How to eat and how much to use Cordyceps sinensis

We all know that Cordyceps sinensis can strengthen the body, prolong life, and cordyceps is also a type of Cordyceps sinensis. So what are the functions and effects of Cordyceps sinensis? What are the regulations on the method and amount of Cordyceps consumption? Will eating too much cause harm to your health? With this question, let’s go to the original text with the editor to find the answer!

Cordyceps is a precious Chinese herbal medicine and a good health product. It is a worm in winter and a grass in summer. It is known as "soft gold" because of its high practical value and economic value. Cordyceps is only found in alpine meadows and mountain shrub belts at an altitude of 3500-5000 meters on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in my country. The Cordyceps sinensis is the "head grass" with a length of 4-6 cm and a diameter of 0.4-0.6 cm, which is plump, round and flexible, with a water content strictly controlled at 3-5%, and the content of insect body and Panax notoginseng ash soil ≤5%, with the greatest efficacy and function.

Cordyceps should be eaten two at a time

The amount of Cordyceps consumed depends on each individual's health condition. Different people have different physical conditions, and the daily amount of Cordyceps consumed is also different. The daily intake of healthy and sub-healthy people is generally 0.5-2 grams. The amount consumed by the patient depends on factors such as the severity of the disease, the stage of treatment, the length of the current medical history, the patient's physical fitness, the severity of the disease, age, season, etc. Generally, the daily intake should be between 2-5 grams, and the daily intake can be taken 2 to 3 times.

The first step is to determine the amount of Cordyceps that is suitable for you every day according to your own situation (in grams, refer to the first paragraph above), then determine how many times you take it every day, and then use the daily intake and daily frequency of intake to calculate the amount of each intake;

The second step is to clarify the specifications and sizes of the Cordyceps you bought. How to calculate the specifications and sizes? There is a simple method. When buying Cordyceps sinensis, everyone should know how many grams they buy. Count the Cordyceps sinensis they buy. The total weight = size (indicates how many grams), the weight = size (indicates the average weight of each Cordyceps sinensis);

The third step is to understand the amount of Cordyceps sinensis to be used each time, and also understand the specifications and sizes of Cordyceps sinensis, so that you can calculate how many Cordyceps sinensis you should take each time.

The simplest and most effective way to take Cordyceps is to make tea, grind it into powder, or boil it into soup. Consumers who use Cordyceps to regulate their bodies strongly recommend making tea with 0.5 to 1 gram every morning. Taking 4 cordyceps of 1 gram as an example, make tea with 2 to 4 cordyceps every morning. This can be done 3 to 5 times and then the Cordyceps can be eaten. For consumers who are suffering from medical diseases or have difficulty in digestion, the dosage should be increased by 2 to 3 times. Grind 0.5-1 gram of Cordyceps sinensis into powder at night and take it with warm water. For medical use or consumers with difficulty in digestion, the dosage can be doubled.

Cordyceps can be taken together with other Tibetan medicines without side effects. Cordyceps can be taken together with green radish flowers to prevent the three highs and treat high blood pressure. Green radish flower is originally a Tibetan medicine for preventing three highs, and it has a very good effect when taken with Cordyceps sinensis.

How to eat Cordyceps

01 Steaming

After cleaning the Cordyceps sinensis, place it in a waterproof and fireproof container and steam it over low heat for 20-30 minutes. (You can also add water and cook over low heat immediately)

02 Cordyceps wine

Soak 10 grams of Cordyceps sinensis in 1 jin of pure grain wine. After sealing for 15 days, drink 1 cup every morning, noon and evening.

03Cook porridge and steam rice

Use 1 gram of Cordyceps sinensis, wash it, put it in a pressure cooker and cook it separately from white rice before eating. One to two times a day, the cycle is 3 months to half a year. This prescription will show remarkable results as an auxiliary treatment for hepatitis B virus (HBV) big triple positive and small triple positive in TCM treatment.

04 Stewed with meat (steamed)

When stewing (steaming) meat, put Cordyceps sinensis into the meat (duck, young pigeon stomach) and simmer until the meat is cooked.

The efficacy of Cordyceps

01Adjust the human immune system

Sudden changes in tumor cells may occur in the body every day. A person with a normally functioning immune system can escape the fate of a tumor, but a person with a dysfunctional immune system may develop a tumor. The effect of Cordyceps on the human immune system seems to be regulating the voice and keeping it in the best condition. It can not only increase the number of immune system cells and tissues, promote antigen formation, increase the number of phagocytic and destructive cells, enhance their functions, but also enhance the function of some immune cells.

02Immediate anti-tumor effect

Cordyceps extract has a definite inhibitory and destructive effect on tumor cells outside the body. Cordyceps contains cordycepin, which is the main ingredient that fully exerts its anti-tumor effect.

In clinical medicine, cordycepin is mostly used as an auxiliary treatment for malignant tumors, with symptoms improving in more than 91.7%; it is mainly used for patients with nasal cancer, pharyngeal cancer, lung cancer, sepsis, brain cancer and other malignant tumors. The content of cordycepic acid in Cordyceps sinensis is 3.09 grams, while that in natural Cordyceps sinensis is 5.54 grams. Cordycepic acid is a D-mannitol. Mannitol can increase osmotic pressure, causing water in tissues to enter blood vessels, thereby alleviating tissue edema and replenishing blood.

03 Improve body cell energy and relieve fatigue

Cordyceps can increase the energy of membrane protein, the human body's energy processing plant, improve the body's ability to withstand low temperatures, and relieve fatigue.

04Adjust heart function

Cordyceps can improve the heart's ability to withstand insufficient oxygen, reduce the heart's oxygen consumption, and resist arrhythmia.

05Adjust kidney function

Cordyceps reduces the damage of toxic substances to the liver and resists the occurrence of liver fibrosis. In addition, by adjusting immune function and improving antiviral ability, it can play a beneficial role in viral hepatitis.

06Regulate blood sugar

Cordyceps can reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, increase high-density proteins that are beneficial to the body, and relieve aortic atherosclerosis.