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Health Benefits of Cordyceps Mushroom

By Brandon Gilbert


It was the shepherds of the Tibetan Mountains back in 15th century, who first discovered the wonders of Cordyceps Extract, using it mainly to treat their sick cattle. Though it was the discovery of its benefits to humans that made this fungus actually popular.

Widely known in English as Caterpillar Fungus or Winter Worm Summer Flower, this mushroom is mostly found in the wet and tropical forests of some states in The East, including, China, Nepal, Vietnam, Korea and Thailand. It is generally sweet and bland in taste but leaves a warming effect after eating.

The Cordyceps Mushroom is quite difficult to find, making it a very priced ingredient both for medicine and for cooking. Actually it is a essential ingredient in some of the expensive culinary delicacies in China, like soups and brews.

But aside from acting as a tonic and immune system booster, there remain a lot of benefits that it can offer to an individual's overall being. These are some of them:

- It strengthens and protects the heart, lungs and kidneys.
- It's an effective remedy for people who've got a respiratory problem,eg, asthma, cough, chest congestion, wheezing and trouble breathing.
- Using this mushroom can boost one's vivacity thus helping him to perform better in physical activities.
- Just as in traditional medicine, Cordyceps Mushroom can also be used to treat a person's overall fatigue, weakness and debilitation. It also helps induce deep and restful sleep.
- It can be employed as an aphrodisiac to maximise one's sexual performance. Infrequently, it is increasingly used to treat erectile Problems in men as well as other issues on infertility and impotency.
- This mushroom slows down the aging process through body rejuvenation and physical potency restoration.
- This fungus contains anti-oxidants that aids in the handling of different deteriorative diseases.
- It helps lower bad cholesterol and decreases the risk of stroke and heart sicknesses.
- It permits the thinning of blood clots and deters the formation of plaques that clog the blood vessels.
- Several studies suggest that this mushroom has got cancer-fighting endowments helping reduce cancers; it also ideal for folks undergoing chemical treatment and radiation-based therapy.

The discovery of its benefits to human health opened the gates for various opportunities to make use of this mushroom. The most noteworthy perhaps is when Chinese women who competed in the track and field event in the Olympics, broke nine world records, stating this was because they took this mushroom everyday during training. But till then, more studies would still have to be conducted to absolutely know the true cost of Cordyceps Mushroom in people's health.








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