1. What are the benefits of eating edible mushrooms?
Strengthens the stomach and aids digestion
Hericium erinaceus is good for indigestion, gastric ulcers, It has good therapeutic effects on intestinal ulcers, chronic gastritis, and chronic atrophic gastritis, and it also has certain effects on gastric cancer and esophageal cancer. Morchella esculenta has the effects of strengthening the stomach and spleen, aiding digestion, regulating qi and reducing phlegm, etc. It is used to treat diseases such as weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, excessive phlegm and shortness of breath. The fruiting bodies of Coprinus comatus help digestion and treat hemorrhoids.
Relieves cough and relieves asthma
Cordyceps sinensis has obvious bronchial dilation effect, and can significantly enhance the dilation effect of epinephrine on bronchial smooth muscle, but has no antagonistic effect on the contraction of tracheal smooth muscle caused by histamine. According to Japanese reports, Ganoderma lucidum has anti-allergic effects and is effective in treating allergic asthma. Tremella aurantialba can resolve phlegm, relieve coughs, relieve asthma, regulate Qi, and calm liver yang. It is used among the people to treat coughs and tracheitis in the elderly. The effective rate of Tremella syrup in treating chronic bronchitis is about 85%, and the effective rate is 47%. It also has certain antitussive, expectorant and antiasthmatic effects.
Challogenic and liver-protective
Pseudomonas luminescens, also known as Armillariella tabescens, is the first in China to be used to treat diseases. It contains ArmillarisinA ) is a coumarin compound and is an effective ingredient in the treatment of biliary tract infections. Pseudo Armillaria has a certain effect on the treatment of cholecystitis, acute or chronic hepatitis and persistent chronic hepatitis. Coriolus versicolor, tree tongue and Agaricus bisporus mushrooms all have liver-protective properties. Russula virescens has the effects of improving eyesight, purging liver fire, and dissipating internal heat. Cordyceps sinensis has a preventive and therapeutic effect on liver fibrosis in rats caused by carbon tetrachloride.
Hyperglycemic effects
Both Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos have hypoglycemic effects. Hikino and Tomod et al. found that polysaccharide B and polysaccharide C extracted from Ganoderma lucidum fruiting bodies and some Ganoderma heteropolysaccharides have hypoglycemic effects. Tremella polysaccharides and Tremella spores have significant preventive effects on alloxan diabetes in mice. It also has a certain blood-lowering effect on normal mice, alloxan hyperglycemic mice and Hericium polysaccharide. 2. Other effects of edible fungi
Ganoderma lucidum, purple mushroom, Armillaria fungus, cordyceps and Hericium all have sedative effects and can treat neurasthenia. Black fungus is beneficial to qi and blood, stops bleeding, relieves pain, and activates blood circulation. Auricularia auricula has the effects of benefiting Qi and strengthening the body, activating blood circulation, stopping bleeding and relieving pain. Because fungus and white fungus have the functions of coagulation, hemostasis, blood replenishing, and blood circulation activation, they are also good medicines for treating gynecological diseases. The total amount of amino acids per 100 grams of Enoki mushrooms reaches 20.9g, of which 44.5% of the total amount of 8 essential amino acids for the human body, especially the content of arginine and lysine is higher than that of other edible fungi. Therefore, enoki mushrooms can promote children's physical health and intellectual development. Japan calls enoki mushrooms "wisdom-enhancing mushrooms." Ganoderma lucidum can nourish, strengthen and strengthen the body. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "if you take it for a long time, you will live longer and stay young". The boiling liquid of Dictyophora indusiata and Dictyophora duplicata can prevent delicacies from spoiling. If cooked with meat, it can also prevent corrosion. Boiling Lactarius camphoratus with food or grinding it into powder and mixing it into food can prevent food from going rancid. Its powder is used as a food flavor additive in Europe.