Also called Cordyceps, it is a strange thing that grows together with insects and grass. In winter, it is the insects, and in summer, the grass grows out of the insects. The worm is the larvae of the Cordyceps bat moth, and the grass is a Cordyceps fungus. How did it grow? In summer, insects lay their eggs on the flowers and leaves of grass, and then fall to the ground with the leaves. After about a month, they hatch into larvae and burrow into the moist and soft soil. There are ascospores of a Cordyceps fungus in the soil, which only attack those fat and well-developed larvae. After being attacked by spores, the larvae burrow into the shallow layer of the ground. The spores grow in the larvae's body. The larvae's internal organs slowly disappear, and the body turns into a body full of hyphae and is buried in the soil. After a winter, when spring comes the next year, mycelium begins to grow. In summer, it grows out of the ground and grows into a piece of grass. In this way, the body of the larvae and the grass combine to form a complete "Cordyceps sinensis".

Meridians of nature and flavor: sweet in taste and warm in nature. Returns to the kidney and lung meridians.

Functions and Indications: It has the effects of nourishing lung yin, tonifying kidney yang, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, anti-cancer and anti-aging. It is a product that balances yin and yang and is suitable for all kinds of food (can be eaten by men, women, old and young, it is the most suitable for everyone) It is a wide range of supplements and does not require dietary restrictions. It is very beneficial to the body. It nourishes the lungs and kidneys and nourishes the essence. It has mild medicinal properties and does not cause dryness and heat like ginseng. It has the benefits of ginseng but no harm). It can be used for pulmonary tuberculosis, coughing up blood, impotence and spermatorrhea. Such as Dongbao Gantai, Bailing Capsule, Jinshuibao. In addition, if the body is no longer weak after the disease, spontaneous sweating, chills, etc., you can stew Cordyceps sinensis with duck, chicken, pork, etc., which has the effect of tonifying the deficiency and supporting the weak. Modern research shows that Cordyceps has antiasthmatic effects. This product is usually taken as pills and powder, and the dosage is 5g-10g each time.

Cordyceps is a plant of the Clavicepsaceae family. The dried cordyceps body is connected to the fungus base. It is 9 to 12 centimeters in length. The body of the cordyceps is like an old silkworm, 3 to 6 centimeters long and about 0.4 centimeters thick. 0.7 cm. The surface is brownish-yellow and rough, with many horizontal wrinkles on the back. There are 8 pairs of legs on the abdomen, and the middle 4 pairs of legs are more obvious. Its characteristics are like the body of a silkworm, which is light and brittle and easy to break. The cross-section is off-white, and the periphery is dark yellow. Full within. The fungus base produced from the head of the insect body is rod-shaped, curved, and the upper part is slightly enlarged. The surface is grey-brown or dark brown, up to 4 to 8 cm long. The shorter one is better.

When Cordyceps is soaked in boiling water, the insect body becomes enlarged and soft, and the color of the fungus base becomes dark brown. The insect body and the fungus base are closely connected and will not fall off. The infusion has a slight odor.

Because Cordyceps is expensive, requires a large amount of medicine, and is in short supply, some unscrupulous traders are trying their best to make fake Cordyceps. Some use silkworms, bamboo shoots, etc. to make fake cordyceps, which can be confused with the real ones, making it difficult for some traditional Chinese medicine experts with strong identification skills to identify them without physical and chemical identification methods.

However, as long as you have high identification ability and observe carefully, you can still identify it. The color of false Cordyceps is slightly yellower and duller than that of true Cordyceps. If you look closely, it is yellow with dots and smells bad. The section is off-white with dark spots and a medullary cavity. The other appearance is exactly the same as Cordyceps sinensis. After soaking the fake Cordyceps in boiling water for 10 minutes, it will slowly show its original shape, the yellow embryo will fall off, and the pseudofungus base will also begin to fall off and separate from the insect body. Some of the insect bodies turned into plant roots and ground silkworms, and some turned into zombie silkworm bodies. The fungus base slowly turned into an off-white daylily, and the dark brown color completely faded away. The soaked boiling water gradually turned into light black, slightly Sticky. We hope that users will pay attention to identification and strictly prevent fake Cordyceps from endangering people's health.