What are the effects of winter, spring and summer grass

Among traditional Chinese medicines, there is one called Cordyceps sinensis. In the hot summer, the herb looks like a bug, but in the cold winter, it looks like a dead grass root. In traditional Chinese medicine, Cordyceps sinensis has very powerful medicinal properties and is of very high value, so the price of Cordyceps sinensis on the market is generally quite expensive. So, what are the effects of Cordyceps sinensis?

Indications

1. Impotence, spermatorrhea, and soreness of waist and knees: This product nourishes the kidney and replenishes sperm, and has the effect of invigorating yang and curing impotence. It is used to treat impotence, spermatorrhea, and soreness of waist and knees caused by deficiency of kidney yang and deficiency of essence and blood.

2. Chronic cough, weak asthma, and labor cough with blood in sputum: This product is sweet and mild in taste, and is an excellent product for nourishing the lungs and kidneys. It can nourish the kidneys and lungs, stop bleeding and resolve phlegm, and relieve cough and asthma. It is especially used for labor cough with blood in sputum.

Related Combinations

1. For the treatment of impotence, spermatorrhea, and soreness of waist and knees caused by insufficient kidney yang and deficiency of essence and blood, it can be taken alone by soaking in wine, or it can be used in combination with other yang-tonifying medicines such as Epimedium, Eucommia, and Morinda officinalis.

2. It is often used to treat fatigue cough and blood in sputum. It can be used alone or together with Adenophora Root, Fritillaria cirrhosa, donkey-hide gelatin, Rehmannia glutinosa, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. If both the lungs and kidneys are deficient, the body cannot absorb energy, and the patient suffers from wheezing due to qi deficiency, it can be used together with ginseng, astragalus, walnut meat, etc.

3. If you are weak after treatment or suffer from spontaneous sweating and chills, you can stew this product with chicken, duck, pork, etc. It has the effect of nourishing the kidneys, strengthening the body, nourishing the lungs and benefiting the body's defense system.

Medicinal properties

This product consists of the insect body and the fungal fruiting body that grows from the head. The body of the insect resembles a silkworm, 3-5cm long and 3-8mm in diameter. The surface is dark brown to yellow-brown, with 20-30 rings, and the rings near the head are thinner; the head is reddish brown, with 8 pairs of legs, and the 4 pairs in the middle are more obvious; it is brittle, easy to break, with a slightly flat cross section and light yellowish white. The stroma is solitary, slender and round, 4-7cm long and about 3mm in diameter; the surface is dark brown to tan with fine longitudinal wrinkles, slightly swollen at the top, with no obvious distinction between the head and the stalk; the texture is flexible and the cross section is off-white. It has a slightly fishy smell and a light taste.

Chemical composition

This product contains free amino acids of protein amino acids, most of which are essential amino acids for the human body. It also contains sugars, vitamins, and elements such as calcium, potassium, chromium, nickel, manganese, iron, copper, and zinc.

Pharmacological Action

It has sedative, anticonvulsant, and cooling effects on the central nervous system, and enhances humoral immune function. The water or alcohol extracts of Cordyceps can significantly inhibit the growth of tumors such as mouse sarcoma. The fermented liquid of Cordyceps can counteract ST segment changes in myocardial ischemia in rabbits. Cordyceps also has a certain protective effect on stress-induced myocardial infarction in rats. The water extract of Cordyceps has a significant protective effect on acute renal failure in rats.