What are the effects and taboos of black fungus? Is it poisonous? How long should I soak? What are the practices?

Auricularia auricula, an edible fungus of the Auricularia family, gets its name because it is similar in shape and dark brown in color. It contains a variety of perfect nutrients and is known as "meat in vegetarian". Auricularia auricula not only has edible value, but also has certain medicinal value, so, what are the efficacy and taboos of Auricularia auricula? Is it poisonous? How long should I soak? What are the practices?

What are the effects and taboos of black fungus?

1. The nutritional composition of Auricularia auricula

2. What are the effects of black fungus?

(1) Anti-tumor: Auricularia auricula contains polysaccharides, which can enhance the immunity of the body and play a certain anti-tumor effect. Chinese folk also use Auricularia auricula plus water to treat women's cervical and vaginal cancer.

(2) clear stomach and intestines and prevent stones: black fungus contains cellulose and plant collagen, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, remove and expel toxic substances in stool and dust and impurities residual in the digestive system of the human body, dissolve endogenous foreign bodies such as gallstones and kidney stones in the body, and promote the excretion of stones.

(3) Prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: Auricularia auricula contains minerals such as vitamin K, calcium and magnesium, which can reduce blood clots, prevent the occurrence of thrombosis, prevent atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, and promote blood circulation and anticoagulation.

(4) Nourishing beauty and tonifying blood: Auricularia auricula has high vitamin E content, can whiten the skin, contains polysaccharides with anti-aging effect and high iron content, which can nourish beauty, tonify blood and prevent iron deficiency anemia.

(5) lose weight: black fungus contains lecithin, which can make the fat in the body liquid, which is helpful to promote the movement of fat in the body and make the fat completely consumed in the body; the cellulose contained in it can promote intestinal peristalsis and fat excretion, and play a role in losing weight.

3. What are the taboos of Auricularia auricula?

(1) Black fungus cannot be eaten with anything: cannot be eaten with radish, Ophiopogon japonicus, conch, field snail, pheasant, wild duck, tea, etc., eating with radish will cause skin allergy and cause dermatitis, eating with Ophiopogon will cause chest tightness, eating with conch is not conducive to digestion and causing abdominal distension, eating with snail will cause poisoning, eating with pheasant will cause hemorrhoid bleeding, eating with wild duck will cause indigestion. Eating with tea will affect the body's absorption of iron.

(2) who cannot eat Auricularia auricula: people with hemorrhagic diseases, people prone to diarrhea, people with poor digestive function, people with allergies, pregnant women, infants and young children can not eat, Auricularia auricula has the effect of promoting blood circulation, people with hemorrhagic diseases will lead to increased bleeding, excessive consumption of pregnant women can easily lead to abortion; Auricularia auricula is rich in cellulose, people prone to diarrhea, people with poor digestive function are easy to cause gastrointestinal flatulence and diarrhea Fresh Auricularia auricula contains photosensitive porphyrin, allergic people after eating after sunlight will produce solar dermatitis; Auricularia auricula has the effect of moistening the intestines, infants and young children are weak, it is recommended not to eat.

Second, is black fungus poisonous?

Auricularia auricula itself is non-toxic, but fresh Auricularia auricula is not edible, because fresh Auricularia auricula contains a "porphyrin" substance, which can cause skin itching, redness, swelling and itching after eating, so it is better to make dry products. If it is made into dry products, the time of soaking black fungus should not be too long, soaking for a long time is easy to deteriorate and produce biotoxins, which will cause toxic symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea after eating. Therefore, only soak black fungus for a short time when eating, do not eat black fungus soaked overnight, if you find peculiar smell or feel mucus in your hand after soaking, it should be discarded immediately.

Third, black fungus soak for how long?

Auricularia auricula can be soaked in cold water, hot water, salt water and microwave oven. it usually takes about 3-4 hours to soak in cold water, and it is best to soak in water of 15-25 degrees for 8 hours; hot water generally needs to soak for 15-20 minutes, so that the rising rate of Auricularia auricula is low and the taste is soft and brittle; soaking in salt water usually takes about 1 hour, which can effectively scrub off the sand in Auricularia auricula. It usually takes only 4 minutes to soak in the microwave oven. Put the dried fungus in a container with the right amount of water, cover it, and heat it over high heat in the microwave oven for 4 minutes.

Fourth, what are the practices of black fungus?

Auricularia auricula can be eaten directly after soaking, and can also be fried, stewed, stuffed with steamed dumplings and so on. Auricularia auricula cold is a home-cooked dish made of black fungus as the main ingredient and cold with parsley, onions, peppers and seasonings. It tastes refreshing and palatable, suitable for summer consumption; fried black fungus can be fried directly with chili peppers and seasonings, or with celery, pork, cucumber, lotus root slices, etc. Black fungus stew can directly add water and seasoning stew, can also be stewed with red dates, cucumbers, kelp, tofu vegetables, ribs, yam and so on; black fungus can also be chopped to make stuffing for steamed buns and dumplings.