What is the best way to eat Cordyceps sinensis? What is the best way to eat dried Cordyceps sinensis?

Cordyceps sinensis is a precious tonic medicinal material with warm nature and sweet taste. It has the effects of replenishing deficiency, benefiting essence and qi, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, and anti-cancer and anti-aging. It also has antibacterial, anti-asthmatic, cardiotonic, and blood pressure lowering effects. People often use Cordyceps sinensis to stew fish, chicken or duck to treat yang deficiency, physical weakness and weakness after illness. Stewed pork ribs are effective in treating osteoporosis.

Cordyceps sinensis is divided into fresh grass and dried grass. Fresh grass is fresh Cordyceps that has just been dug up, and dried grass is fresh Cordyceps that has been dried and dried. Dry grass is easier to preserve and has a longer storage time. It can be stored for up to two years, while fresh grass can only be stored for a maximum of half a year. Fresh grass is generally best eaten within three months. The longer it is stored, the more its medicinal properties will be lost. So what is the best way to eat Cordyceps sinensis? What is the best way to eat dried Cordyceps sinensis? Let’s follow Feng Chao from Dongguan to find out more!

What is the best way to eat Cordyceps sinensis? What is the best way to eat dried Cordyceps sinensis?

1. The purest way to eat it: Eat it fresh at room temperature and chew it directly. It has a soft mushroom texture and a strong aroma. Because it is not steamed, the nutrients are not lost due to high temperature treatment.

2. Steaming rice: After cleaning, add fresh Cordyceps sinensis after the rice boils for 5 minutes.

3. Cook porridge: After cleaning, add fresh Cordyceps when the porridge boils and then turn to low heat for 5 minutes.

4. Steamed Egg Boiled Water: After the egg boils, add fresh Cordyceps sinensis and simmer for 5 minutes.

5. Stewing soup: Add fresh Cordyceps when the soup turns to low heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. It can be used to stew meat, fish, chicken, duck, pigeon, turtle, bull whip, etc.

For more questions about the efficacy, eating methods, origin and price of Naqu Cordyceps above 4,500 meters above sea level, you can contact Tibetan Dawa. Dawa only deals with Naqu Cordyceps dug by his own family. WeChat: 2286736060. There are many varieties of Cordyceps on the market with varying qualities. Inferior Cordyceps is not only unhelpful to the body, but may aggravate the condition. If you are not sure whether the Cordyceps you bought is genuine, you can also send it directly to Dawa for identification.

How to eat dried Cordyceps

1. Boil water and drink

Boiling Cordyceps sinensis in water is the most direct and effective way to consume it, but there are also some techniques to follow. For example, how many roots to cook at a time, how many times to cook, the cooking time and the color of the water, etc., all these are very particular. It is worth noting that some people think that drinking it in water is the same, but this is not the case. Doing so will waste most of the nutrients in Cordyceps sinensis.

2. Stew soup

Stewing soup can also fully release the nutrients in Cordyceps sinensis and make them easily absorbed by the human body. However, since stewing different ingredients requires different times, stewing for too long will destroy some of the nutrients in Cordyceps sinensis. Therefore, we must grasp the time to plant Cordyceps.

3. Grind into powder and drink with water

Grinding and flushing is also a good method, but it is more troublesome to operate, and some machines will generate high temperatures and destroy nutrients during rapid grinding, and may also cause waste during the grinding process, so it is best to buy a special grinder.

4. Cordyceps wine

Soak 10g of Cordyceps in 1kg of liquor, seal for 15 days and drink 1 small cup every morning and evening

Boiling water and drinking it is the most recommended method, as long as you pay attention to some small details. For example, it is best to use a glass pot, and the cooking time should not be too long, generally 6 to 10 minutes is enough, and 1 to 1.5 grams at a time will be enough.

What is the best way to eat Cordyceps sinensis? What is the best way to eat dried Cordyceps sinensis?

Here are a few more recipes for Cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps and Dipsacus Soup

Ingredients: 5 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 10 grams of Gentiana macrophylla, 10 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 10 grams of stir-fried Eucommia ulmoides, 12 grams of Dipsacus asper, 12 grams of Rhizoma Cynomorii, 15 grams of Astragalus, 15 grams of Viscum album, 15 grams of Drynaria fortunei, and 2 centipedes.

Preparation: Soak the above medicines in water for 30 minutes, put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil them into juice, boil them twice in a row, combine the two decoctions and set aside; Cordyceps sinensis can be roasted and dried, ground into fine powder, and taken with soup. Usage: Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 drinks.

Efficacy: This prescription has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the waist and knees, and has a good effect on kidney deficiency, low back pain, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, and intolerance of work. This prescription can be used to treat lumbar disc herniation and has a certain effect on improving symptoms.

Cordyceps whole duck

Ingredients: 10 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 1 old male duck, cooking wine, ginger, scallion, pepper, salt and MSG in appropriate amounts.

Preparation: Kill the duck, remove the hair and internal organs, clean it and chop off the feet and claws, blanch it in boiling water, take it out and let it cool; wash the cordyceps with warm water; chop the ginger and green onion and set aside. Split the duck head along the neck, take out 8-10 cordyceps, put them into the duck head, and then wrap it tightly with cotton thread. Put the remaining cordyceps, ginger, and scallion into the duck's belly, then put it in a bowl, add clear soup, season with salt, pepper, and cooking wine, seal the bowl with wet cotton paper, steam it in a steamer for about 2 hours, remove the cotton paper after taking it out of the steamer, pick out the ginger and scallion, and add MSG.

Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and kidneys, and benefits the essence. It is suitable for symptoms such as cough and asthma due to deficiency, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, impotence and spermatorrhea, weak waist and long-term weakness.

Cordyceps sinensis spleen-strengthening soup

Ingredients: 3 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 12 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 115 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 12 grams of Poria cocos, 15 grams of Dioscorea opposita, 15 grams of Coix seed, 15 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 12 grams of papaya, and 6 grams of licorice. Preparation: Put Cordyceps sinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, etc. in a casserole, add water and soak for 1 hour, decoct to extract the juice, decoct twice in a row and combine the juices of the two decoctions.

Usage: Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses and taken warm on an empty stomach.

Efficacy: Although multiple neuritis is related to lung heat, it is also directly related to spleen weakness. Nourishing the spleen and stomach is one of the effective treatment methods. This prescription can regulate the spleen and stomach, invigorate qi and soften tendons. It is suitable for people with multiple neuritis who have symptoms such as weak constitution, numbness of limbs, muscle atrophy, drooping hands and feet, dull complexion, poor appetite and loose stools.

Stewed soft-shelled turtle with cordyceps and red dates

Ingredients: 500-1000g soft-shelled turtle, 10g cordyceps, 30g red dates

Preparation method: Wash the red dates and soak them in clean water; wash the cordyceps and soak them in warm water. Kill the turtle, dig out the internal organs, use boiling water to remove the skin and membrane, cut into four pieces, put them in a pot to boil, then remove and wash. Put the soft-shelled turtle, red dates and cordyceps in a bowl, add cooking wine, refined salt, scallion, raw pulp, garlic cloves and chicken broth, steam for two hours, remove from the steamer, pick out the scallion and ginger, add MSG to taste, and serve as a side dish for several meals.

Efficacy: Soft-shelled turtle stewed with red dates and cordyceps is rich in nutrients and has strong tonic effects. Regular consumption can effectively enhance physical fitness, improve health and boost spirits.

Cordyceps sinensis prescription for preventing kidney transplant rejection

Ingredients: 5 grams of Cordyceps sinensis. Preparation: Wash the Cordyceps sinensis, put it in a casserole, add water and boil it to extract the juice. After pouring out the juice, add water and boil it again. Combine the two decoctions and set aside. Usage: Take 1 dose daily, divided into 3 times. Efficacy: It can reduce the occurrence of acute rejection and has the effect of resisting chronic rejection to ensure the survival of kidney transplantation. Replenish vital energy, nourish and strengthen, and enhance nonspecific immunity.

Cordyceps Steam Pot Black-Bone Chicken

Ingredients: 1 black-bone chicken, 10g cordyceps, 10g codonopsis, 15g polygonatum, 15g cooked rehmannia, magnolia slices, mushrooms, ginger, onions, rice wine, refined salt, and MSG as appropriate

Preparation method: Cut the cleaned chicken into pieces, put them into a steamer together with cordyceps, polygonatum, rehmannia, and codonopsis, add various ingredients, and a little water. Steam the chicken in a steamer for 2-3 hours and serve in separate meals.

Efficacy: Cordyceps sinensis combined with black-bone chicken, Codonopsis pilosula, Polygonatum sibiricum, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc. has a strong tonic effect and is quite suitable for people suffering from dizziness, fatigue, nocturnal emission, night sweats, impotence and premature ejaculation, irregular menstruation and sexual dysfunction in women.

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