User:Herb5902/Fu Ling

Poria cocos Sclerotium benefits:

• improves cardiac function
• kidney function:
  • diuretic
  • creatinine
  • fibrosis

drawbacks:

• substances extracted from Fu-Ling by 50% hot ethanol significantly augmented the secretion of interleukins IL-1 beta and IL-6
  
• Interleukin 6 reduces allopregnanolone synthesis in the brain and contributes to age-related cognitive decline in mice