Cordyceps Sinensis (Dong Chong Xia Cao) – Pure, Healthy, Rare, Premium.

The source is from the compound of the stroma formed by cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. Parasitized on the larva of Hepialus armoricanus Oberthru and the larva. The medicinal material grows in Sichuan, Qinghai, and Tibet of China. It’s dug out at early summer when the stroma has not dispersed yet. And It is processed by drying it in the sun to 60%-70% dry, removing impurity, and then drying in the sun or in low temperature.

Medicinal Properties: Sweet in flavor, slightly warm in nature, attributive to the lung and kidney meridians.

Actions: Invigorate the kidney and nourish the lung, strengthen yang and body essence, relive cough and dyspnea.

Usage and Dosage: 5-10g is used in decoction; or in pills; or stewed with chicken, duck or pork.

Nutritional Components：Cordyceps sinensis is a high-grade tonic traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Scientific analysis reveals that cordyceps contains at least seventeen amino acids, as well as bioactive substances such as c

Efficacy：Traditional Chinese medicine studies throughout history have demonstrated that Cordyceps sinensis exerts tonic, nourishing, and strengthening effects on the human body. Its primary functions include tonifying the lungs and kidneys, enhancing yang energy and essence, nourishing yin and consolidating essence, as well as alleviating asthma and cough. It is indicated for the treatment of impotence, nocturnal emissions, lumbago and knee pain, chronic cough with asthmatic symptoms, post-illness debility, spontaneous sweating and cold intolerance, excessive mental exertion, and physical exhaustion.

From the perspective of modern medical research, Cordyceps sinensis can dilate bronchi, relieve asthma, and expel phlegm; it has a regulatory and restorative effect on sexual dysfunction; it can improve renal function in patients with renal failure, promote the regeneration and repair of renal tubules, exhibit certain immunosuppressive effects, and alleviate rejection reactions in kidney transplantation; it can lower blood pressure, reduce blood lipids, and inhibit thrombus formation; it has sedative effects and can antagonize central nervous system excitation induced by drugs; it can slow heart rate, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, and exhibit antiarrhythmic and anti-myocardial ischemia and hypoxia effects. (Reference: "China Materia Medica", "China Tibetan Medicine", "Pharmacology of Chinese Materia Medica", "Dietary Herbs")