What isCordycepSinensis? lt was reported in New Compilation of Materia Medica that: "The drug beingsweet and neral, is used to protect the lung and supplement the kidney. Cordyceps is complex of stroma of Cordyceps sinensis (Burk. ) Sacc. of thefamily Claricepitaceae and corpse of larva of Heplalus armori canus. othe family Hepialidae. ln winter, the hyphae of Cordyceps sinensis (Burk. Sacc.grows into the body of the larva of Hepialus armori canus 0. in earth and as aresult that the body of the larva is filled with hyphae and it dies finally. lnsummer, stroma grows out of earth and it is collected around the AutumnaEquinox when the amassed snow has not melted and the stroma are ofterabove the snow. lf collected too late, the stroma are difficult to be foundbecause of the overgrown weeds. Moreover, the larva corpse will wither andbecome improper for medicinal use. Cordyceps is mainly found growing inSichuan, Qinghai and Guizhou and contains an effective anticancer componentof 3-deox yadenosine.
CordycepSinensis--- A Functional Mushroom The active ingredient of Cordyceps: 1.Cordycepin 2.Cordycepic Acid 3.Polvsaccharides 4.Nucleotides 5.Ergostero 6.Nitrogen contained compounds
Health benefits of Cordyceps mushrooms: 1. lt has been proved that 3-deox yadenosine has an inhibitive effect on celldivision and cancer and is active in inhibiting the growth of cells onasopharyngeal carcinoma(KB). 2. Both the complex and the hyphae of Cordyceps were found capable ofelevating the phagocytic function of the macrophage in the abdominal cavityof mice and reducing rejection of T-lymphocytes. 3.The herb has a nonspecific immunofunction which can provoke andreinforce the anticancer power of the body, and prolongs the survival periodofrats of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma.
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