Can Cordyceps sinensis be planted?

Cordyceps sinensis is a rare and valuable traditional Chinese medicine. Because of its high price, many people want to plant it, so can Cordyceps sinensis be planted?

What is Cordyceps sinensis?

Cordyceps sinensis is a complex of Cordyceps sinensis and Cordyceps sinensis larvae, which belongs to Cordyceps sinensis.

In China, it is mainly produced in the alpine zone and snow-capped mountain steppe of Chinese mainland Qinghai, Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan and Gansu provinces.

Cordyceps sinensis is silkworm-like, 3-5cm long, 3-8mm in diameter, dark brown to yellowish brown on the surface, 20-30 rings on the surface, fine rings near the head, reddish brown on the head, 8 pairs of feet, 4 pairs in the middle, brittle, easy to break, slightly flat in section, yellowish white. The pedestal is solitary, slender and round, 4-7cm long and about 3mm in diameter; the face is dark brown to brown, with fine longitudinal wrinkles, the upper part is slightly inflated, and there is no obvious difference between the head and the stalk; the quality is flexible and the cross-section is white. The air is fishy and the taste is light.

Can Cordyceps sinensis be planted?

Cordyceps sinensis can be planted, but the medicinal value and price of artificial Cordyceps sinensis are much lower than that of wild Cordyceps sinensis.

What are the effects of Cordyceps sinensis?

1. it has sedative, anticonvulsant, hypothermic and other effects on the central nervous system, and can enhance the humoral immune function.

2. It has the effect of tonifying kidney and lung, stopping blood and resolving phlegm. The main treatment of impotence spermatorrhea, waist and knee pain, chronic cough deficiency asthma, fatigue cough phlegm and blood.

However, there are two conditions for Cordyceps sinensis to act on the human body:

First, there must be a sufficient number of hyphae.

Second, it must not contain impurities that are harmful to the human body. After a large number of clinical studies have found that in order to achieve the therapeutic effect, we must take a sufficient amount of 3-5 grams per day.