The natural Hericium erinaceus is extremely precious, and it is as famous as bear's paw, bird's nest and shark's fin in China. Its preciousness is also regarded as court cuisine, which is loved by emperors of past dynasties. It is also called dreamy mushroom.
ecology
Natural Hericium erinaceus grows deep in the forest, and because Hericium erinaceus does not grow in groups, it is not easy to be found.
Hericium erinaceus likes to grow in a natural environment with low temperature, heavy humidity, high day and night temperature, long sunshine time, heavy rainfall, dense trees and no pollution.
China's famous producing areas are Daxinganling in Heilongjiang, Gutian in Ningde in Fujian, Jinggangshan in Ji 'an in Jiangxi, and especially hailin city in Heilongjiang is known as the hometown of Hericium erinaceus, with the output ranking first in the country.
Wild Hericium erinaceus usually grows in summer and autumn, and generally grows in the wormholes of fallen trees and living trees of Quercus acutissima, Quercus amurensis, Quercus variabilis, Quercus mongolica and Juglandaceae, and hangs in the dead parts of dead or living trees.
kenel
Hericium erinaceus is an edible fungus belonging to the family odontaceae. The mushroom umbrella and stalk of the fruiting body are not obvious, and there are white fluffy meat spines on the surface of the mushroom umbrella, with diameters ranging from 8 to 25 cm.
Soft and spongy to the touch, with creamy white, it turns to light brown when it matures slowly. The thorn is cylindrical, with a length of about 0.5-6cm and a thickness of about1~ 7 mm. The meat is soft and easy to tear, and it is called "the meat in the dish" in China.
Medicinal value
Besides being used as food, Hericium erinaceus is also used as traditional Chinese medicine. The history of Hericium erinaceus in ancient books can be traced back to the book Agricultural Administration 400 years ago, when it was used as a folk food.
The nutrition of Hericium erinaceus is easily absorbed by human body, which has a good nourishing effect and also has the function of improving immunity.
It was published in the medical journal of China. Hericium erinaceus also has sedative effect, which can inhibit autonomic nervous disorder and treat insomnia.
China Medicinal Fungi (Shanxi People's Publishing House), published in 1978, was also introduced that Hericium erinaceus can be used as a fungus to treat stomach, neurasthenia, physical weakness and other symptoms.
The Compendium of Xinhua Materia Medica published in 1990 introduced the medicinal value of Hericium erinaceus in detail.
The concentrated solution extracted from Hericium erinaceus is also used as a gastrointestinal drug for sale in the market. A brand of Hericium erinaceus gastrointestinal health oral liquid is well known by most people in China, and it has been a civil health care product for more than 20 years.
nutritive value
The main components of Hericium erinaceus are carbohydrates, protein and minerals. Minerals are rich in phosphorus, iron, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium and zinc. Vitamins also contain B 1, B2, B6, B 12, vitamin PP and other vitamin B groups.
In particular, its vitamin content is 35 times that of beef, and it contains more than 3.53 mg per100g.
It also contains a lot of vitamin D and ergosterol necessary for human body, as well as various active polysaccharides.
Hericium erinaceus is also rich in dietary fiber, with up to 37 grams of dietary fiber per 100 grams, which is helpful to prevent the absorption of substances that cause cancer in the intestine and effectively help defecation, and its many effects are also expected.
Effect efficiency
Hericium erinaceus contains components that improve immunity, and can effectively prevent Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, cancer, metabolic syndrome and so on.
Clinical experiments also found that anti-acidification substances such as D-threitol, D-arabinitol and palmitic acid contained in Hericium erinaceus can effectively control blood fat and blood sugar.
Anticancer effect
Hericium erinaceus contains various polysaccharides, which can improve human immunity and then achieve the effect of inhibiting cancer cells.
General anticancer agents stop cancer cells from spreading and prevent cancer cells from moving; The polysaccharides contained in Hericium erinaceus do not inhibit the growth of cancer cells, but activate macrophages that attack cancer cells, so that human immunity can be improved, and then the growth of cancer cells can be inhibited.
Hericium erinaceus can promote the synthesis of NGF (nerve growth factor), which is an important element of brain cells. The clinical study of Tohoku University in Japan found that the extract of Hericium erinaceus is effective for the synthesis of NGF. Studies in other hospitals in Japan also pointed out that taking Hericium erinaceus can obviously improve patients with cerebrovascular disorder, Parkinson's disease, spinocerebellar degeneration and so on.
safe
Hericium erinaceus can be used as both food and medicinal materials. At present, there are no reports of side effects after taking it. Therefore, the possibility of side effects after long-term consumption of Hericium erinaceus is very low and the safety is high. Even if it is cooked as food, there is no need to worry.