Also known as Cordyceps sinensis

Tropism of nature and taste: sweet and flat; Enter the lung and kidney meridians.

Holy medicine for nourishing yin and yang and treating deficiency

Cordyceps sinensis drugs have the functions of anti-tumor, regulating immunity, regulating cardiovascular system, delaying aging, enhancing hypoxia tolerance under normal pressure, resisting kidney injury, resisting pathogenic microorganisms, relieving asthma and eliminating phlegm, and are well-known at home and abroad for their good effects. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "Cordyceps sinensis, which is sweet and flat, protects the lung and benefits the kidney, stops bleeding and phlegm, and stops fatigue and cough, is the best one produced in Jiading, Sichuan. Winter is in the soil, shaped like an old silkworm, with hair moving, and when it is unearthed in summer, it turns into grass. If you don't take it, it will turn into a worm in winter. "

Small files of cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps sinensis is mainly produced in China, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Qinghai, Gansu and other plateau areas (3,000-6,000 meters above sea level). It is a large, stout and yellow-brown fungus, which is a complex of the stroma and the larva corpse of the entomophagidae. It needs to be unearthed in the early summer when the spores are not dispersed, and it needs to be dried to 60-70%.

Efficacy indication

It has the functions of tonifying kidney and yang, tonifying lung and relieving asthma, stopping bleeding and resolving phlegm.

Indications1.Used for soreness of waist and knees, sexual dysfunction, tinnitus and deafness caused by kidney-yang deficiency. 2. Used for chronic cough, expectoration and hemoptysis caused by lung deficiency or lung and kidney deficiency. 3. Used for physical weakness after illness or sweating due to yang deficiency and fear of cold. 4. Patients with various tumors, respiratory diseases, circulatory diseases, urinary diseases and diabetes can take Cordyceps according to their specific conditions.

Identification of authenticity

Authentic Cordyceps sinensis is like a silkworm, 3 ~ 5 cm long and 0.3 ~ 0.8 cm thick. The fake Cordyceps Liangshan or Cordyceps made of flour and bean powder is coarse, while the ground silkworm is prismatic or long prismatic and slightly curved. The appearance of Cordyceps sinensis is khaki or yellowish brown, while the appearance of branched Cordyceps sinensis is yellowish green, and it is yellowish brown or dark brown after entering the water. The appearance of Liangshan Cordyceps sinensis is brownish brown, the appearance of ground silkworm is yellowish or grayish black, and the appearance of Cordyceps sinensis made from flour and soybean flour is brownish red. Cordyceps sinensis has 8 pairs of feet, 3 pairs near the head, 4 pairs in the middle and 1 pair near the tail, among which 4 pairs in the middle are the most obvious. There are 9 ~10 pairs of cordyceps in Liangshan, which is more than that of cordyceps. The feet of other cordyceps are not obvious enough.

matters need attention

1.Cordyceps should be stored at low temperature, which is easy to deteriorate at room temperature. 2. Yin deficiency with excessive fire, damp-heat syndrome and suppurative infection should not be used. Use with caution those who have exterior evils (such as wind-cold cold, wind-heat cold or fever, etc.).