The fungus is divided into two kinds of black fungus and white fungus, belonging to the family of this ear. Parasitic in the decaying trees, mainly mulberry, acacia, willow, elm, kozo five kinds of trees. Anciently known as five fungus, existing artificial cultivation. Wood ear porridge is recorded in the "Ghost Legacy Square", is made of white or black fungus and round-grained rice cooked with water, with nourishing the lungs and stomach, beneficial to the gas to replenish the deficiency, stopping the use of blood.

[Explanation of the treatment] Fungus is sweet and non-toxic, and is a good tonic. White fungus is a particularly valuable nourishment. The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica says: "Benefit from gas and hunger, lighten the body and strengthen the will." With glutinous rice for porridge, to inspire the stomach qi, the more increase the function of nourishment. Whether young or old, should be served.

White fungus, also known as silver fungus. High nutritional value, with the role of the birth of the Jin, moistening the lungs, nourishing service, stomach, gas, blood, brain, strong heart. Into the lung, stomach, kidney three meridians, so it can clear lung heat, benefit the spleen and kidney, nourish kidney dryness, and rice porridge, mostly used for the treatment of lung heat cough, dry lung dry cough, coughing sputum with blood, gastrointestinal dryness, constipation blood, menstrual disorders, as well as vascular sclerosis, hypertension and other diseases. The ancients believed that white fungus is a nourishing medicine for the lungs. Where lung heat dry cough, phlegm cough or tuberculosis hemoptysis, sputum mixed blood, blood in the stool, etc., with white fungus porridge as a nourishing tonic, auxiliary treatment, are effective.

Black fungus double called mulberry ear, with the nourishing, stomach, blood, moist function. Adapt to the collapse of leakage, hemorrhoidal bleeding, hemorrhoids, blood hemorrhoids, etc.; also applies to hypertension, constipation and so on. Ancient medical practitioners believe that fungus and rotten wood born, get a yin of gas, there is a decline in the essence of cold stomach of the evils. Black and white fungus function is more or less the same, but the white fungus economic price is higher, the clinic is often more black fungus, both affordable, without losing the effect of nourishment and nutrition.

[Modern research] both contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber and phosphorus, iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium and other minerals, pharmacological experiments have proved that it can be strong cardiac contraction of blood vessels and hemostasis, can improve the strength of the blood vessel wall, therefore, commonly used in the treatment of vascular sclerosis and hypertension.

[Precautions] 1. Cold and fever and a practical fever should not eat.

2. Black fungus has the effect of breaking the blood, so pregnant women should not eat

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