Wild straw mushroom, also known as orchid mushroom, is the third largest cultivated edible mushroom in the world. Volvariella volvacea protein contains 18 amino acids, and also contains many mineral elements such as phosphorus, potassium and calcium. It can help digestion and dissipate heat, invigorate spleen and qi, clear away heat and summer heat, nourish yin and strengthen yang, increase milk, prevent scurvy, promote wound healing, protect liver and strengthen stomach, and enhance human immunity. It is an excellent nutritional and health food for both medicine and food, which can be eaten by the general population and is a good food for diabetic patients. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat straw mushrooms, and straw mushrooms should not be soaked for too long, whether fresh or dry.

Efficacy and function of wild straw mushroom

1. Improve human immunity

Wild Volvariella volvacea has high vitamin C content, which can promote human metabolism, improve immunity and enhance disease resistance.

expel toxin

Wild straw mushroom has detoxification function. For example, after lead, arsenic and benzene enter the human body, they can combine with them to form anti-bad blood cells, which are excreted with urine.

Fight cancer

Wild Volvariella volvacea also contains a heterogeneous protein substance, which can kill human cancer cells. The crude protein content is higher than that of Lentinus edodes, and other nutrients are similar to those of woody edible fungi. It also has the function of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, especially for the adjuvant treatment of digestive tract tumors, and can enhance the vitality of liver and kidney.

4. Good products for diabetics

Wild Volvariella volvacea can slow down the body's absorption of carbohydrates and is a good food for diabetics.

Cooling heat

Wild Volvariella volvacea is suitable for eating in hot summer, and Volvariella volvacea has a certain effect of relieving summer heat.

Steps to stir-fry wild straw mushroom with celery

1. Wash celery and cut into sections. Wash and blanch straw mushrooms.

2. When the oil is hot, add minced garlic and stir fry, add celery and stir fry, add straw mushroom and stir fry evenly, simmer for a while, add salt to taste and serve.

Fried shrimp balls with wild straw mushroom and loofah

1. Peel the loofah and cut into hob blocks; Slice straw mushroom, chop garlic, remove the head and shell of prawn (keep the tail), cut a knife on the back, and remove the mud intestines with a toothpick.

2. Put the shrimp in a bowl, season with a little salt, chicken essence, cooking wine, corn flour and white pepper, and marinate for 10 minute. Heat the oil in the pan, stir fry quickly until the shrimps turn red, and take out for later use.

3. Stir-fry minced garlic with the remaining oil, then add straw mushroom and stir-fry until slightly cooked, add loofah and spray a little water on the surface to stir-fry until the loofah is half cooked, add salt and chicken essence and mix well. Finally, add the fried shrimps and continue to stir fry. Before taking out, pour in a proper amount of dilute flour water.