Wood ear can be eaten after soaking for 20 minutes.

Depending on how you soak the fungus, you can use hot water to soak the fungus for up to 20 minutes. If you use hot water to soak the fungus, you can speed up the soaking speed of the fungus, after 20 minutes of soaking, it has almost reached the soaking state and can be eaten.

If you use cold water to soak the fungus, you generally need to soak for about 3-4 hours, then 20 minutes is not up to the state of soaking, can not be eaten, because the temperature of the cold water is lower, a short time can not make the fungus soak, the time needed to be a little longer.

The ear piece is black and glossy, the back is grayish-white, the piece is big and even, the ear flap is spreading, the body is light and dry, translucent, good flatulence, no impurities, and has a fragrant smell. Good quality dry fungus, 0.5 kg can swell hair about 5 kg.

Extended information:

Black fungus polysaccharides have a protective effect on the body damage, can slow down the aging of tissues, is considered to be the more ideal anti-aging health products. Wu Xianrui et al. reported that black fungus polysaccharide can significantly enhance the flying ability of Drosophila melanogaster, swimming endurance of mice, can make the mouse myocardial tissue lipofuscin content decreased significantly, and improve the vitality of SOD in the brain and liver of mice.

Black fungus polysaccharide can prolong the life span of Drosophila, increase the non-specific resistance to harmful stimuli in aged mice, reduce the content of lipid peroxide in animal plasma, and reduce the generation of lipofuscin.

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