Cordyceps sinensis, ginseng and pilose antler are listed as the three "tonics" in China. As early as 1757, it was recorded in Materia Medica Congxin that "Cordyceps sinensis is sweet, which can protect lung and kidney, replenish essence, stop bleeding and eliminate phlegm, and treat diaphragmatic diseases well". Cordyceps sinensis is flat and has no major side effects after taking it. The weak can make up for it.
Cordyceps sinensis, also known as Cordyceps sinensis, is essentially a fungus-Cordyceps sinensis of ergotaceae. Because of its production process, it is called "Cordyceps sinensis". In order to reproduce, bat moths will lay eggs in the soil, and then the eggs will become larvae. Cordyceps sinensis will invade the larvae, absorb their nutrients, continue to reproduce, and make the larvae covered with hyphae and die. This is called "Cordyceps sinensis". The next summer, Cordyceps sinensis grew a purple grass with a height of 4- 10 cm on the head of the larva, which was called "summer grass". "Summer grass" emerges from the ground, is dug out and dried, and becomes what you usually see.
Cordyceps sinensis is suitable for deficiency of both lung and kidney, deficiency of essence and qi, cough and shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, soreness of waist and knees, impotence and nocturnal emission, expectoration with blood. Because of its mild medicinal properties, compared with other tonics, it has a wider homologous range of medicine and food, and is a good tonic for the elderly, the weak after illness and the weak after childbirth. For example, patients with renal failure, tumor patients receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy, or patients who have just finished surgery can eat one or two Cordyceps sinensis every day. It is recommended to make tea with Cordyceps sinensis and drink several cups a day. When the Cordyceps becomes soft, you can chew it and swallow it.
But after all, Cordyceps sinensis is a tonic and not suitable for everyone. It's best not to eat if the body is hot. Modern people eat greasy food, often have big fish and big meat, and many people have phlegm heat in their bodies, so accumulated metabolites can't be discharged. Because of work pressure and fatigue, they often eat Chinese caterpillar fungus for tonic. But fatigue is not necessarily a sign of physical weakness. Everyone should eat Cordyceps sinensis except those who are weak after illness and postpartum. It is best to consult a doctor in the hospital first. If you take supplements blindly, you may get angry, and excessive use will also lead to palpitation, shortness of breath, irritability, erythema on your face and edema of your limbs.
At present, there are many counterfeit Cordyceps sinensis in the market, and people often regard Cordyceps sinensis as a fake. Cordyceps sinensis is found in most areas of China, but only the cordyceps sinensis from Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Gansu are particularly precious. It is best to go to a regular pharmacy to buy Cordyceps sinensis. Generally, you can refer to the following five standards:
First, the figure is complete and plump. Cordyceps sinensis looks like a silkworm. It is about 3-5 cm long and 0.3-0.8 cm thick.
The second is to observe the ring pattern. The ring pattern of Cordyceps sinensis is rough and obvious, and the ring pattern near the head is fine, with 20-30 ring patterns.
The third layer is the outer Huang Liang, and the inner layer is white. The appearance of Cordyceps sinensis is dark yellow or yellowish brown.
The fourth is to identify from insect feet. Cordyceps sinensis has 8 pairs of feet, 3 pairs near the head, 4 pairs in the middle, and 1 pair at the tail, with 4 pairs in the middle being the most obvious.
The fifth is to identify from the fruiting body of the head. The fruiting body of the head of Cordyceps sinensis is dark brown, cylindrical, 4-8 cm long and 0.3 cm thick, with fine longitudinal wrinkles on the surface.
Formula Cordyceps sinensis 10g, chicken 250g.
prepare
1 Wash Cordyceps with clear water, put it in a pot with chicken, add appropriate amount of clear water, cook for 20-30 minutes, and filter out the soup. Then, the cordyceps sinensis and chicken are boiled in water for three times, and the soup is filtered out each time.
Cook all the soup with slow fire until it is thick, and add a little salt.
Merit and intelligence, lung and kidney. It is suitable for people with mental retardation, poor memory and lung deficiency.
2. Pak Lei Cordyceps sinensis-< < Anti-cancer diet >> Page 245 August 2006 5438+0
Ingredients: 5g of Cordyceps sinensis, 50g of Pak Lei.
Production: decoction. Lung cancer patients daily 1 dose.
3. Cordyceps eggs-"Eat healthy" series (nourishing therapy) page 170+0998 May edition.
Ingredients: 3 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 2 eggs, 30 grams of rock sugar.
Production: (1). Dissolve rock sugar in water, beat in eggs and stir into egg slurry.
(2) Wash Cordyceps sinensis with warm water, put it in an egg bowl, float on the surface of the egg paste, and then stew it in water.
Efficacy: It can be used to treat physical weakness after treatment, and can also be used as an adjuvant treatment for excessive phlegm, asthma, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, impotence, nocturnal emission and soreness of waist and knees.
4. Whole Duck with Cordyceps-Medicinal Diet for Maternal and Child Health (192), first edition in August 2002; Editor: Peng
The formula is Cordyceps sinensis 10g, one old duck (1500g), Shaoxing wine 15g, ginger 5g, onion 10g, pepper 3g and salt 5g.
prepare
1. After the duck is slaughtered, remove its hair and internal organs, wash it, put it in a boiling water pot and scald it slightly, then take it out and wash it with cold water; Washing the precipitate with warm water; Wash ginger and shallots and slice them for later use.
2. Split the duck's head along the neck, put 8 pieces of Cordyceps into the duck's head, then wrap it with cotton thread, put the remaining Cordyceps into the duck's belly together with ginger and onion, put it into a cup, then add clear soup, add salt, pepper and Shaoxing wine to taste, seal the mouth of the cup with a wet tissue, and steam it in a cage for about 1.5 hours.
Efficacy: Tonifying lung and kidney and relieving cough. Used for women's health care.
1. Braised chicken with Cordyceps sinensis: Take 4 pieces of Cordyceps sinensis each time, chicken 150g, and appropriate amount of water. After stewing in water, eat meat and drink soup, and take it every day or every other day 1 time. It has the effects of invigorating qi and blood, benefiting lung and kidney, and is suitable for people with visual impairment.
2. Xiao Qiao stewed white duck: It is said that it began in the Three Kingdoms period. Zhou Yu, commander-in-chief of Soochow, led an army stationed in Chaisang, and his wife Xiao Qiao cooked nourishing dishes for Zhou Yu with Cordyceps sinensis, Eupatorium adenophorum and white duck. At that time, it was called "Chai Sang Duck". Later, it was also called Xiao Qiao stewed white duck, which is a traditional dish in Jiujiang. Features: white duck stewed with Cordyceps sinensis. The soup is rich in wine flavor, crisp and rotten, fragrant, fat and fresh, and rich in nutrition. Production method: Slaughter the white duck, wash it, take it out in a boiling water pot, remove blood foam, put it in a casserole or casserole, add washed Cordyceps sinensis, Herba Lycopi, ginger, onion, Shaoxing wine and water, cook it, and stew it with low fire until the duck meat is crisp and rotten, and the soup is thick and mellow.
3. Braised black-bone chicken with Cordyceps sinensis: From the solstice of winter to the first day of the ninth lunar month, take 9 grams of Cordyceps sinensis and black-bone chicken 1 chicken, remove hair and viscera, add appropriate amount of water, and cook in the same pot without any seasoning. Eat meat and soup after stewing. If you can't finish a meal, you can eat it twice. It is said that the old chronic bronchitis without complications will have special effects if it is taken continuously for three winters according to this method.
4. Cordyceps duck: Cordyceps duck is made of precious Chinese herbal medicines Cordyceps sinensis and husband duck. Wash the old duck, remove the dirt, sharpen it with chopsticks, make a hole about three to five centimeters deep in the duck, put the worm part of Cordyceps into the hole, and add Radix Astragali, Walnut, Schisandra chinensis, etc. Stew in a casserole for an hour or two. Indications: deficiency of lung and kidney, asthma, cough, shortness of breath, deficiency of both qi and yin, low immunity and mental retardation in children.