Cordyceps fresh or dried Cordyceps fresh how to eat

Cordyceps is a very precious herbal medicine, also popular among people, many people will have questions when buying it, is it better to have fresh or dried cordyceps?

Is fresh or dried Cordyceps better?

Fresh cordyceps is better. According to Chinese medicine, in addition to the "six Chan", the rest of the medicine is good for fresh, (six Chan refers to Chen Pi, half summer, Citrus Aurantium, Ephedra, Wolfsbane, Cornus), the dried Cordyceps will lose about 30%-50% of its nutrients in the process of drying, plus the high temperature stewing when consumed, the nutrients will be lost, while the fresh Cordyceps can Fresh Cordyceps can retain its nutritional structure and nutrients intact, and is more easily absorbed by the body, so fresh Cordyceps is better.

Efficacy and effects of Cordyceps

Relieves asthma and cough

Cordyceps enters the lung meridian and has the effect of tonifying lung qi, calming asthma and relieving cough. The active ingredients of Cordyceps can help expand bronchial smooth muscle and assist in the treatment of cough, coughing blood and shortness of breath caused by lung qi deficiency.

Tonifying the kidney and aphrodisiac

Cordyceps sinensis enters the kidney meridian and has the effect of tonifying kidney essence and strengthening kidney yang, which can assist in the treatment of soreness of the waist and knees, impotence and spermatorrhea, deafness and tinnitus caused by kidney yang deficiency, etc. The composition of Cordyceps polysaccharide can also help to improve sexual function to a certain extent.

Improves immunity

The components of Cordyceps polysaccharides in Cordyceps can help promote the proliferation and differentiation of immune cells such as T-lymphocytes, macrophages and leukocytes, produce various immune active factors, and enhance the immune function of the body.

Cardiovascular protection

The components in Cordyceps can help increase the elasticity of blood vessels, maintain smooth blood vessels, improve microcirculation, inhibit platelet aggregation and prevent atherosclerosis, as well as improve the heart's ability to tolerate hypoxia, nourish the heart muscle and resist arrhythmias.

Protect the liver and lower fat

The active ingredients in Cordyceps can reduce the content of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood, increase the content of high-density lipoprotein, and help reduce the level of blood lipids in the body; it can also help reduce the damage of toxic substances to the liver, prevent liver fibrosis, improve the body's resistance to disease, and is also helpful in the treatment of viral hepatitis.

Anti-cancer and anti-cancer

The Cordycepin component in Cordyceps can inhibit the absorption and maturation of tumor cells to a certain extent, and can be used to assist in the treatment of malignant tumors such as nasal cancer, cigarette cancer, lung cancer, and liver cancer.

How to eat fresh Cordyceps

Fresh Cordyceps is the most nutritious when chewed directly. If it is unacceptable, it can also be stewed with chicken, pigeon and lean meat, etc. The following is the practice of stewing chicken with Cordyceps.

Stewed Chicken with Cordyceps

Ingredients: 5 grams of fresh Cordyceps, one old hen, salt to taste. 1、Wash the fresh cordyceps to remove the mud and sand and set aside. 2、Treat the old hen cleanly, remove the miscellaneous, chop the pieces and set aside. 3、Put the hen and Cordyceps into the stew pot. 4、Add appropriate amount of water and boil on high heat. 5, change to low heat stew for about 2 hours, add salt to taste that is ready.

How to eat the dried Cordyceps

Winter worm, summer grass millet porridge

Ingredients: 10 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 50 grams of lean pork, 100 grams of millet. 1、Wrap the cordyceps in a cloth and set aside. 2、Slice lean pork into fine slices and set aside. 3、Put the medicine package into a pot with millet and lean pork slices, add the right amount of water and cook the congee. 4, when the porridge is cooked, remove the medicine package, drink porridge and eat meat.

Cordyceps tonic wine

Ingredients: 10 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 20 grams of ginseng, 30 grams of cinnamon meat, 30 grams of Epimedium, 30 grams of yucca, 1000 ml of white wine. 1、Wash the above herbs and put them into the wine altar. 2、Pour the white wine into it and seal it. 3、Let it stand for 15-30 days before drinking. 4、Take 10-20ml once, 1-2 times a day, after meals.

What to pay attention to when taking cordyceps

1, should not be long-term overdose

Whether it is fresh cordyceps or dried cordyceps, it should not be taken too much, generally fresh with about 2-3 roots can be, dried cordyceps if it is health care, it can be used within 2 grams, if used as medicine, it is recommended to use 3-9 grams can be, because cordyceps contains arsenic elements, long-term overdose may lead to chronic poisoning, damage to the human immune system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, etc.

2, should not be eaten with radish

Cordyceps has the efficacy of lung qi, while radish has the effect of moving qi and diarrhea, cordyceps and radish may affect the medicinal effect of cordyceps.

3, Yin deficiency fire should not eat

Winter worm, summer grass has strong tonic effect, yin deficiency fire people eat winter worm, summer grass will aggravate its original dry mouth, throat, five hearts, red tongue, less moss and other symptoms of yin deficiency.

4, suffering from various types of actual evidence people should not eat

The tonic effect of Cordyceps is strong, mania, high fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain and refusal to press, high voice and coarse gas, pulse and other people suffering from various types of real evidence eat Cordyceps not only can not achieve the purpose of treatment, health care, but also will lead to nausea, heartburn, overflowing blood at the corners of the mouth and other adverse reactions.

5, external fever should not eat

Winter worm, summer grass has tonic effect, external fever should not be tonic, otherwise it will lead to internal evil can not go out, resulting in external fever symptoms aggravated, and even cause nausea, vomiting and other uncomfortable reactions.

6, minors should not eat

Cordyceps has a certain effect on kidney and yang, similar to androgen, and the development of the body organs of minors has not yet been perfect, long-term eating cordyceps may lead to precocious sexual maturity.