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During a narrow four-week window between May and June, villagers harvest the highest-grade, wild Cordyceps Sinensis (caterpillar mushrooms) from the high plateaus of Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. Cordyceps mycelium is the mycelial form of the medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis. Cordyceps mycelium is a source of valuable compounds providing complementary benefits.
WHAT MAKES CORDYCEPS MYCELIUM SO VALUABLE?
Cordyceps mycelium contains nucleosides—primarily adenine, adenosine, uracil, uridine, guanidine, guanosine, hypoxanthine, inosine, thymine, thymidine, and deoxyuridine. Fresh, natural cordyceps has a lower content of nucleosides than dry, processed, or cultured cordyceps. Nucleosides are the biochemical precursors of nucleotides, the molecular building blocks of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA. They are used in many antibiotics, and scientists have discovered how to mimic them to produce antiretroviral medications.
In addition, wild cordyceps mycelium contains proteins, peptides, all essential amino acids, and polyamines; saccharides and sugar derivatives; sterols; fatty acids and other organic acids; vitamins (including B1, B2, B12, E and K); and inorganic elements. Using thin layer and gas chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis, scientists have also identified cordycepin and other adenosine derivatives, ergosterol, mannitol, cordyheptapeptide A, and several other unique compounds in cordyceps.
Cordycepin, at low doses, inhibits uncontrolled growth and cell division, and at high doses stops cells from sticking together, which also inhibits growth.
CORDYCEPS MYCELIUM BENEFITS
Cordyceps has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that boost the immune system and enhance overall health. In addition, it also exhibits anti-tumor, anti-metastatic, anti-aging, antimicrobial, hypoglycemic, neuroprotective, and renoprotective effects.
- Diabetes: A particular cordyceps polysaccharide has strong antioxidant properties and a hypoglycemic effect. It helps improve glucose metabolism and increase insulin sensitivity.
- Liver Health: Studies show that cordyceps has the ability to adjust T lymphocyte subset levels and is effective against hepatic fibrosis for chronic hepatitis sufferers.
- Kidneys: Cordyceps increases blood circulation to various body parts, helping regulate their normal functions. It helps strengthen the lungs and kidneys, increasing their energy and vitality, and decreasing bleeding. It helps the body fight chronic kidney diseases.
- Strength: Antioxidant properties in cordyceps increase cellular formation, soothe the nervous system, reduce anxiety, and promote more restful sleep, thereby reducing the effects of fatigue on the body.
WORTH A CELEBRATION!
With the growing worldwide market for this incredibly powerful fungus, and considering its limited availability, science has been trying diligently to commercially grow and market Cordyceps sinensis. It is now widely available commercially as the mycelium.
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