How to deal with Cordyceps sinensis moldy

If things are kept for a long time and are not placed in a dry place, they can easily become moldy. If it is ordinary food, it must be thrown away, because moldy food cannot be used, otherwise it is easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases or cancer. However, not everything that becomes moldy is of no use anymore. For example, what should you do if Cordyceps sinensis becomes moldy? It depends on the specific situation.

Cordyceps should not be stored for too long, as its efficacy will decrease. Since the 1980s, oxygen removal and preservation technology has been gradually applied in various parts of my country and applied to the storage of Cordyceps sinensis. Studies have shown that Cordyceps maintained using deoxygenation and fresh-keeping methods maintains its quality without any insect damage or loss during a storage period of up to 2 years. Compared with the chloropicrin fumigation method, it has many advantages. Not only is the total crude protein content of Cordyceps higher than the latter, but it is also non-toxic and harmless, and can kill insects and sterilize quickly and thoroughly without affecting the effective ingredients and product quality of Cordyceps. It is also convenient for storage and inspection and has strong safety.

There is no good way to deal with moldy Cordyceps. The moldy Cordyceps must first be tested for the degree of mold. The method is to select 5 representative Cordyceps and break them in the middle to see the color of the cross-section. The whiter the color, the less quality damage, and the yellower the color, the greater the quality damage. There is currently no authoritative clinical trial to tell whether eating Cordyceps with yellow cross-section color is harmful to the human body. Therefore, it is recommended to discard it. The reason is that since Cordyceps sinensis has become moldy, its medicinal properties have diminished. Not only can it not cure diseases after people eat it, but moldy medicine or food has no benefits, so you'd better listen to everyone and throw it away.

Cordyceps sinensis is a type of Chinese herbal medicine, which, like other Chinese herbal medicines, is prone to mold if not stored properly. So how to deal with moldy Cordyceps sinensis? This depends on the situation of the moldy Cordyceps sinensis. If the mold is serious, it is best not to use it. If it is only slightly moldy, it can be processed and reused to avoid waste.