What to do if Cordyceps becomes moldy?

People who have Chinese medicinal herbs such as angelica, deer antler, and cordyceps at home know that medicinal herbs are important but not easy to preserve. It is especially troublesome to find that precious health products such as cordyceps are moldy or infested with insects. So what should we do if Cordyceps sinensis becomes moldy? What should we do first when moldy food appears? How can we deal with it simply and effectively? Can we still eat it after treatment?

The appearance of Cordyceps sinensis is khaki or yellow-brown. The insect part will appear dark yellow or brown, while the grass part will appear the color of dead branches. In addition, you can also break the Cordyceps sinensis and see if there is milky white color at the fracture position, and there will also be semicircular or V-shaped black on the fracture.

First, you need to check the degree of mold. The method is to break it in the middle and observe the color of the cross section. The whiter the color of the cross section, the less quality damage. If the moldy phenomenon is not too serious, the yellower the color of the cross section, the greater the quality damage. There is currently no authoritative clinical experiment to tell whether eating Cordyceps sinensis with yellow cross section color is harmful to the human body. Therefore, it is recommended to discard it. Moldy Cordyceps sinensis does not only reduce the effect or have no effect, but may also cause various side effects or cause illness due to mold. You can also process Cordyceps sinensis by washing and drying it, and then eat it as soon as possible.

The selection of Cordyceps sinensis is very particular. After understanding the selection method of Cordyceps sinensis, it is time to make some preparations for its storage and treatment after it becomes moldy. So after knowing the above knowledge, you can use it to solve the problem of "what to do if Cordyceps sinensis is moldy". In the future, if you encounter the situation of Cordyceps sinensis becoming moldy, you will have no pressure at all.