Cicada Flower can improve the function of kidneys, which can induce kidneys to excrete some harmful substances in the body, such as creatinine and urea nitrogen.
In addition, Cicada Flower also has immune mediation effect. Cicada Flower Cordyceps can improve the function of renal tubules, have the effect of repairing renal tubular epithelial cells and inhibiting cellular fibrosis, which can treat chronic renal failure.
Consumption: after washing, cook porridge with poria, maitake, black rice and sugar.
Expanded Information:
Cicadas is the most popular herb in China. p>Cicada flower is the ergot fungus cicadas mimetic penicillium parasitic bamboo cicada after the complex, is similar to Cordyceps sinensis; and native to the Hengduan Mountains, Tianmu Mountains infected with insects for the bamboo cicada of the wild cicadas called golden cicadas flower or big cicadas grass (see Baidu library LvDi "Golden Cicadas Flower").
The processing of cicadas flowers was first recorded in the North and South Dynasties in Lei Jie's Lei Gong Gun Zhi Lun (雷公炮炙論). The efficacy was documented in Tang Shenwei's Ziqi Ben Cao (征类本草) of the Song Dynasty, as well as Li Shizhen's Ben Cao Gang Mu (本草纲目) of the Ming Dynasty and subsequent pharmacopoeias. The historical records of Cicada Flower are earlier than Cordyceps, but natural Cicada Flower is very rare, and wild Golden Cicada Flower is even rarer and more precious, which restricts the use of Cicada Flower in large quantities.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Cicada Flower
People's Daily Online - Cicada Flower Cordyceps Improves Kidney Tubule Function (Medical Talk New)