What Are Medicinal Mushrooms?
In China, there are more than 500 species of medicinal and large fungi that have been tested for efficacy. In addition to traditional medicines such as Poria, Cordyceps, and Ganoderma, in recent years, Yunzhi, Shuhua, and Cone Cordyceps have been newly discovered and used as medicine. , And Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Anluo cortex, T. locustii, Lactobacillus leucocephala, Charcoal auricularia, etc.
Medicinal mushroom
- Chinese name
- Medicinal mushroom
- Types of
- The medicinal part is mainly fruiting bodies
- Species
- Bamboo Yellow, Cone Cordyceps, Cordyceps
- Indications
- Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc.
- In China, there are more than 500 species of medicinal and large fungi that have been tested for efficacy. In addition to traditional medicines such as Poria, Cordyceps, and Ganoderma, in recent years, Yunzhi, Shuhua, and Cone Cordyceps have been newly discovered and used as medicine. , And Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Anluo cortex, T. locustii, Lactobacillus leucocephala, Charcoal auricularia, etc.
- The medicinal part is mainly fruiting bodies, but some are processed by modern fermentation industry technology to counteract mycelium in large quantities to process pharmaceuticals. Researches at home and abroad show that natural medicinal fungi have their unique advantages. In the search for medicines for the treatment of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and other modern civilization diseases, screening from Chinese medicine including fungi is undoubtedly promising.
- Common species are: bamboo yellow, Cone Cordyceps, Cordyceps sinensis, Poria, Yunzhi, Ganoderma lucidum, Lepidoptera lucidum, tree tongue Ganoderma lucidum, black egg nest fungus, pinnacle star, yellow skirt bamboo chrysalis, Schizophyllum, gray Pleurotus ostreatus, head-shaped bald pup, big bald puff, pear-shaped puff, white scale puff, mulberry yellow.