Cordyceps sinensis- A “Magic” Medicinal Mushroom for Runners
* English Name – Caterpillar fungus * Chinese Name – Dong Chong Xia Cao * Japanese Name – Tochukas Sung et al. (2007) report that there are over 400 Cordyceps species worldwide, all of which grow parasitically on a range of hosts. Several of these have been reported to have medical properties but the species of greatest interest is that traditionally used China, Cordyceps sinensis. Cordyceps sinensis grows on moth larvae above 3,000m on the Tibetan plateau and has always a rare and precious commodity, to the extent that...
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Cordyceps There has been increasing interest in the health benefits of mushrooms since the commercial success in the far east of mushroom extracts as non-specific immune modulators in the treatment of cancer. Of these mushrooms one of the most interesting is Cordyceps sinensis. Cordyceps is known in Chinese as Dong Chong Xia Cao, which means Winter Insect, Summer Grass, and in the wild grows parasitically on the larvae of moths at altitudes of over 3,000m. For this reason it was historically an extremely rare and precious medicinal. Now,...
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