The efficacy of drinking Cordyceps flower soaked in water

Cordyceps sinensis is a relatively precious Chinese medicinal material. Eating some of it on a regular basis can have a good effect on regulating the body and improving the body's immunity. For ordinary people, you can usually use Cordyceps flowers to make tea, which is quite good in lowering blood lipids and preventing cardiovascular diseases. It also has a good effect in relieving cough and asthma, has the effect of preventing and fighting cancer, and has a certain effect on beauty and skin care.

What are the effects of Cordyceps flower soaking in water?

1. Regulate blood lipids

Cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood are harmful to health, and Cordyceps flower can help increase high-density lipoprotein and reduce atherosclerosis, thereby reducing cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. Cordyceps flower has excellent effects in lowering blood pressure and intracranial pressure, and can effectively relieve cerebral thrombosis, numbness of hands and feet, coronary heart disease and other related symptoms. Cordyceps flower is an excellent health product for patients with three highs.

2. Relieve cough and asthma

Cordyceps flowers can moisturize the throat and have an antitussive and antiasthmatic effect on patients with emphysema and bronchitis. It can also be used as a medicinal dietary ingredient for long-term cough and asthma caused by lung deficiency or deficiency of both lung and kidney, and low back pain caused by kidney deficiency.

3. Prevent cancer

The cordycepin contained in Cordyceps flowers can help inhibit nasopharyngeal cancer cells and assist in the treatment of tumors.

4. Improve immunity

As mentioned earlier, Cordyceps flowers are rich in nutrients, containing protein, amino acids, cordycepin, mannitol and other substances. These substances can regulate the body's immune balance, enhance macrophage function, and improve the body's immunity and disease resistance.

5. Beauty and skin care

Cordyceps flowers are rich in vitamins and trace elements, which can help moisturize the skin, remove spots and reduce inflammation, and have good beauty effects. Cordyceps flowers can also regulate the body's endocrine system and have anti-aging effects. It is a delicacy for women who love beauty.

How to choose Cordyceps flowers

1. Look at the color. Good Cordyceps flowers are generally golden yellow or orange-red, with a natural luster. They fade after being exposed to the sun for a period of time. This is a normal characteristic of the color of Cordyceps flowers. Poor quality Cordyceps flowers are grayish yellow, black, or blue, and have very poor luster. Some dyed Cordyceps flowers are red but will not fade.

2. Smell the smell. After opening the package of high-quality Cordyceps flowers, you can smell a fresh fragrance with a hint of milk. Poor quality Cordyceps flowers have a pungent smell, with fishy leaves (cultivated with silkworm pupa powder), or a musty smell (once moldy) or sour smell (probably fumigated with sulfur).

3. Look at the water content. According to the industry standard of Xinhui Cordyceps Flower, the dryness of Cordyceps Flower must reach above 93% to avoid mold (the whole Cordyceps Flower is nutritious and can easily be contaminated by mold). Cordyceps Flower with a dryness above 93% feels hard and can be broken by hand. Poor quality Cordyceps flowers are mostly soft, with some having a dryness of less than 70%, and feel damp in the hand.

4. Look at the color of the soup. Take a few Cordyceps flowers and soak them in boiling water. The soup of good Cordyceps flowers is clear and transparent, golden yellow or orange-yellow, with almost no suspended particles. It tastes sweet and fragrant. The soup of inferior Cordyceps flower is bluish in color, feels turbid, and smells sour and fishy.