Medicinal properties of Chinese mushrooms
Oriental dishes using Chinese mushrooms are hot and sweet at the same time. The most famous representatives of this group are muer, but no less popular are Reishi, Enoki and Cordyceps.
Medicinal properties of Chinese mushrooms
Features of Asian mushrooms
Asian mushrooms nourish, but at the same time prevent weight gain, which means they are a suitable treat for people on a diet.
Traditionally, mushrooms are used in Chinese medicine as a tonic and tonic. Now extracts, ointments and powders from these unusual products are sold in many pharmacies. They help boost immunity and at the same time lower blood sugar levels.
Woody black muer from China
Black Chinese muer mushrooms (Auricularica auricula), auricularia are also harvested in Vietnam, Thailand and some other countries. Their other names familiar to Europeans are “tree ears” and “Judas ear”. According to legend, the first Chinese tree mushrooms appeared on the tree where the traitor of Christ hanged himself.
The wrinkled caps are shaped like an ear, disc, or bowl. They are thin and small in diameter. The color changes from purple to brown with age. In Russian forests, muer can be found growing on alder or elderberry, but they are rarely harvested, usually bought.
In shops, dry Chinese wood mushrooms are sold in packs, but even in this form, their nutritional value remains high. They are high in protein, vitamins B and D, amino acids and minerals. The health benefits are also huge: aricularia prevent blood clots, lower blood cholesterol levels, remove tumors and remove toxins. They are used to treat oncology.
Black Chinese mushroom has a sweetish taste. In ancient Japan, a dessert was prepared from it and served to the imperial table. Also, black mushroom makes an excellent addition to first and second courses, stew and fried meat. It is also used to prepare delicious salads.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
Recipes use different types of muer mushrooms. For example, noodle - it is very thin, it is used as a side dish or as a dressing for soups. Muer porcini mushroom is a delicacy, it is added exclusively to salads. By the way, the most famous salad with muer in our country is with rice noodles with funcheza. But fried muer mushrooms are most often served as a seasoning for pork or chicken.
Before cooking aricularia, be sure to soak for at least 3 hours so that they swell and reveal their taste. Soak them in a very large saucepan, because. they absorb large amounts of water.
Reishi benefits
Reishi, also known as lacquered Ganoderma (Ganoderma lucidum), is famous for its medicinal properties. Extracts and powders from it are found in many pharmacies in Russia, they are sold in a package or in briquettes. The Reishi has a small dark hat and a long leg. The surface is shiny, it really looks like a varnished one. The pulp is dense and tasteless. It grows on dead or dying wood.
The area of application of the medicinal properties of such mushrooms is enormous.It restores the body's strength in the postoperative period, during stress and during menopause. It is taken for ischemic heart disease, dysbiosis and hepatitis. The beneficial substances that make up the mushroom help the body resist stress and depression.
Enoki's healing properties
Honey mushrooms are used to treat oncology
Other names for enoki are golden threads or winter honey (Flammulina velutipes). Pickled, they are often sold vacuum-packed or in cans. Enoki's hats are yellowish-white, and the legs are of a darker shade. The plates are rare, the pulp has a pleasant taste. In the wild, the mushroom is found on the weakened wood of willows and poplars.
Winter mushrooms contain a large amount of minerals and quickly saturate the body. They are boiled, added to vegetable salads and as a side dish for fried or baked dishes, and also raw in the filling for rolls.
Honey mushrooms retard the growth of malignant tumors, therefore they are used in the treatment of cancer.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
Enoki practically do not contain carbohydrates, but they contain potassium - an essential substance for a person, it allows you to smoothly lower blood pressure, which is important for people suffering from hypertension. These mushrooms contain flammulin, a polysaccharide that is credited with its ability to inhibit the development of malignant tumors. Mushrooms improve digestion, their zero cholesterol level and high protein content (over 50%) promote weight loss - this is a dietary product. Enoki are also used in cosmetology: on their basis, excellent relaxing oils are obtained for various procedures.
By the way. In Russia, you can buy fresh enoki, but unlike wild ones, they will be white, because these are mushrooms artificially grown on nutrient substrates.
Cordyceps and its beneficial properties
Cordyceps (Cordyceps) is also called "caterpillar" for a very original way of reproduction from the point of view of an ordinary person. It parasitizes insects. Cordyceps with its spores affects the caterpillar and at a certain stage of its development begins to germinate from inside the body of the larva.
Description of the appearance of this variety of mushrooms:
- they are small;
- thin and curved, with a thickening at the tip.
Although these mushrooms sprout from caterpillars, their pulp tastes and smells good.
Cordyceps are not consumed fresh - first they are dried, then crushed. Pharmacies sell ready-made pressed dried foods in a box or bag. They contain vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants and other beneficial substances.
Cordyceps are used to eliminate toxins, against viral infections, to restore strength and immunity, to improve the functioning of the heart and blood vessels. Many women use this product to soften their hair and skin.
Attention! Very often people confuse cordyceps mushroom with other beneficial mushrooms and look for something with the name "Cordyceps Reishi", "Cordyceps Ganoderma" or "Lingzhi Cordyceps". But cordyceps, reishi, ganoderma and lingzhi are completely different mushrooms. This name may be the case if an encapsulated complex of these two mushrooms is sold in a pharmacy.
Conclusion
Fresh or packaged, Chinese mushrooms are ready to do a good job for a person. They can be called a panacea for almost all diseases.
