Cordyceps sinensis is as famous as ginseng and pilose antler, and it is a valuable medicinal material in China. According to modern scientific determination, "Cordyceps sinensis" contains cordycepic acid, cordycepin, amino acids, vitamin B12 and various trace elements. In medical clinic, it is an excellent tonic and strong medicine, so it has the praise of "the work is the same as ginseng, and the price is higher than ginseng". It has many functions. It can cure tuberculosis, anemia, cardiovascular diseases, stomach diseases, and even bad appetite and loss of appetite.
the appearance of cordyceps sinensis is unique in the plant kingdom. It consists of two parts, the lower part is a worm's shell, yellow or golden yellow, with clear ring lines, and the head, tail and feet can be clearly seen. The upper part is longer than the worm, a bit like a brown day lily, with fine longitudinal lines on the surface. In fact, it is just a solitary fungus, a combination of insect and fungus. There is a kind of green bat moth larva, which looks like a yellow silkworm and hibernates underground after autumn every year. At this time, Cordyceps sinensis invades the insect body, absorbs the nutrition of the insect body for a living, and constantly grows hyphae, which eventually leads to the death of the larvae. Then the skin of the worm gradually filled with hyphae and formed sclerotia. By the turn of the spring and summer of the following year, a baseball-shaped, copper-colored or brown new life body grew from the head of the worm and broke through the ground.