Cordyceps Mushroom (Cordyceps sinensis)

Cordyceps Mushroom (Cordyceps sinensis) Stamina, Endurance and Sex Drive Cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis) is a special mushroom that can only be found in the mountains more than 12,000 feet above sea level in the southwestern areas of China and Nepal. Cordyceps is regarded as one of the most valuable and expensive herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. They say that, in ancient China, Cordyceps was taken as an elixir of life and only the imperial family could afford it. In 1993, women track athletes from China astonished the world as they broke world records one after...

[#2012-07] Cordyceps Wang, Yongjun et al...

Cordyceps is a fastidious pathogenic fungus infecting insects, and recent years have witnessed rapid progress in its medical properties. In this study, a wild isolate, C. cicadae MP12, was characterized through in vitro cultivation and its nuclear small-subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) data. In vitro culture of C. cicadae MP12 was established by growing its fruiting bodies in a solid matrix. C. cicadae MP12 was inoculated into Cryptotympana atrata cicada pupae for in vivo culture, where the fungi developed its fruiting body as well. The contents of adenosine and...

[#2011-16] Cordyceps Panda, Ashok Kumar...

Cordyceps sinensis has been described as a medicine in old Chinese medical books and Tibetan medicine. It is a rare combination of a caterpillar and a fungus and found at altitudes above 4500m in Sikkim. Traditional healers and local people of North Sikkim recommend the mushroom, i.e., Yarsa gumba, Keera jhar (C. sinensis) for all diseases either as a single drug or combined with other herbs. The present study was undertaken to collect information regarding the traditional uses of cordyceps in Sikkim. It was found that most local folk healers/traditional healers use...

[#2010-24] Cordyceps Chen, Steven et al....

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the effect of Cs-4 (Cordyceps sinensis) on exercise performance in healthy elderly subjects. Design: Twenty (20) healthy elderly (age 50–75 years) subjects were enrolled in this double-blind, placebocontrolled, prospective trial. The subjects were taking either Cs-4 333mg or placebo capsules 3 times a day for 12 weeks. Measurement: Subjects received baseline screening including physical examination and laboratory tests. Maximal incremental exercise testing was performed on a stationary cycle ergometer using...

[#2010-01] Cordyceps Kumar Das, Shonkor...

Medicinal uses of the mushroom Cordyceps militaris: Current state and prospects Shonkor Kumar Das, Mina Masuda, Akihiko Sakurai*, Mikio Sakakibara Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, 3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui 910-8507, Japan ABSTRACT Cordyceps militaris is a potential harbour of bio-metabolites for herbal drugs and evidences are available about its applications for- revitalization of various systems of the body from ancient times. Amongst all the species, C. militaris is considered as the oldest source of some...

[#2009-03] Cordyceps Ji, Deng Bo et al A...

Antiaging Effect of Cordyceps sinensis Extract  Deng-Bo Ji’, Jia Chang-Ling Li’, Yu-Hua Wang’, Jiong Zhao’ and Shao-Qing Cai2 ‘Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 2Department of Nature Medicines, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing   This experiment studied the effect of Cordyceps sinensis extract (CSE) on mice aged by n-galactose and castrated rats to analyse its antiaging effect. Water maze and step-down type avoidance tests were...