I-Poria cocos polysaccharide iyisakhi esisebenzayo esikhishwe emuthini wendabuko waseShayina i-Poria cocos.Ukwakheka kwamakhemikhali ayo (1 → 3)- β- D-glucan.Inemiphumela eminingi yemithi, njenge-anti-tumor, i-anti-virus, i-anti-oxidation, ithuthukisa ukuzivikela komzimba, i-hypnosis, i-anti-inflammatory, ukuqedwa kwamatshe, njll. Ngaphezu kwalokho, nayo inemiphumela yokuvikela isibindi nokunciphisa ama-enzyme. , ukubambezela ukuguga, ukuthulisa imizwa, ukuqinisa isisu, ukondla ukubukeka nokuhlobisa ubuso.