I don't know if you have heard of the saying that "if you can get the yellow knots on the mulberry tree, the dead can also be resurrected", which is a folk record of a precious medicinal herb. This precious medicinal herb is mulberry yellow, which is known as "forest gold". In recent years, according to media reports, Mulberry Huang has sold for a thousand yuan a catty, which is really surprising.
Speaking of this, I think everyone is very curious, what is the "sacred" of Sang Huang, and what is superior? Next, let's find out!
What is Mulberry Yellow?
Mulberry yellow, also known as mulberry parasite, mulberry, mulberry mushroom, plum tree fungus, is a fungus of the genus Mulberry yellow in the family Rusty Gram.
Its fruiting body is a basidiom, which is generally strangely round or semi-circular in appearance, has a fungus cap, and the cap is darker than the flesh of the fungus, dark brown, dark brown to gray-black.
Mulberry yellow grows mainly on mulberry trees, but also on the trunks of broad-leaved trees such as pine, poplar, and willow. They are either embedded in trees or wrapped around slender trunks, growing quietly in different ways in the shelter of these trees.
Mulberry yellow prefers a warm, humid, oxygen-rich and nutrient-rich environment, mainly growing in mountain broad-leaved forests with subtropical monsoon climates, such as Sichuan and Yunnan in the mainland. In addition, some low-latitude and high-altitude areas of the mainland are also the places where Sanghuang likes to live due to unique climatic factors, such as Tibet. In addition, mulberry yellow also grows in the few places in the north where there are mulberry trees, such as Changbai Mountain in the northeast region.
Of course, the quality of mulberry yellow grown on different trees and in different regions is also very different.
How is mulberry yellow formed?
Mulberry yellow is divided into wild mulberry yellow and farmed mulberry yellow. The formation of wild mulberry yellow is very difficult. This is first of all reflected in its very harsh requirements for the environment in which it grows. Wild mulberry yellow mainly grows in the ulcerated or corroded parts of mulberry trees, such as the roots and trunks of ancient mulberry trees.
Due to the lack of moisture and oxygen, coupled with the large number of underground insect nests, the roots of ancient mulberry trees are easily "occupied" by insects, and then dry and decay, so this part is prone to mulberry yellow. The trunk is prone to parasites, insect infestation, and therefore easy to damage, so it naturally becomes an excellent place for mulberry yellow growth.
Wild mulberry yellow needs a sufficient material base to form a fruiting body. For example, in the process of growth and development, mulberry yellow needs sufficient oxygen and a certain amount of light, in addition to it also needs a large number of organic and inorganic matter, the demand for water is relatively high.
With these conditions, wild mulberry yellow has the possibility of growing.
The formation of cultivated mulberry yellow is relatively easy. There are basically two modes of mulberry planting in China. One is the cultivation of duan wood, which is generally based on poplar trees and other miscellaneous trees. The other is artificial bagging cultivation, which generally uses wood chips, mulberry peels, cottonseed husks, bran, sugar and gypsum as the substrate for bagging material cultivation. Regardless of the substrate, it must be provided with the right temperature, sufficient nutrients, and can be harvested after 1 to 3 years of indoor cultivation.
Why is mulberry yellow so valuable?
There are two main reasons for this: one is that it is rare and rare, and the other is its high medicinal value.
As mentioned above, wild mulberry yellow needs to form a fruiting body, and the environmental and material conditions are very harsh. Therefore, its distribution is very scattered, and the production is also very small. In other words, it is difficult to find wild mulberry yellow, and even if you find it, the wild mulberry yellow that can be picked may only be a little.
Then there is the very long growth cycle of wild mulberry yellow. The growth cycle of mulberry yellow with high quality and high medicinal value is generally several decades. It can be seen that even if you can find wild mulberry yellow with great effort, you may not be able to catch up with the good time when it can be picked.
Scarce things are expensive, and the price of mulberry yellow naturally rises.
In fact, the main reason why the value of wild mulberry is so high is that its medicinal value is extremely high. Otherwise, people would not have bothered to go around looking for and picking such medicinal herbs.
There are many effects of mulberry yellow, such as beauty and beauty, liver protection, heat and accumulation, calming the spirit and helping sleep, regulating blood sugar, anti-cancer and anti-tumor. Because of its high and many medicinal values, it also has many reputations, such as "gynecological holy medicine" and "king of anti-cancer". In short, mulberry yellow is very beneficial to good health.
Many of the effects of mulberry yellow were explored step by step by the ancients. Many ancient Chinese medicine texts have recorded the efficacy and use of mulberry yellow.
For example, the Tang Dynasty's "Theory of Medicinal Properties" records that mulberry yellow can treat many female diseases, such as infertility. The Song Dynasty's Taiping Shenghuifang recorded the efficacy of mulberry yellow on prolapsed blood and the use of mulberry yellow.
In addition, many texts such as the Compendium of Materia Medica, the Chinese Materia Medica, the Materia Medica, and the Dictionary of Chinese Medicine also make detailed records of the medicinal value of mulberry yellow.
In short, the ancient medical books on the efficacy of mulberry yellow mostly focus on the blood circulation and hemostasis function of mulberry yellow, which is often used in clinical practice for women's blood collapse, collapse, and blood shower, and can also treat blood in urine, prolapse, blood in the stool, or bleeding in the digestive tract.
Fortunately, the efficacy of mulberry yellow has not been ignored with the passage of time, and people's research and use of mulberry yellow has continued to this day.
Contemporary research has found that mulberry yellow contains a large number of polysaccharides, flavonoids, phenols, coumarin active ingredients and alkaloids, which have a great role in preventing cancer and fighting cancer.
In terms of anti-cancer, mulberry yellow can enhance the anti-tumor ability of host cells by enhancing the immunomodulatory function of host cells. As an anti-cancer agent, the polysaccharide toxicity of mulberry yellow is very small, which can well protect other normal cells from being affected. Therefore, mulberry yellow can now be said to be the best one-flavor herb for cancer prevention and treatment among medicinal fungi.
In addition, researchers have also found that proteins, amino acids and polysaccharides extracted from mulberry can help people reduce blood glucose and blood lipids, unclog blood vessels and promote the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells, effectively preventing arteriosclerosis.
The trace elements extracted from mulberry yellow have the effect of regulating the balance of myocardial electrolytes and maintaining normal heart rate.
What is the current market pricing of Mulberry Yellow?
Mulberry yellow is now being farmed in many parts of the country, so the production of farmed mulberry yellow has increased. However, because the artificially simulated mulberry yellow growth environment is always not as unique as the natural environment, the quality of farmed mulberry yellow is still far from the wild mulberry yellow. Therefore, the price of cultivated mulberry yellow in the market is not high, and in some places, it only takes two or three hundred yuan to buy a catty.
The real quality, high value, and wide recognition is still wild mulberry yellow. As of 2020, the price of wild mulberry yellow can be sold to 500 to 5,000 yuan per kilogram, and the specific price depends on the type, origin and growth year of mulberry yellow.
At present, the most expensive mulberry yellow variety on the market is wild mulberry mulberry yellow. The price of wild mulberry mulberry yellow is generally not less than 800 yuan, and its price per kilogram rises with a single weight. The price of a single weight higher than one kilogram is thousands of yuan, and the heavier the more expensive, the heavier one can reach 2000 to 5000 yuan per kilogram.
The price of other miscellaneous tree mulberry yellow is relatively cheap, such as poplar mulberry yellow, Wu Mulberry yellow, pine tree mulberry yellow, etc., and the highest price of a pound is only a few hundred yuan.
In addition, the longer the growth year, the higher the price of mulberry yellow. Generally speaking, mulberry yellow under 10 years can be sold to 500 to 800 yuan per kilogram, and mulberry yellow in 10 to 50 years can be sold to 1000 to 5000 yuan per kilogram due to its higher quality and better efficacy.
The regional difference in mulberry price is mainly reflected in the fact that the wild mulberry yellow growing in the primary forest from the southern foothills of the Qinling Mountains to daba Mountain is of the best quality and the highest price.
In summary, the medicinal value of mulberry yellow has indeed been widely recognized, and its sparse and difficult to collect features also add a layer of mystery to it. Therefore, mulberry yellow can afford the name of "forest gold", and it is worth selling for a thousand yuan a catty.
The medicinal value of mulberry yellow is so high, it is naturally indispensable for people to consume it. For the method of taking mulberry yellow, it is generally the most common to take decoction with internal use, and the effect is also the best. Depending on the needs and personal habits, you can choose to wash the mulberry yellow cut into pieces to boil water, or you can choose to cut it into pieces and wash it to brew wine. Both of these methods are very conducive to the exertion of mulberry yellow medicine.
Finally, it is worth noting that although mulberry yellow has many good effects and promotes people's health, it is also necessary to realize that excessive consumption of mulberry yellow also has certain side effects, such as eating too much will cause central nervous system numbness and cause poisoning. Then there is the cold nature of mulberry yellow, and people with cold physique try to take less. Before taking, it is best to consult a doctor and do not consume blindly.
Author: Buka Preliminary Review: Ding Bao'er School Manuscript Editor: W