Efficacy and function of Cordyceps sinensis Brief introduction of Cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps sinensis, also known as Cordyceps sinensis, is a valuable nourishing medicine commonly used in China. Its nutrient content is higher than that of ginseng. Can be used as medicine and edible. It is a delicious food with high nutritional value. What are the effects and functions of Cordyceps sinensis? The following is the information on the efficacy and function of Cordyceps sinensis that I compiled. Welcome to reading.

Efficacy and function of Cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps sinensis is a common Chinese medicine. Compendium of Materia Medica was first published.

Alias: Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps sinensis.

Source: Cordyceps sinensis belongs to the fungus Ascomycetes, ergotaceae. The parasite germinates in the larva of Lepidoptera, which is the daughter of its host head and dry complex. They are all wild. It grows on the sunny grassy slopes of high mountains above 2000-30000 meters above sea level, and likes to grow in loose and dry soil with rich humus.

Origin: mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai, Tibet and other places. In addition, it is also produced in Gansu and Guizhou.

Character identification: Cordyceps sinensis is a complex of insect body and fungus seat. The worm is shaped like a silkworm, 3 ~ 5 cm long and about 5 mm in diameter. The surface is golden yellow to yellow brown, rough, with the most horizontal stripes on the back, 8 pairs on the ventral surface and 4 pairs in the middle of the worm. The damaged face is full in the heart, white or yellowish, and the periphery is dark yellow. The base is rod-shaped, slightly curved, slightly thicker at the base, slightly thinner at the middle and slightly larger at the upper part. The surface is grayish brown or dark brown, up to 6 cm long and about 3 mm in diameter. The body is empty and contains white filaments when peeling. The smell is slightly fragrant and the taste is light. It is best to be fat, long, golden outside, white inside and complete base.

Main ingredients: containing cordycepic acid, which is an isomer of quinic acid; It also contains Cordyceps sinensis.

Efficacy and function: benefiting lung and kidney, relieving asthma and relieving cough, with the following functions:

1, bronchiectasis. Its infusion can significantly dilate the isolated bronchi of animals.

2. Calm down. It has sedative and hypnotic effects on mice.

3, antibacterial. In vitro, Cordyceps sinensis has inhibitory effects on Streptococcus, Staphylococcus and Bacillus anthracis. At the concentration of 1: 100000, Cordyceps sinensis still has inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Whether Cordyceps sinensis is effective in treating pulmonary tuberculosis is related to this and deserves further study.

In addition, it has inhibitory effect on intestinal smooth muscle and uterine smooth muscle of experimental animals.

Processing: The original product is medicinal.

Sexual taste: sweet and warm.

Meridian tropism: entering lung and kidney meridians.

Functions: benefiting lung and kidney, nourishing essence, stopping bleeding and resolving phlegm.

Indications: cough due to fatigue, vomiting blood, impotence, soreness of waist and knees, nocturnal emission, etc. It is mostly used for weakness syndrome, pulmonary tuberculosis hemoptysis, chronic cough and asthma in the elderly, night sweats after illness, spontaneous sweating or anemia.

Clinical application: it is mainly used for strengthening the body after illness.

1, used for weakness, dizziness, loss of appetite, spontaneous sweating and anemia after illness, especially those with low respiratory resistance and easy to catch a cold. Cordyceps sinensis can be used as a tonic to enhance resistance. Often served with duck, pork or chicken, it can also be used to stew raw fish and water fish. Clinical observation seems to have the effect of strengthening compatibility and tonic and promoting its absorption.

2, used for impotence, backache and leg weakness, nocturnal emission, etc. It is often combined with Eucommia ulmoides, Epimedium and Cistanche deserticola. Boil in water or stew abalone with dog kidney.

3. Used for cough, hemoptysis and chest pain caused by pulmonary tuberculosis due to yin deficiency. It is often combined with almond, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Ophiopogon japonicus and Colla Corii Asini. , such as Cordyceps soup; It can also be decocted with cacumen Platycladi, Folium Ginseng and Radix Scrophulariae in water.

In addition, patients with chronic nephritis often take Cordyceps sinensis, which is also good for strengthening their physique.

Precautions for use: 1, Cordyceps sinensis is a flat supplement, which has a slow effect and needs long-term administration to have an effect;

2, lung heat hemoptysis patients should not be used.

Dosage: 9 ~ 15g, decocted with other drugs or stewed with other nutrients. Cordyceps sinensis can be used as medicine.

Prescription example: Cordyceps soup: Cordyceps 12g, almond 9g, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae 9g, Colla Corii Asini 5g (dissolved), Bletilla striata 9g, Stemona Stemona 12g, decocted in water. Add 3g of Gecko powder (orally) to patients with severe cough and asthma, and 3g of panax pseudo-ginseng (orally) to patients with severe hemoptysis.

Note: 1, Tumenling, Jilin 1 species? Pupa grass? The host is a larva of Noctuidae, which often develops into a pupa before giving birth to a daughter, hence the name pupa grass.

2. Jiangxi produces a product similar to Cordyceps sinensis, named? King of vegetation? The larva looks like a centipede. The surface is grayish brown, often with a dark black section and a purple section, which is very toxic. Used for detoxification of snake venom (see Jiangxi Chinese herbal medicine1page 398).

3. The formation of Cordyceps sinensis is that after the larvae of the green bat moth are infected with parasitic bacteria of Cordyceps plants, the bacteria lurk in the body, and the larvae live in the soil in winter, so that the protein in the insects gradually solidifies and hardens and dies. In summer, when the snow in the mountain area melts and the temperature and humidity are suitable for the growth of bacteria, that is, the bud is unearthed, and the base is left in the soil to connect with the head of the larva, that is, Cordyceps sinensis.

Introduction of cordyceps sinensis

morphological character

Cordyceps sinensis is composed of insect body and fungus base, with a total length of 9 ~ 12 cm. Insects, such as three-sleeping old silkworms, are about 3 ~ 6 cm long and 0.4 ~ 0.7 cm thick. The appearance is dark yellow and rough, with most horizontal wrinkles on the back, 8 pairs on the ventral surface and 4 pairs in the middle of the worm.

The cross section is all heart-shaped, white, slightly yellow and dark yellow around. The fungus seat comes from the head of the worm, which is rod-shaped, curved and slightly enlarged at the upper part. The surface is grayish brown or dark brown, 4 ~ 8 cm long and about 0.3 cm in diameter. When broken, the heart is empty and pink. Slightly smelly and light in taste. It is best to be yellow and bright, plump and fat, yellow and white in cross section and short in funiculus. [2]

Structural features/attributes

Soluble Cordyceps polysaccharide is a highly branched galactomannan, which is based on the main chain. ( 1? 2) D- furagalactosyl and (1? 4) D- galactopyranosyl bond, with non-reducing ends of D- furanose and D- glucomannan, and branches containing (1? 3)、( 1? 5) and (1? 6) D- furan mannose [3] linked by glycosidic bond.

source

Cordyceps sinensis is a kind of medicine name, and its appearance is particularly strange. Winter is a worm, and summer is grass. So how did it change from a bug to a grass? In summer, the spores of a fungus, Cordyceps sinensis, germinate into hyphae, which drill into the larvae of hepialus moth and absorb nutrients from the larvae. When bat moth larvae are hidden in the soil, many filaments, called mycelium, grow from Cordyceps sinensis. Because all the nutrients in the larvae are absorbed, only dead shells are left, and of course they can't become bat moths. In the spring and summer of the following year, the temperature and weather are suitable, and hyphae grow out of the larvae' mouthparts and extend out of the ground. The top is slightly enlarged and rod-shaped, with many small spherical spores on the surface. These spores can fly in the air, and I don't know how many hepialus larvae will become the living places of these spores in the grass [4].

Pharmacological effects of cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps sinensis has many pharmacological effects, which are summarized as follows:

3. Influence of1on circulatory system

Effect of (1) on heart

Cordyceps sinensis has the effects of negative frequency, reducing myocardial oxygen consumption, improving myocardial ischemia, anti-platelet aggregation and anti-arrhythmia. The alcohol extract of Cordyceps sinensis has obvious protective effect on acute viral myocarditis.

(2) Influence on blood system

Cordyceps sinensis has obvious protective effect on thrombocytopenia and platelet ultrastructure injury, and has obvious antihypertensive effect on pentobarbital sodium anesthesia. The water extract of Cordyceps sinensis has a strong effect on dilating coronary artery and increasing coronary flow. Cordyceps sinensis extract can promote platelet aggregation and stop bleeding, and its alcohol extract can inhibit thrombosis.

3.2 Effects on respiratory system

Cordyceps sinensis can obviously enhance the bronchiectasis of adrenaline, regulate bronchial smooth muscle, relieve the symptoms of chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema and pulmonary heart disease in the elderly, and delay the recurrence time. At the same time, cordycepin has a strong inhibitory and killing effect on bacteria causing pulmonary infection such as tuberculosis, and cordycepic acid and cordyceps polysaccharide can repair damaged alveolar cells.

3.3 Impact on the immune system

Includes the following aspects:

(1) can enhance or weaken humoral immune function;

(2) It can enhance the phagocytic function of macrophages and improve the immune function of the body;

(3) By promoting the biosynthesis of spleen DNA, increasing the contents of nucleic acid and protein, promoting the proliferation of spleen lymphocytes and affecting the weight of immune organs;

(4) Enhance the activity of natural killer cells, thus playing an important role in anti-cancer and anti-viral infection.

3.4 Effects on digestive system

Liver is an important organ secreted by digestive glands in human digestive system, which plays an extremely important role in hematopoiesis, detoxification and fat transformation. The effect of Cordyceps sinensis on digestive system is mainly manifested in a series of protection and prevention of liver.

(1) Cordyceps sinensis can improve patients' liver function, reduce inflammatory cell infiltration and hepatocyte degeneration and necrosis, and Cordyceps sinensis mycelium has a strong role in promoting hepatocyte repair.

(2) Cordyceps polysaccharide liposome (CPL) has a certain protective effect on liver tissue damaged by CCl4;

(3) Cordyceps sinensis aqueous solution can inhibit the proliferation of liver fat storage cells and the transformation of liver fat storage cells into myofibroblasts and fibroblasts [5].

growing environment

About the growth of Cordyceps sinensis, human beings are mysterious about it. There used to be a poem that said: The name Cordyceps sinensis has a lot of connotations, and the change has produced a kind of spread. One thing can be planted at the same time, but the physics in the world is very difficult. ? In fact, Cordyceps sinensis is a combination of insects and fungi. Insects are the larvae of Cordyceps hepialus, and fungi are Cordyceps fungi. Every summer, when the snow melts on the snowy meadow above 3800 meters above sea level, little manta rays leave thousands of Qian Qian eggs on flowers and leaves. Then the moth eggs turn into worms, drill into moist and loose soil, absorb the nutrition of plant roots, and gradually raise the body white and fat. At this time, the spherical ascospores meet with Cordyceps sinensis larvae, enter the worm, absorb its nutrition and germinate hyphae. Cordyceps bat moth larvae will also become Cordyceps if they eat leaves with Cordyceps fungi.

The larvae infected by fungi gradually climbed to two or three centimeters from the surface and died from beginning to end. so this is it？ Cordyceps? . Although the larva is dead, the fungus in the body grows day by day until it fills the whole worm. In the late spring and early summer of next year, a purple grass grows on the head of the worm, which is about two to five centimeters high and has a pineapple-shaped capsule at the top. so this is it？ Summer grass? . At this time, Cordyceps sinensis is the most developed and has the highest effective components in the body, which is the best collection season. Qinghai, Tibet, Diqing and Nujiang are the main producing areas of Cordyceps in China. [2]

distribute

Cordyceps sinensis is mainly produced in the upper reaches of Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nujiang River. It is connected to Liangshan in Sichuan Province in the east, Pulan County in Tibet in the west, Minshan in Gansu Province in the north and Yulong Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province in the south. The output of Cordyceps sinensis in Tibet accounts for about 465,438+0% of the national output of Cordyceps sinensis, Qinghai Province accounts for about 33% of the national output of Cordyceps sinensis, and Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province account for about 65,438+065,438+0%-65,438+06% respectively. [2]

The way to eat

Traditional eating methods of Cordyceps sinensis

1. Boil water to make tea.

Don't drink Cordyceps sinensis in water, boil it in water. The correct way for Cordyceps sinensis is to add about a cup of water, boil it with low fire for 10 minutes, then immediately pour out the water to drink, add water to boil for 10 minutes, add water to boil after pouring out, and add water repeatedly until the boiled water of Cordyceps sinensis becomes light.

Stew with meat

Cordyceps sinensis stew is delicious, and it is most suitable for stewed Cordyceps sinensis with meat. However, it must be noted that Cordyceps sinensis should not be stewed for too long, which will easily lose the nutrition of Cordyceps sinensis. Generally, it is most suitable to stew Cordyceps sinensis for half an hour, and the health care effect is different when stewed with different meats. According to folklore, 1764, the 53-year-old emperor Qianlong felt dizzy and had low back pain. He took all the medicines prescribed by the imperial doctor in the palace, but he was not satisfied. One day, he happened to tell his favorite little Shenyang about his physical condition. Of course, Xiao Shenyang won't miss this opportunity to please Gan Long, so he will introduce his good folk doctor to Gan Long. After feeling the pulse of Emperor Qianlong, the doctor prescribed the following prescriptions: Cordyceps sinensis, Lycium barbarum, Chinese yam and black-bone chicken, which Qianlong took continuously according to instructions. A year later, Gan Long's body recovered as before, dizziness, low back pain and other discomfort symptoms not only disappeared without a trace, but also felt energetic. Gan Long asked the doctor why he solved the doctor's problem with only three drugs. Langzhong said that this credit belongs to Cordyceps sinensis collected from Tibet, and the kidney governs essence and qi, while kidney deficiency leads to essence deficiency. Cordyceps sinensis can tonify lung and kidney, benefit essence and qi, and treat deficiency. Cordyceps sinensis is a delicious food that integrates health care, health care and treatment. It can not only tonify kidney, but also delay aging after long-term use. Qianlong learned that Cordyceps sinensis has such benefits and gave your son a wonderful chess game to enjoy for life.

Grind the powder and take it

If it is too much trouble to cook or stew Cordyceps sinensis, there is a very simple and convenient method, which is to grind Cordyceps sinensis into powder with a pulverizer and then put it into capsules, so that it can be easily carried and taken regularly every day.

Cordyceps sinensis is very suitable for improving people's immunity, or recovering after operation and postpartum, but if it is not eaten properly, it often cannot give full play to its nutritional role. There are many sayings about how to eat Cordyceps sinensis on the Internet, some say to soak in water, some say to stew, some say to grind into powder, and some say to chew directly. How to eat Cordyceps sinensis is better?

Simple and effective method:

Boiled water is used as tea, not boiled water. This method is simple and effective. Usually, Cordyceps sinensis should be cooked for 6 ~ 10 minutes at a time. Pay attention to slow fire and cook for a short time. Drink the water immediately after it is boiled, and add water while drinking. Cordyceps sinensis is the most nutritious when its water is darkest. At this time, water must not be wasted. Usually, the water of Cordyceps sinensis goes through a process from light to thick and then to light, and the aftertaste is also very long. Don't drink Cordyceps sinensis when its water turns pale or even white. You can eat Cordyceps sinensis. A pot of Cordyceps sinensis can be drunk for at least half an hour, and water is added for 4 ~ 6 times.

Stewed with meat products, this method is a traditional feast of Cordyceps sinensis. Combined with different meat varieties, the efficacy is different. Details can be seen in some common recipes below. The disadvantage of this method is that it is not suitable for long-term consumption every day.

Used to make medicinal wine to drink.

Grind Cordyceps sinensis into powder with a pulverizer, put it in a capsule box and take it regularly every day. This method has health hazards. If it is not taken regularly every day, it is not recommended.

Edible method

Here are some common Cordyceps recipes:

1. Braised mutton with Cordyceps sinensis-the secret recipe for nourishing and beautifying women

The formula is cordyceps sinensis 10g, paotianxiong 10g, cistanche deserticola 10g, mutton 10g and 2 slices of ginger.

Efficacy This soup can treat dark circles, dizziness and floaters.

manufacture

1. The mutton is boiled in a water pot for 5 minutes, then removed and washed. Wash Cordyceps sinensis, soaking Herba Dipsaci and Herba Cistanches with clear water, put all the ingredients in a stew, add appropriate amount of water, cover, stew for 3 hours, and season with salt.

Second, stewed quail with Cordyceps sinensis-a medicated diet for maternal and child health care

The formula of cordyceps sinensis 10g, 8 quails, ginger 10g, onion 10g, 2g pepper, 5g salt and 300g chicken soup.

prepare

Removing dust from Cordyceps sinensis, soaking in wine, and cleaning; After quail is slaughtered, drain the blood, scald thoroughly with warm water (70℃), remove hair, viscera and claws (chisel back to remove viscera), blanch in boiling water 1 min, take out and cool; Cut off the onion; Sliced ginger.

Put 2 ~ 3 strips of Cordyceps in the abdomen of each quail, and put 8 grams of Cordyceps in eight portions. Then wrap the chicken soup tightly one by one, put it in a cup, season it with salt and pepper, pour it into the cup, seal it with wet tissue, and steam it in a cage for 40 minutes.

Efficacy of invigorating qi and blood, benefiting lung and kidney, and relieving cough. Used for women's health care.

3. Stewed pigeon with Cordyceps flower gum-the secret recipe for nourishing beauty women.

The formula is cordyceps sinensis 10g, squab 1g, donkey-hide gelatin 30g (donkey-hide gelatin is also called fish maw, which is made by taking fish maw out of fish maw, cutting and drying in the sun) and ginger1g.

Has the effect of invigorating qi and blood, and can be used for treating weakness, dizziness and leukorrhagia of women after illness.

Making squab, unhairing, washing, washing Cordyceps sinensis and ginger, soaking in flower gum, shredding, washing, putting all the materials into a container, adding appropriate amount of boiling water and a little wine, covering, stewing for 3 hours, and seasoning.

Four. Duck with Cordyceps sinensis-Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica

Raw materials: drake 65438+ Cordyceps sinensis 0, onion ginger salt 5 ~ 10, each with appropriate amount.

Make drake, remove hair and viscera, wash, and put in casserole or aluminum pot; Add seasonings such as Cordyceps sinensis, salt, ginger, onion, etc., add water, and simmer with low fire until cooked (or put Cordyceps sinensis in duck belly, put it in casserole, add appropriate amount of water, stew it in water, and take it with seasoning).

Use with meals.

Tonify deficiency and strengthening yang. It is suitable for chronic physical weakness, anemia, cold limbs and spontaneous sweating, night sweats, impotence and nocturnal emission.

5. Braised turtle with Cordyceps sinensis and Auricularia auricula-anti-cancer diet

Raw materials: 40g of Cordyceps sinensis, 20g of auricularia auricula, yam 16g, medlar 16g, a little salt, ginger 1 tablet, 2 red dates and turtle 1 piece.

Lean pork 120g.

Production: choose a live turtle, put it in a pot, add hot water to make it completely excrete urine, cut it clean and soak yam. Soak in water with medlar and wash it for later use. Soak the fungus in clear water and wash it for later use. Wash ginger and red dates with clear water, scrape off ginger skin and cut into pieces; Remove the core from the red dates for later use. Wash lean pork with clear water, put all the above materials into a stew pot, add appropriate amount of frozen boiling water, cover the stew pot, put it into the pot, stew for about 4 hours, and season with a little refined salt.

Efficacy: This stew has the functions of invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, nourishing liver and kidney, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass. Suitable for nourishing and strengthening the body, the soup is nourishing but not greasy, not nourishing.

Dry, most suitable for large and small restaurants. It is also suitable for patients with bone tumors.

Six, Cordyceps black chicken soup-Yiqi Yangxue

Raw materials: 5g of Cordyceps sinensis, black-bone chicken 1 piece, sun-dried ginseng10g, epimedium10g, astragalus10g, Trichosanthes10g, 50g of Lentinus edodes, Lycium barbarum, jujube, yellow wine and onion.

Exercise 1. Put the sun-dried ginseng, epimedium, astragalus root and trichosanthes root into a gauze bag and soak in water for 60 minutes; Soak mushrooms and cordyceps sinensis and wash them.

2. Slaughter the black-bone chicken, remove the hair and wash the internal organs. Boil the black-bone chicken in boiling water for a few minutes, and then put it in the pot to remove the fishy smell.

3. Put all the above materials together in a casserole, add yellow wine, onion and ginger, simmer for 2 hours, take out the medicine bag and season with salt and monosodium glutamate.

Seven, Cordyceps sinensis and porridge:

6 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, Bletilla striata 10 gram, and 50 grams of japonica rice. The second medicine is ground into fine powder, and japonica rice is boiled into porridge. When the rice is almost cooked, add the powder and rock sugar and cook until the rice porridge is sticky.

This prescription uses Cordyceps to tonify lung and kidney, stop bleeding and eliminate phlegm, and Bletilla striata converges to stop bleeding. Used for cough due to fatigue, dry throat with little phlegm and hemoptysis.

Eight, Cordyceps ginseng wine:

Cordyceps sinensis and ginseng are equal. Soak in wine. Drink 1 small cup every time.

This prescription uses cordyceps sinensis to tonify kidney and strengthen yang, and ginseng to tonify vitality and tonify kidney and strengthen yang. Can be used for treating qi deficiency, kidney deficiency and impotence.

Nine, Cordyceps lean porridge

Cordyceps sinensis 10g, lean meat (sliced) 50g and millet 10g. First, wrap the Cordyceps sinensis in cloth, put it in a casserole with millet and lean pork, and add water until the porridge is cooked.

The porridge has the effects of moistening lung and tonifying kidney, invigorating qi, promoting spermatogenesis and relieving asthma, and can be used for cough, asthma, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, impotence, nocturnal emission and soreness of waist and knees caused by deficiency of lung and kidney, and can also be used as health food for middle-aged and elderly people. Daily 1 dose, taken in batches, will take effect continuously.

The best way to replenish lung: Cordyceps sinensis and duck stew together to make Cordyceps duck, or Cordyceps sinensis and pig lung stew together. The best way to tonify the kidney: soak Cordyceps sinensis in wine, and use Cordyceps sinensis soaked in wine as a drug guide, which is very beneficial to play the role of tonifying the kidney, not only faster and better, but also used with pig kidney or sheep kidney and Cordyceps sinensis. [6]

The right crowd

Cordyceps sinensis is suitable for patients with cancer, diabetes, lupus erythematosus, chronic nephritis, senile chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, shortness of breath, dyspnea and hemoptysis, as well as those with leukopenia, asthenia, hyperhidrosis, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, weakness after illness, chronic weakness or aging, deficiency of kidney-qi, soreness of waist and knees, impotence and nocturnal emission.

Matters needing attention

During taking Cordyceps sinensis, you should pay attention to the following points:

Keep a good habit of work and rest and try to avoid staying up late.

Eat less spicy or irritating food.

Take an active part in outdoor sports and relax.

Don't put too much pressure on yourself, learn to decompress reasonably. [2]

Variety classification

Cordyceps sinensis is a broad term for Cordyceps fungi, including Cordyceps sinensis. The species of Cordyceps are basically named after their morphological characteristics, hosts, place names and the names of their sexual generations, so each Cordyceps name is the name of a single Cordyceps fungus. More than 400 species of Cordyceps have been found. Cordyceps sinensis? It refers to cordyceps sinensis (Berk. Sacc, mainly produced in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is unique to China.

Cordyceps fungi belong to the fungi kingdom, fungi kingdom, Ascomycetes subfamily, Sclerotinia, Ergonomidae and Cordyceps. They parasitize on insects, spiders, ascomycetes and ergot and form fruiting bodies, forming a wide variety of groups, which are widely distributed all over the world.

There are many kinds of Cordyceps sinensis. They are Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps cicadae, Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps Liangshan, Cordyceps Sinkiang, Cordyceps Cladosporium, Cordyceps Hebei, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps Wuyishan, Cordyceps Longdong, Cordyceps Zhangjiajie, Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps militaris and Cordyceps guizhou. Cordyceps Zedi, Cordyceps Maolan, Cordyceps Brucella, Cordyceps Gao Xiongshan (light yellow Cordyceps militaris), Cordyceps globosa, Cordyceps Scarabaga, Cordyceps mandshurica, Cordyceps Cicadae, Cordyceps Stylosanthes, Cordyceps pseudomaolan, Cordyceps fine (Cordyceps nigricans), Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps Flammulina, Cordyceps Japonica, Cordyceps Sinclair, Coral, Cordyceps pseudoviridis, Cordyceps Emei, and Cordyceps powder. There are many kinds of Cordyceps sinensis, including Cordyceps tenuifolia, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps mutans, Cordyceps oryzae, Cordyceps bisporus, Cordyceps gunnii and so on. Broadly speaking, there are more than 400 species of Cordyceps reported. Among them, completely wild Cordyceps sinensis is divided into Qinghai grass, Tibet grass, Sichuan grass, Yunnan grass, Gansu grass, furnace grass and shrub grass by professionals. [8]

Medicinal components

Cordyceps sinensis contains water 10.85%, fat 8.50%, crude protein 25.3%, crude fiber 18.55%, carbohydrate 28.90% and ash 4.80%. Fat contains 13.00% saturated fatty acid and 82.2% unsaturated fatty acid. In addition, it also contains about 7% of cordycepic acid, which is an isomer of quinic acid. It also contains Cordyceps sinensis, which is light yellow crystalline powder, and can inhibit the growth of Streptococcus, Bacillus mallei, Bacillus anthracis, septicemia of pigs and Staphylococcus in test tubes. Also contains vitamin B 120.29? g/ 100g .

Source of medicinal materials

It is a complex of the daughter of the ergot plant Cordyceps sinensis and the larva and corpse of its host Cordyceps hepiali. Around the summer solstice, when the snow has not melted, it is collected in the mountains. At this time, most of the seeds are exposed on the snow. If it's too late, the snow melts and weeds grow, it's hard to find that the insects in the soil wither and are not suitable for medicine. After digging, when the insects are wet, remove the outer soil and membrane and dry them in the sun. Or spray yellow wine to soften it, straighten it, and tie it into small sticks with red lines every 7 ~ 8; Dry with low heat. [2]

Acquisition and processing

Every year from April to May in the lunar calendar, when the snow melts, it is the harvest season of Cordyceps sinensis. At this time, the emergence of Cordyceps sinensis does not exceed one inch. If this season is over, the seedlings will die, other weeds will grow quickly, and Cordyceps will disappear. After mastering the growth environment and collection season of Cordyceps sinensis, it is the key to ensure the yield to find the source of medicine and master the mining technology.

According to an experienced old man in the producing area, when looking for Cordyceps, you must bend down or look carefully on the ground (it is easy to find it in the morning, but not at noon), as long as you find a Cordyceps nearby. 10 ~ 20 Cordyceps can be found in the densest place of 1 square meter. Picking and digging Cordyceps sinensis is a meticulous and patient work. It is best to dig cordyceps with tools such as small iron bars or sticks. The distance around the vaccine is about one inch. Too close or too far is easy to dig bugs. You can't pull out the seedlings and dig directly by hand.