By: Ana Marija Pšeničnik |
Cordyceps – a miraculous healing mushroom from Tibet |
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Under the scientific name of Cordyceps sinensis a medicinal mushroom that grows on high mountains of southwest China and Tibet is hidden.
It was firstly recorded in Tibet under the name of yartsa gunbu in the 15th century.
In Nepali language it is known as yarsha gumba.
There is an ancient myth in the history of this mushroom that is trying to explain the first realizations of exceptional medicinal properties of this mushroom.
According to the myth, in the times when the snow started melting on high mountains, indigenous people of Tibet and Nepal, following a hundred-year old tradition, started chasing their yak herds towards the grasslands on high altitudes.
Yaks felt mushrooms under their paws hidden in the snow so they dug them up and started eating them.
After that, they started mating like crazy.
A shepherd who was watching this sudden surge in yaks could not help but wonder where yaks got that vitalizing energy from.
Today it is known that Cordyceps enhances vitality, fertility and potency and that it also has many other health benefits.
Health benefits of Cordyceps
Traditional Tibetan and Chinese medicines use this extraordinary healing mushroom for over two thousand years.
Today Cordyceps is famous around the world.
The main reason of its popularity lies in the fact that people wish to strengthen the resilience of their immune system, their libido and to achieve higher working efficiency and/or achieve better sport results.
Using Cordyceps is recommended in the cases when organism loses vitality, and especially in the case of cancer, impotency or kidney diseases.
Enhances libido and fertility
Clinical testing confirmed that Cordyceps, a long known aphrodisiac, enhances libido in both male and female.
It enhances the biosynthesis of cortisol, testosterone and estrogen whose production in the organism is usually reduced with age and leads to depleted sexual desire and power.
Furthermore, it has no harmful side effects associated with mainstream impotency drugs.
Cordyceps has been traditionally used in Asia for enhancing male and female fertility.
Research has shown positive results in sperm count.
Scientists have confirmed that this mushroom is a good supplement in the treatment of female infertility.
Nurtures and protects the whole organism
This mushroom has a beneficial effect on a wide specter of bodily and mental problems which is why it has a rightful place among the leading tonics for health enhancement.
It protects kidneys from damages and treats inflammations, bad functioning and kidney failure.
It helps in liver detoxification, against fibrosis and liver cirrhosis and problems linked to hepatitis.
It has positive effects on the mood; it is useful for treating fatigue and various types of depressions.
It regulates insulin excretion, prevents hyperglycemia and helps in the treatment of all types of diabetes.
It is used against cough, mucosa problems, heavy breathing, asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease.
Contemporary research indicates its efficiency in treatment of cancer since it prevents the growth, division and multiplication of tumor cells in our body.
Cordyceps has anti-inflammatory properties - its efficiency against rheumatoid arthritis has already been proven.
This mushroom is a strong agent in preventing our immune system from rejecting transplanted organs and tissues (especially heart, kidneys and skin).
It protects against cardiovascular diseases – regulates heart rate, enhances blood flow, reduces high blood pressure, reduces the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, prevents blood clogs formations etc.
Cordyceps is efficient in fighting against infections since it has an effect on viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.
Balances yin and yang
Since Cordyceps is an antioxidant and balances the functioning of the immune system, it has an effect on female yin principle.
Cordyceps enhances cellular production of energy and thus enhances male yang qualities.
Thus, Cordyceps has beneficial effects on the health of the whole organism and restores the balance of life energy.
Studies performed on human subjects have shown the enhancement of overall vitality accompanied by significant reduction of several symptoms, including fatigue, dizziness, buzzing in ears and memory problems.
Furthermore, a greater endurance was detected in elderly people during physical activities.
Healing effects of Cordyceps:
- enhances libido and fertility
- protects against parasites
- strengthens the immune system
- protects against kidney and liver diseases
- has anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungi effects
- helps against rheumatoid arthritis
- prevents cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
- protects against cancer
- treats chronic fatigue
- relieves depression.
Application
Cordyceps in available in a form of pills, powder or liquids.
The usual dosage is 3 to 6 grams a day.
In China and Nepal this mushroom is so valued that it is often added to tea mixtures, cocktails made of various healing herbs and spices and into dishes.
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