Brief introduction:

It is a perennial herb belonging to Labiatae, which can be used as both vegetable and medicine. It has been eaten by Cordyceps japonicus for thousands of years. Cordyceps japonicus is a treasure all over the body. It can be picked in spring and summer, cold-mixed, fried and made into soup, and mainly eats white and crisp annular fleshy ginseng dug up after late autumn. The rhizome of Cordyceps japonicus is as white as jade, fresh and crisp. Cordyceps sinensis has a unique flavor, crisp and fragrant, which is a must in the dish. And has the effects of refreshing brain, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, tonifying liver and kidney deficiency, and strengthening waist and knees. According to authoritative data such as Dictionary of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Cordyceps japonicus contains a variety of medicinal components, and its stems and leaves are valuable Chinese herbal medicines (rich in stachyose) after drying. The whole herb has the functions of promoting blood circulation, diuresis, dredging menstruation, nourishing yang, moistening dryness, regulating blood lipid, dredging nine orifices, benefiting joints and nourishing qi and blood, and is mainly used for treating abdominal pain, edema, postpartum blood stasis, traumatic injury and other symptoms. "Chinese Materia Medica" introduces in detail that Cordyceps sinensis can not only be eaten as a vegetable, but also be used as medicine after drying, and its function is equivalent to that of Cordyceps sinensis. Modern medical research shows that Cordyceps japonicus contains more than 2 kinds of trace elements, 18 kinds of amino acids, phenols, sugars and other nutrients needed by human body. The health-care function is extremely remarkable, which is recorded in Song's Jiayou Materia Medica. In addition, regular consumption of Cordyceps sinensis has a special effect of inhibiting the spread of cancer cells and reducing weight. It is soft gold in plants, so it enjoys the reputation of "health vegetable treasure".

Legend:

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in 54 BC, Xi Shi, a beautiful woman in Zhuluo Village (Zhuji), was born to her mother "Pearl shot and got pregnant" and suffered from congenital heartache. In the Moon Palace, the colorful golden rooster with a rhizome like a silkworm worm and a small bamboo shoot is buried in the depths of Zhuluo Mountain, and the father is asked to collect its leaves for Xi Shi to eat every spring and summer when cutting firewood, and dig its stems for Xi Shi to take in autumn and winter, so as to be beautiful and healthy. His father is Shi Meiyan. Shiai grass calls for bamboo shoots, so that the villagers can plant bamboo on Mount Zhuluo and eat it healthily. When the country was in trouble, Xi Shi put up with humiliation and helped Yue Gou Jian destroy Wu with his own body. After Wu destroyed the country, he went boating with his lover Fan Li. Enter Qi Zhitao (now Taoxian County, Shandong Province). Fan Li planted bamboo or sold medicine in Lanling, which made bamboo shoots widely planted and helped people to strengthen their health and get rich. In order to cultivate the taste of Xi Shi's hometown, he lived in different places, and his money was scattered. Fan Li was regarded as the god of wealth by later generations, and Xi Shi was regarded as the goddess of lotus. In order to commemorate the introduction of Xi Shi, in today's Shandong area, the bamboo shoots are still called Xi Shi Di Shen or Di Shen. Later, in 179, Kangxi made a private visit incognito, stayed at a farmhouse in the mountains, and occasionally ate this ginseng. After eating it, he was full of praise, which was a treasure in the cuisine. Seeing that it was born in the soil, it was shaped like cordyceps sinensis and ginseng, so it was given the name Cordyceps sinensis.

Cordyceps sinensis has a cultural history of thousands of years, but due to unreasonable human development, deterioration of natural conditions and large-scale use of pesticides, the traditional Cordyceps sinensis has long faced extinction. At present, the Cordyceps sinensis in Zhuluo Mountain in Zhuji is an original variety with a long history and culture, and its varieties are relatively old and pure. It is full, uniform in length and extremely high in nutritional value, and it has a legend with beauty Xi Shi. After many years, Zhuji Huansha Shijia Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. took the traditional wild Cordyceps Japonicus as the provenance and established wild Cordyceps Japonicus bases in many remote mountains, completely retaining the excellent genetic characteristics of wild Cordyceps Japonicus. As a kind of multi-functional health vegetable with both vegetable and medicine, Cordyceps sinensis has high medicinal value and edible value, which is full of the connotation of thousand-year regional culture. I hope it can enter the table of ordinary people as soon as possible.