Cordyceps - medicinal mushroom

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  Cordyceps sinensis(caterpillar fungus), mostly whole dried choice specimens.
 
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  Cordyceps beginning its growth from an insect.
 
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  Cordyceps militaris
 
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  Cordyceps militaris
 
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  Cordyceps being weighed in at the market in China.
 
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  Chinese soup of silkie,seahorse and cordyceps.

[edit]See also

Fungi portal

• Medicinal mushrooms
• Caterpillar fungus
• Yarchagumba (Caterpillar fungus, Tochukaso, Dong Chong Xia Cao)

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Health Benefits of Cordyceps - Miracle Tibetan Mushroom

 

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http://curingherbs.com The power within Cordyceps was discovered 1,500 years ago in the Tibetan mountain pastures. Chinese herdsmen observed that their cattle and livestock became very energetic after eating a grass-like mushroom - even the older animals became vigorous and more youthful in their actions. Chinese practitioners were soon making up powerful potions of this substance for many of life's maladies.
Cordyceps regulates and ensures the normal functioning of various parts of the body, strengthens the immune system and promotes overall vitality and longevity.
In traditional Chinese medicine, Cordyceps is described in detail and is considered potent at strengthening lung and kidneys, increasing energy and vitality, stopping hemorrhaging, decreasing phlegm, and as an overall tonic.
It is a well known and important ingredient in Chinese medicine. It is very widely used both in clinical medicine and as a household remedy.
Cordyceps provides tremendous health benefits.
1. It is very effective in reducing arrhythmia with an efficacy up to 94%. When the product was applied to 200 different ailments, no toxic side- effects were detected.
2. It can be used in the treatment of Chronic Nephropathy and Chronic Nephritis. Moreover, it has a diuretic effect and is good for the prevention of Nephralgia.
3. It helps strengthen the immune system of tumor patients who have received radiotherapy, chemotherapy or surgery. It is remarkable for stabilizing the hemogram, increasing the blood cells and protein for producing blood plasma and for eliminating side- effects after various therapies. Furthermore, the product is a synergist for reinforcing the efficacy of radiotherapy
4. It provides remarkable benefits for various Climatic Age Illness, Impotence, Emission, Neurasthenia, Rheumatoid arthritis, Cirrhosis, flabby waist and knees.
5. It is also effective in lowering the lipoproteinemia level, and in preventing Arterio-Sclerosis and Coronary heart disease, as well as certain other diseases related to blood vessels of the brain.
6. It helps stimulate the immune system of the elderly and strengthens their resistance to illness. Frequent dosage can prevent senile disorders.
7. Aging is due to the insufficient secretion of sexual hormones. Cordyceps Sinensis is, in this regard, a hormone stimulator. Moreover, the aging effect is to a large extent attributed to the rise of active monoamine oxidize enzyme inside the body and Cordyceps Sinensis can effectively inhibit the increase of such an enzyme. Thus, it is an anti-aging medicine which helps regenerate the organic functioning of humans. After a three-week dose, patients with the aforesaid symptoms may feel improvement. In general, this product is a tonic good for bodily nourishment and for stimulating brain activity. Long-term use can strengthen the body, improve organic functioning, strengthen the immune system and in turn, help bring longevity.

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Cordyceps Growth In Nature Documentary FOHOW-WORLD collection

 

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Cordyceps comes from the Latin root words, "cord" and "ceps," meaning, "club" and "head," due to its physical appearance. Its price as medical mushroom is more expensive than gold due to It's unique healing qualities

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.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................           Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 400 identified species and many yet to be described. AllCordyceps species are endoparasitoids, mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi. The best known species of the genus isCordyceps sinensis,^[1] first recorded as yartsa gunbu in Tibet in the 15th Century.^[2] It is known as yarsha gumba in Nepal. The Latin etymology describes cord as club, ceps as head, and sinensis asChinese. Cordyceps sinensis, known in English commonly as caterpillar fungus, is considered a medicinal mushroom in oriental medicines, such as traditional Chinese medicines^{[3][unreliable source?]}and traditional Tibetan medicine.

When a Cordyceps fungus attacks a host, the mycelium invades and eventually replaces the host tissue, while the elongated fruiting body (ascocarp) may be cylindrical, branched, or of complex shape. The ascocarp bears many small, flask-shaped perithecia containing asci. These in turn contain thread-like ascospores, which usually break into fragments and are presumably infective.

Some Cordyceps species are able to affect the behavior of their insect host: Cordyceps unilateralis causes ants to climb a plant and attach there before they die. This ensures the parasite's environment is at an optimal temperature and humidity, and that maximal distribution of the spores from the fruiting body that sprouts out of the dead insect is achieved.^[4] Marks have been found on fossilised leaves which suggest this ability to modify the host's behaviour evolved more than 48 million years ago.^[5]

The genus has a worldwide distribution and most of the approximately 400 species^[6] have been described from Asia(notably Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Thailand).Cordyceps species are particularly abundant and diverse in humid temperate and tropical forests.

The genus has many anamorphs (asexual states), of whichBeauveria (possibly including Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium, andIsaria) are the better known, since these have been used in biological control of insect pests.

Some Cordyceps species are sources of biochemicals with interesting biological and pharmacological properties,^[7] likecordycepin; the anamorph of Cordyceps subsessilis (Tolypocladium inflatum) was the source of ciclosporin—a drug helpful in humanorgan transplants, as it suppresses the immune system(Immunosuppressive drug).^[8]

Contents   [hide]  1 Potential pharmacology 2 Ma Junren case 3 Value 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links

[edit]Potential pharmacology

Cordycepin, a compound isolated from the "Caterpillar fungus".

The Cordyceps mushrooms have a long history as medicinal fungi. The earliest clear record is a Tibetan medical text authored by Zurkhar Nyamnyi Dorje in the 15th Century outlining the tonic propensities of Yartsa gunbu (Cordyceps sinensis renamed now to Ophiocordyceps sinensis), especially as an aphrodisiac.^[9] Although there are often-repeated claims of thousands of years of use in traditional Chinese medicine, so far no clear textual source has surfaced.

Although in vitro and animal models provide preliminary support for some of the traditional medicinal uses, there are no clinical studies demonstrating health benefits in humans.^[10] Some polysaccharide components and cordycepin, which have some anticancer activity in preliminary in vitro and animal studies,^[11] have been isolated from C. sinensis and C. militaris. Some work has been published in which Cordyceps sinensis has been used to protect the bone marrow and digestive systems of mice from whole body irradiation.^[12]An experiment noted a chemical compound isolated from Cordyceps sinensis may protect the liver from damage.^[13]An experiment with mice noted that Cordyceps sinensis may have an anti-depressant effect.^[14] Researchers have noted that a polysaccharide isolated from Cordyceps sinensis has a hypoglycemic effect and may be beneficial for people with insulin resistance.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

[edit]Ma Junren case

Ma Junren, the coach of a group of female Chinese athletes who broke five world records in distance running in 1993 at the National Games in Beijing, China, told reporters that the runners were taking Cordyceps at his request.^[20] The number of new world records being set at a single track event caused much attention and suspicion of drug use, and the records are still widely regarded as dubious, as the athletes failed to match these performances outside of China at independently drug tested events where illicit substances other than cordyceps would be detected.

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Archive for the ‘Cordyceps’ Category

Dr. Oz Cordyceps Mushroom – Caterpillar Mushroom

 February 29th, 2012  admin

Dr. Oz on today’s live show talked about the use of Cordyceps to fight fatigue. Now Cordyceps is something that has been around in the sports nutrition community for quite some time. It’s a supplement used by a lot of runners actually. It allows them to breathe better and become less tired during their running.

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Cordyceps

 October 24th, 2011  admin

The powerful gains received when eating cordyceps was initially recognized approximately fifteen hundred years ago. Shepherd farmers tending to their herds in the Tibetan mountain ranges realized a difference in their livestock. The cattle had become quite vigorous and were acting more youthful while eating a small mushroom that resembled grass. It has been since [...]

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Cordyceps – The Caterpillar Fungus

 January 13th, 2011  admin

The Strange Mushroom with it’s Secrets While most commonly known as Caterpillar Fungus, Dong Chong Xia Cao Tachukas and Deer Fungus, Cordyceps are a type of mushroom that is found scarcely in Sweden and Finland, very few Norwegian localities, and very isolated areas of southwest China. These incredibly rare types of mushrooms were first noticed [...]

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Cordyceps and Cancer

 January 9th, 2011  admin

Researchers from the University of Nottingham have found that a rare, wild mushroom called cordyceps is an effective treatment for cancer. Commonly used in Chinese medicine, the cordyceps fungi inhibits the growth, division, and proliferation of cancer cells in the body. Cordyceps was originally formulated into a cancer drug called cordycepin back in the 1950s. [...]

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Cordyceps Sinensis

 January 9th, 2011  admin

Cordyceps mushrooms have proven to reduce radiation and chemotherapy side effects. Now research indicates this Chinese herb can prevent some types of cancer cell growth. Dong Chong Xia Cao, or Cordyceps sinensis, is a Traditional Chinese medicinal mushroom used in patients with kidney and lung diseases, as well as to ameliorate the effects of radiation [...]

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Cordyceps can make you rich!

If you have ever wondered how and where wild Cordyceps Sinensis medicinal mushrooms are harvested, watch the video below. You will see how farmers and villagers from 9,000 ft. above the sea level migrate to 13,000 ft. levels in the mountains of Bhutan to find and pick wild Cordyceps.

Cordyceps is also called a caterpillar mushroom. This is because Cordyceps actually invades the body of the native Himalayan caterpillar and consumes it entirely. By June, the caterpillar is transformed into a mushroom. Even in July, conditions up in the mountains are harsh. It can still be freezing, the UV-radiation exposure is significant and when you are picking up mushrooms at three miles above sea level, you have to be accustomed to very thin air to barely survive.

But the income potential is huge. Wild cordyceps sell for as much as $1,500 per pound. Finding Cordyceps is for local people similar to founding gold or oil in your backyard!  The video below can also be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO8kpTrAGWY.

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