Philippines Ophiocordyceps Sinensis

The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is increasingly valued worldwide. Techniques like acupuncture and the preparation of herbal remedies have spread globally. The research potential of TCM offers significant flexibility. In China, TCM is typically prepared in two ways: decoction following prescriptions from TCM experts, and as medicinal wines. Extensive research has been conducted on both methods. China is the birthplace of TCM, boasting approximately 12,000 medicinal plants—a resource unmatched by other countries, giving China a monopolistic advantage in this area. The in-depth exploration, research, and summarization of TCM and its related pharmacology by ancient scholars have led to its widespread acceptance and application.

Product Description

  This product is a dried complex of the fruiting body and larval cadaver of Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc., a fungus of the Clavicipitaceae family parasitizing on insect larvae of the Hepialidae family. The fruiting body is unearthed in early summer, before spore dispersal, sun-dried to about 60-70% dryness, and impurities and fiber-like attachments are removed. It is then dried completely or low-temperature dried.

[Nature and Flavor and Meridian Tropism]Sweet, neutral. 归肺、肾经。

[Functions and Indications]Tonify kidney and lung, stop bleeding, resolve phlegm. Used for kidney deficiency and essence depletion, impotence and seminal emission, soreness of the waist and knees, chronic cough and shortness of breath, and blood spitting from chronic cough.