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As early as 1757, it was recorded in Materia Medica from the Heart: "Cordyceps sinensis produced in Jiading, Sichuan is the best, followed by Yunnan and Guizhou. In winter, when I am in the soil, I live like an old silkworm, and I can move when I have hair. In summer, I will be covered with long hair and turn into grass. "
There is also: "Cordyceps sinensis is sweet, protecting the lungs and benefiting the kidneys, replenishing essence, stopping bleeding and resolving phlegm, and treating diaphragmatic diseases well." There is also a record in the "Examination of Medicinal Properties" that "it is dense and refined, and it is specially designed to fill the life door".
Because of its slow sexual balance, it can balance yin and yang, so Cordyceps sinensis is a traditional Chinese medicine that can balance and regulate yin and yang at the same time.
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Chinese medicine believes that Cordyceps sinensis is flat and sweet, and it belongs to lung and kidney meridians. Has the effects of tonifying lung and kidney, stopping bleeding, strengthening body, prolonging life, resisting anoxia, reducing blood fat, sterilizing and detoxicating, calming the nerves, relieving asthma and eliminating phlegm, resisting cancer, and enhancing cardiovascular, blood, liver and kidney functions. It is suitable for deficiency of 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.
How to eat Cordyceps sinensis is the best?
About how to eat Cordyceps sinensis, the dosage is about 0.5 ~ 5 grams per person per day, and the common ones are decocting, stewing, soaking in wine and chewing directly.
From the perspective of one year 12 months, it is best for consumers who are basically healthy to take Cordyceps sinensis from September to May of the following year. If they are sick, weak, debilitated and yang-deficient, they should also take it in summer or high temperature season, instead of waiting until it is cold. Taking it at high temperature may be more effective than taking it at low temperature.
It is often heard that Cordyceps sinensis is soaked in water, but simply soaking in water can not release the effective components of Cordyceps sinensis in water. So the best way should be to decoct Cordyceps sinensis. When frying, you can fry Cordyceps sinensis alone, or you can add Lycium barbarum, Gastrodia elata and other medicinal materials to fry together. Different herbs can be used for different diseases, and the decocting time should not exceed 30 minutes, so that the temperature is not easy to be too high.