What are the functions of Cordyceps flower?

There are actually many Chinese herbal medicines in our lives, among which the one that everyone is most familiar with is Cordyceps sinensis. It’s just that society is developing better now, and Cordyceps sinensis can be easily added to traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, most people have only heard of this medicinal herb, but know relatively little about its specific effects. So let’s learn about the properties and functions of Cordyceps flowers.

Cordyceps sinensis has a variety of pharmacological effects, which are summarized as follows:

3.1 Effects on the circulatory system

(1) Effects on the heart

Cordyceps sinensis has the effects of negative frequency, reducing myocardial oxygen consumption, improving myocardial ischemia, anti-platelet aggregation and anti-arrhythmia. Cordyceps alcohol extract has a significant protective effect on acute viral myocarditis.

(2) Effects on the blood system

Cordyceps sinensis has a significant protective effect on thrombocytopenia and damage to the platelet ultrastructure, and has a significant antihypertensive effect on sodium pentobarbital anesthesia. Cordyceps water extract has a strong function of dilating coronary arteries and increasing coronary flow. Cordyceps extract can promote platelet aggregation and play a hemostatic role, and its alcohol extract can inhibit thrombosis.

3.2 Effects on the respiratory system

Cordyceps sinensis can significantly enhance the bronchodilating effect of adrenaline, regulate bronchial smooth muscles, alleviate symptoms of chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, cor pulmonale and other diseases in the elderly, and delay recurrence time. At the same time, cordycepin has a strong inhibitory and killing effect on bacteria that cause lung infections, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and cordycepic acid and cordyceps polysaccharides can repair damaged alveolar cells.

3.3 Effects on the immune system

Including the following aspects:

(1) It has a bidirectional regulatory effect on humoral immune function, either enhancing or weakening it;

(2) It can enhance the phagocytic function of macrophages and improve the body's immune function;

(3) It affects the weight of immune organs by promoting the biosynthesis of spleen DNA, increasing the content of nucleic acids and proteins, and promoting the proliferation of spleen lymphocytes;

(4) Enhances the activity of natural killer cells, thus playing an important role in anti-cancer and anti-viral infection.

3.4 Effects on the digestive system

The liver is an important digestive gland secretory organ in the human digestive system. It plays an extremely important role in hematopoiesis, detoxification, fat conversion, etc. The effect of Cordyceps sinensis on the digestive system is mainly manifested in a series of protection and prevention of the liver.

(1) Cordyceps sinensis can improve patients’ liver function, reduce inflammatory cell infiltration in the liver and liver cell degeneration and necrosis. Cordyceps mycelium has a strong effect in promoting liver cell repair;

(2) Cordyceps polysaccharide liposomes (CPL) have a certain protective effect on liver tissue damaged by CCl4;

(3) Cordyceps sinensis aqueous solution can inhibit the proliferation of hepatic fat-storing cells and the transformation of hepatic fat-storing cells into myofibroblasts and fibroblasts.

The properties and functions of Cordyceps flowers have been clearly introduced above. Everyone should know that the herb Cordyceps sinensis is of great help to all systems of the body, especially for some older patients with cardiovascular diseases. So it will definitely be helpful if everyone takes a good look at it.