Silver fungus is a kind of fungus plant, fresh silver fungus is pure white, the shape is similar to wood ear, so it is also known as white fungus or snow fungus. The fungus is rich in nutritional value and is also a valuable traditional Chinese medicine, which is one of the best tonic used for health and fitness in the eyes of royalty.

In recent years, people's attention to health continues to increase, the silver fungus has become the general public favorite health care products, some unscrupulous merchants are attracted by the interests of the use of illegal means of processing fungus, people do not pay attention to identify, consume poor-quality fungus is easy to cause damage to health.

Chinese medicine believes that the fungus taste sweet, light, flat, non-toxic, into the lungs, stomach, kidney three meridians, there is a nourishing Yin Run lungs, spleen, stomach, kidney benefit gas, and help the efficacy of the evil.

Modern medical research has found that the silver fungus contains protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients, but also contains polysaccharides, natural gums, niacin and other biologically active ingredients, it is rich in dietary fiber, can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, detoxification and skin care effects, it contains gelatinous material to remove skin acne, freckles, to prevent skin aging.

The silver fungus can enhance the body's immunity, anti-cancer effects, it is for pneumonia, bronchitis, heart disease and other cardiopulmonary diseases have a good preventive and therapeutic effect, but also improve the liver detoxification ability, have a good liver health role.

Many friends do not understand how to identify the quality of the fungus, habitually think that since the name of the fungus, of course, the whiter the better, some bad businessmen is to seize this psychological, the use of chemical methods to artificially whiten the fungus, the more commonly used methods are the use of sulfur to smoke, or the use of fluorescent whitening agent to soak.

In fact, the growth of the fungus is white, and the market sale of the fungus are dry products, the real dry fungus is golden yellow, with a natural luster, soaked into the water after soaking will become pure white.

So buy friends must pay attention to the silver ear, too white bright silver ear may be chemically processed, do not easily fooled.

Illegally processed fungus is dangerous to health

Illegally processed fungus of the use of sulfur is a chemical substance, it is easy to adhere to the surface layer of the fungus, it is difficult to wash away with water, into the human body, free hydrogen sulfide will be produced, is a strong neurotoxic agent, will cause cellular hypoxia, resulting in a variety of organ damage.

Fluorescent whitening agent is also a chemical dyeing raw materials, after entering the body will be combined with proteins, the formation of difficult to decompose toxic substances, leading to abnormalities in liver and kidney function, and serious will induce the occurrence of liver cancer.