Black fungus
black fungus
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Black fungus, referred to as fungus, alias cloud fungus, light fungus, fine fungus, black cabbage, ear, wood moth, wood fir, tree chicken, etc., Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" explained: "(fungus) said that the ear is said to be a moth, and the image is also ...... It is said that the chicken is called fir because of the taste. The ancients also had another explanation for the "tree chicken": "The tree chicken, the big fungus." Probably because the fungus called "tree chicken" is of high quality, it is often reflected in the poetry of the ancients. For example, the Tang Dynasty writer and philosopher Han Yu (768-824) wrote a poem "Answering the Taoist Priest to Send Tree Chickens", and the Song Dynasty writer, calligrapher and painter Su Shi (1037-1101) wrote the poem "Huang Xiang raises soil lambs, and Lao Huai gives birth to tree chickens".
The ancient Chinese ate and cultivated black fungus, for a long time, they found that many trees in the natural environment will grow parasitic fungus after decay, and the fungus generated in the rotten trunk of different tree species, its quality is also different, Li Shizhen has pointed out, "The fungus is born in each wood, and its good poison must also follow the nature of the wood, and it must be judged." Because of this understanding, the ancients mainly ate the fungus that grows on the trunks of five kinds of rotten trees, including mulberry, acacia, elm, elm and willow, called "five fungus", and also feeds on the fungus that grows on the trunks of jujubes and oaks.
In the history of Chinese diet and dietary therapy, there are many recipes for fungus. In the middle of the 6th century, the Northern Wei Dynasty agronomist Jia Sixian's "Qi Min Yaoshu" was the first to make a more specific description of the "fungus" practice, one of the fungus recipes: collect the wet soft fungus that grows on the trunk of the jujube tree, or mulberry tree, or elm, or willow tree, put it in water and boil it until five boils to eliminate its fishy smell, and then pick up the fungus and put it in cold water to wash it clean, and then use sour pulp water again, rinse it, take out the ear and cut it into thin strips, and finally mix it with tempeh juice, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, peppercorn, and a small amount of coriander, green onion"Very slippery".
In the process of eating black fungus as a vegetable, the ancients gradually realized that it has the functions of nourishing and strengthening the human body, clearing the lungs and invigorating qi, nourishing and replenishing blood, removing stasis and renewing, moistening the intestines and laxative, so the fungus has long been used for the adjuvant treatment of some diseases. For example, people with iron deficiency anemia can cook black fungus and red dates, those with heavy menstrual bleeding can cook black fungus and brown sugar, constipation and hemorrhoids can cook black fungus and persimmons, prolapse can cook black fungus and daylily, and so on.
According to modern scientific knowledge, black fungus belongs to the family Basidiomycetes. The mycelium of fungus grows on the fruiting body formed by decaying wood or other substrates, and its appearance is reddish-brown, tan, black-brown, etc., and its essence is translucent gum, and the components contained are not consistent according to the different tree species grown. It usually contains protein, fat, ovarian lipid, cerebrophospholipid, sphingomyelin, multivitamin, plant collagen, dietary fiber, mannan, xylose, glucose, ferment, alkaloid, iodine, selenium, potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc.
Black fungus can reduce platelet aggregation, prevent thrombosis, reduce blood lipids and cholesterol, delay atherosclerosis, and is very beneficial to the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease and stroke. The plant collagen of black fungus has a strong adsorption power, and it can adsorb and excrete various foreign substances such as dust, hair, chaff and other foreign substances that have been ingested in the intestines. The alkaloids in black fungus can promote the secretion of glands in the digestive tract and urinary tract, which helps to prevent and treat gallstones and bone stones. The mannan sugar, xylose and dietary fiber contained in the fungus are helpful in reducing blood sugar fluctuations and regulating insulin secretion, and are good food for diabetics. The lecithin and brain phospholipids of black fungus are good for maintaining brain power and memory. In addition, black fungus also has many health care effects such as preventing anemia and constipation, delaying aging, reducing the occurrence of cancer, and losing weight.
After cooking, the black fungus is easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body, and is an excellent dish and a good food therapy. For example: 30 grams of black fungus, 200 grams of lean pork, 20 pieces of red dates, cooked, eaten once a day, suitable for people with facial pigmentation or darkness. Another example: black fungus and daylily are fried with an appropriate amount, which is suitable for patients with high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. Another example: black fungus and tofu are fried or boiled with an appropriate amount, which is suitable for patients with arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
Black fungus also has external treatment function for some diseases, and it has been reported that black fungus can be used for the external treatment of bedsores: take 30 grams of roasted black fungus and grind fine, 30 grams of white sugar, mix the two well, mix them well with warm boiled water, apply them to the bedsore locally, change the dressing once a day, and promote the healing of bedsores.
Since black fungus has the effect of reducing platelet aggregation, it is best for women during menstruation, the latter before surgery and those who have tooth extraction to avoid eating less or no black fungus to avoid increased bleeding. People with bleeding tendencies should be cautious about eating fungus. Because the fungus has a laxative effect, people with chronic diarrhea should not eat more, so as not to aggravate diarrhea.
Source: "People take food as the sky"
Author: Fu Weikang
Editor: Shiso
Source: Internet