Do you know Cordyceps sinensis? Its price has reached 200,000 kilograms, why it will be sold so expensive, what is in it, then explore the secrets of Cordyceps sinensis with Xiaobian.
With the development of society, people's lives are getting better and better, people are more and more important for maintenance, then everyone has heard of Cordyceps sinensis, this wild precious medicinal material, it is also called soft gold, but also listed in one of the three major supplements, in some traders will also say that it has a special effect. However, there are still some people who think that buying it is completely paying the IQ tax, so what kind of creature is it?
What cordyceps is
Cordyceps sinensis is a product that generally grows at very high altitudes, mainly in Tibet on the mainland. It also belongs to the fungus class, is a complex of bat moth larvae, then friends will have some doubts, then is it a bug or a plant? In fact, it is not one of these two, its formation is very magical, the reason why it is called Cordyceps sinensis is because in the summer there will be bat insects will lay eggs in the soil, these eggs will gradually hatch into larvae, this larva will be infected with Cordyceps sinensis when it is active in the ground, it will gradually die in the soil after being infected. After the death of this larvae, the nutrients in the body will be absorbed by the surface fungi and will multiply in large quantities, and a hyphae will grow on the head of the larvae, and Cordyceps sinensis will form.
And the probability of growing Cordyceps sinensis in this natural environment is very small. With the destruction of ecology and various natural disasters, the production of cordyceps in some areas has decreased a lot, and the price has risen again. If this cordyceps is cultivated in captivity, it is difficult to meet its growth conditions and produce perfect cordyceps, so its price has never dropped. There is also part of the reason is because the merchants have exaggerated the efficacy of this cordyceps, its value has also turned over, from the beginning of a few thousand yuan a kilogram, and finally rose to 200,000 yuan a kilogram, but also divided into different grades, the price between them is also different, then what is the effect of this cordyceps?
Efficacy of Cordyceps sinensis
Cordyceps sinensis is also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, but there is no record of it in the mainland medical encyclopedia Materia Medica, its role is not so big, and later in the Qing Dynasty, a folk Langzhong himself also wrote a book on drugs to record Cordyceps sinensis, which is only a short record. Later, in the new era, people studied this cordyceps and found that there was no special ingredient in it. Even the cordycepinic acid is also used as a selling point by merchants, in fact, it is a very common chemical raw material, this ingredient will have it in medicines and foods, it also has other uses, it still has a certain effect on immunity enhancement. But its other effects, in pharmacies there are many cheaper herbs than it also have these effects, so there is no need to choose such expensive skin care products. So since its role has also been studied and confirmed, why is it still so expensive?
Why is it so expensive
The first point is that its formation environment is relatively special, the output is relatively scarce, the annual output of the country is less than tens of tons or more than a few hundred tons, the market demand is large, but the output is small, so the price is so expensive. The second point is the wanton speculation of merchants, just because the production is small, it will not lead to its price rise so fast, so Cordyceps sinensis finally fell to such a high price, that is, the publicity of merchants and a lot of hype, and people blindly trust its medicinal value. Its price is getting higher and higher, people also use this cordyceps as a status symbol, and some friends comment that this food that only belongs to the circle of the rich can show its identity and eat, and it is not afraid that no one will buy it. Well, this issue ends here, thank you for watching, we'll see you next time!