"entomogenous fungus" where does the golden cicada grow? How can I eat it well? Who are unfit to eat?

Golden cicada, commonly known as Cordyceps sinensis, belongs to entomogenous fungi; among the 504 species of Cordyceps sinensis found in the world, golden cicada and Cordyceps sinensis are only two of them. So, where does the golden cicada grow? How can I eat it well? Who are unfit to eat?

Where does the golden cicada grow?

Golden cicada flowers are mostly distributed in the provinces of southern China. Bamboo cicada is common in bamboo producing areas and is an important host of Paecilomyces cicadae. This insect has a generation of 6 years, each generation is 5 years old, and it lives in the soil all the year round, and the old nymph is the most susceptible to disease. When the temperature is 18-24 ℃ and the relative humidity is more than 80% in the warm and humid season, the old nymphs active in the shallow soil are infected when they come into contact with the bacteria-carrying soil. In June and July of the following year, when the temperature and humidity were suitable, light yellow or yolk stalk bundles grew at the front end of the disease and died, which broke through the topsoil and extended to the ground to form our common cicada flowers.

Second, how to eat the golden cicada?

1. Golden Cicada Flower Chicken Soup

Materials: 5-8 golden cicadas, half native chicken, 6 red dates, 2 slices of ginger, a little cooking wine and salt.

Practice: 1. Wash and drain the golden cicada.

two。 Wash the native chicken, cut into pieces, and set aside.

3. The golden cicada, local chicken, ham and ginger slices, add the right amount of clean water, simmer for 3-5 hours, then add the right amount of salt when eating.

Function: invigorate yang and tonify kidney, fill essence and tonify marrow.

2. The golden cicada is soaked in water

1. Take about 2-3 cicada flowers, put them in a container and soak them in cold water.

two。 Remove the coat and the hard shell on the worm body, retain the worm body and mycelium and wash it.

3. Pour in the right amount of water, steam (or boil) in water for about 40 minutes, steam (or boil) the soup and eat.

4. Steam (or boil) water again for 40 minutes, and the soup can be eaten together with worms and mycelia.

5. Take it once in the morning and in the evening.

3. Golden cicada and old duck soup

Materials: Golden cicada 5-8, husband duck half, ginger 4-5 slices, cooking wine, a little salt.

Practice: 1. Wash and drain the golden cicada.

two。 Wash the duck, cut it into pieces and set aside.

3. Put the golden cicada, old duck and sliced ginger together in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine to clean water, simmer for more than 3 hours, and add the right amount of salt when eating.

Function: nourishing yin and clearing heat, tonifying kidney and nourishing essence.

Third, who is unfit to eat?

Cicada flowers are not suitable for people: patients with rheumatoid arthritis should take less, children, pregnant and lactating women, colds, fever and cerebral hemorrhage should not be eaten, and those who have solid fire or evil should not be used.

Cicadas are suitable for people: dyspnea, pulmonary fibrosis, vascular sclerosis, all kinds of liver diseases, all kinds of nephropathy, heart failure, impotence, cold, dry skin, irritability, insomnia, tumor, metabolic syndrome, lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, prostatitis, easy to catch a cold and other low immunity, old and frail, postpartum physical weakness and sub-health is a rare and beneficial nutritional supplement food.