How much does wild matsutake cost per pound?

Matsutake is a precious mushroom seedling. Currently, the number of artificially cultivated ones is very small, and it mainly relies on natural collection. This also makes its price extremely high, and a price of over 100 yuan is relatively cheap. So how much does a pound of wild Matsutake mushroom cost at this stage? Let’s take a look below!

1. Price of wild matsutake

The more well-known origins of Matsutake in my country include Sichuan, Tibet Autonomous Region, and Grali, and the Matsutake in Tibet is considered to be of relatively high quality. The price of Matsutake is also differentiated by size. The bigger the size, the more valuable it is. In Tibet, the price of small-sized Matsutake is 60-80 yuan per catty, while the price of Matsutake over 6-7 cm is over 400 yuan per catty. The production volume in Sichuan is relatively large, and the price ranges from 100 to 400 yuan. The prices in the Grali area generally fluctuate around 200 yuan, but the expensive ones can reach around 500 yuan.

What are the effects of Matsutake

1. Enhance human immunity

Matsutake contains various nutrients needed by the human body and has the function of comprehensively enhancing immunity. In particular, the double-stranded matsutake sugar contained in Matsutake can activate the body's T cells, and has a significant enhancing effect on nonspecific immunity and specific immunity. It has a good effect on quickly enhancing immunity for people with weak constitution and those who have just given birth.

2. Anti-cancer and anti-tumor

It is hard to imagine that the wonderful Matsutake mushroom actually has anti-cancer and anti-tumor effects! This is because Matsutake contains a unique double-stranded bioactive substance that is not found in any other plants - Matsutake alcohol (RNA), which has strong anti-mutation ability and strong anti-cancer effect, and has good anti-tumor specificity. The anti-tumor specificity of the sugar it contains is much higher than that of wild Ganoderma lucidum, ranking first among the 15 edible fungi species with anti-tumor specificity.

3. Nourish the liver, spleen and stomach

After taking Matsutake for a long time, everyone found that Matsutake has the wonderful effects of strengthening the body, strengthening yang and tonifying the kidney, benefiting the stomach and intestines, promoting qi, and relieving cough and reducing phlegm. In addition, Matsutake can promote the elimination of oxygen free radicals, inhibit or block the lipid peroxidation reaction caused by oxygen free radicals, increase the specificity of SOD, CAT, and GSH-Px, enhance the body's antioxidant capacity, and have a liver-protecting effect.

4. Treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

The fatty acids contained in Matsutake can effectively eliminate waste in the blood, prevent aging, and also reduce cholesterol and blood viscosity, and prevent cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis.

5. Improves Diabetes

Matsutake can stimulate pancreatic β cells to secrete insulin, protect and repair pancreatic β cells, and increase the body's insulin content; the α-glucosidase inhibitor (GI) extracted from Matsutake can reduce blood sugar levels in diabetic patients after meals; finally, Matsutake can improve insulin resistance, accelerate liver glucose metabolism, and have a direct blood sugar-lowering effect.