg
- Lycium barbarum ext. 29.1 mg
- Cuscuta hygrophilae ext. 29.1 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 29.1 mg
- Panax ginseng ext. 15 mg
- Astragalus membranaceus ext. 29.1 mg
- Cullen corylifolium ext. 22.2 mg
- Anemone altaica ext. 15 mg
- Polygala sibirica ext. 15 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 29.04 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 58.08 mg
- Astragalus membranaceus ext. 29.04 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 29.04 mg
- Dioscorea oppositifolia ext. 29.04 mg
- Epimedium sagittatum ext. 29.04 mg
- Cuscuta hygrophilae ext. 29.04 mg
- Cornus officinalis ext. 23.19 mg
- Lycium barbarum ext. 23.19 mg
- Citrus reticulata ext. 11.61 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 9.69 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 24.9 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 30.9 mg
- Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa ext. 24.9 mg
- Schizandra chinensis ext. 18.6 mg
- Biota orientalis ext. 24.9 mg
- Salvia miltiorrhiza ext. 30.9 mg
- Ophiopogon japonicus ext. 24.9 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 24.9 mg
- Pseudostellaria heterophylla ext. 30.9 mg
- Scrophularia ningpoensis ext. 18.6 mg
- Polygala sibirica ext. 10.35 mg
- Platycodon grandiflorus ext. 10.35 mg
- Asparagus cochinchinensis ext. 24.9 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 22.5 mg
- Astragalus membranaceus ext. 37.5 mg
- Paeonia lactiflora ext. 30 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 30 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 30 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 30 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 22.5 mg
- Ziziphus jujuba ext. 22.5 mg
- Citrus reticulata ext. 15 mg
- Schizandra chinensis ext. 15 mg
- Polygala sibirica ext. 12.51 mg
- Zingiber officinale ext. 12.51 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 12.48 mg
- Cinnamomum cassia (bark) ext. 7.5 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 22.5 mg
- Eucommia ulmoides ext. 22.5 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 22.5 mg
- Dipsacus asper ext. 22.5 mg
- Loranthus parasiticus ext. 22.5 mg
- Cuscuta hygrophilae ext. 22.5 mg
- Paeonia lactiflora ext. 22.5 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 22.5 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 22.5 mg
- Alisma orientale ext. 22.5 mg
- Morus alba ext. 22.5 mg
- Curcuma longa ext. 22.5 mg
- Bupleurum falcatum ext. 15 mg
- Ligusticum striatum ext. 15 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 22.2 mg
- Paeonia veitchii ext. 22.2 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 22.2 mg
- Cyathula officinalis ext. 22.2 mg
- Ligusticum striatum ext. 22.2 mg
- Atractylodes lancea ext. 22.2 mg
- Citrus aurantium ext. 22.2 mg
- Gentiana macrophylla ext. 22.2 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 11.4 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 22.2 mg
- Carthamus tinctorius ext. 22.2 mg
- Corydalis turtschaninovii ext. 22.2 mg
- Loranthus parasiticus ext. 22.2 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 21.78 mg
- Biota orientalis ext. 12.09 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 43.56 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 21.78 mg
- Ophiopogon japonicus ext. 21.78 mg
- Cornus officinalis ext. 21.78 mg
- Dioscorea oppositifolia ext. 21.78 mg
- Inula britannica ext. 21.78 mg
- Epimedium brevicornum ext. 21.78 mg
- Perilla frutescens ext. 21.78 mg
- Prunus armeniaca ext. 21.78 mg
- Ziziphus jujuba ext. 24.18 mg
- Citrus maxima ext. 12.09 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 12.06 mg
Practitioner product
Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 21 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 21 mg
- Angelica pubescens ext. 18 mg
- Gentiana macrophylla ext. 18 mg
- Loranthus parasiticus ext. 21 mg
- Eucommia ulmoides ext. 18 mg
- Cyathula officinalis ext. 18 mg
- Achyranthes bidentata ext. 18 mg
- Angelica polymorpha ext. 18 mg
- Ligusticum wallichii ext. 18 mg
- Rehmannia glutinosa ext. 18 mg
- Paeonia lactiflora ext. 19.5 mg
- Clematis chinensis ext. 18 mg
- Cynanchum stauntonii ext. 19.5 mg
- Cinnamomum cassia (bark) ext. 9 mg
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis ext. 9 mg
Practitioner product
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Per capsule:
- Poria cocos (Fu Ling) ext. 20.1 mg
- Astragalus membranaceus ext. 26.7 mg
- Crataegus pinnatifida ext. 26.7 mg
- Gynostemma pentaphyllum ext. 33.3 mg
- Citrus aurantium ext. 26.7 mg
- Codonopsis pilosula ext. 20.1 mg
- Atractylodes macrocephala ext. 20.1 mg
- Nelumbo nucifera ext. 20.1 mg
- Pinellia ternata ext. 20.1 mg
- Alisma plantago aquatica ext. 20.1 mg
- Morus alba ext. 20.1 mg
- Senna tora ext. 20.1 mg
- Citrus reticulata ext. 12.9 mg
- Ziziphus jujuba ext. 12.9 mg
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