How long can a cordyceps be soaked in water?

Cordyceps is both a health product and a traditional Chinese medicine. Eating some cordyceps appropriately is good for the body, especially it has the effect of improving immunity. For patients who have just recovered from a serious illness or are undergoing treatment, they can eat some cordyceps appropriately to replenish the body's physical strength. When eating cordyceps, many people like to soak it in water. When soaking it in water, you must pay attention to the amount and time of soaking. Let's see how long a cordyceps can be soaked in water.

How long can a cordyceps be soaked in water?

Generally, 2-3 grams of the medicine is taken per day after soaking in water. Under normal circumstances, 3-5 dried roots are enough. Note that this kind of medicine can nourish qi and blood, enhance immunity, and it is best to take it with jujube. Licorice, Ganoderma lucidum, etc. are used together, usually for 1-2 days, and you can drink more water when soaking in water.

The efficacy and function of Cordyceps

1. Nourish your body

Cordyceps flowers are rich in nutrients, such as rich protein, including 18 kinds of amino acids; 12 kinds of vitamins, including vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin E and other vitamins, and the vitamin content is higher than other mushrooms; 17 kinds of minerals, including iron, calcium, potassium, sodium and so on. Cordyceps flowers also contain cordyceps polysaccharides, cordycepic acid, mannitol, SOD (superoxide dismutase, liver protein), adenosine, cordycepin and other nutrients. The nutritional content of Cordyceps flower is similar to that of Cordyceps sinensis, so Cordyceps flower can be used as a substitute for Cordyceps sinensis. After all, Cordyceps sinensis is very expensive, so eating Cordyceps flower can nourish the body.

2. Improve immunity

The cordycepin and cordycepic acid in Cordyceps flowers can enhance the physiological functions of macrophages in the human body, thereby regulating and improving the body's immune ability.

3. Anti-cancer

Cordyceps flowers are rich in cordycepin, which is an antibiotic that can penetrate into RNA (ribonucleic acid, a genetic information carrier in biological cells and some viruses and viroids), phosphorylate 3'-deoxyadenosine (deoxyadenosine triphosphate, similar in structure to adenosine triphosphate (ATP), binds to the viral deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase, inhibits DNA synthesis), thereby affecting the absorption and maturation of mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid, which is the template RNA for protein synthesis, RNA with genetic information transcribed from DNA), ultimately affecting protein synthesis, playing a role in suppressing tumors, and has an inhibitory effect on laryngeal cancer cells.

4. Lower blood sugar

Cordyceps flowers contain cordyceps polysaccharides, which can stimulate the secretion of insulin, inhibit the output of hepatic glucose, and enhance the activity of glucose metabolic enzymes in the liver, thereby achieving the effect of lowering blood sugar.