Cordyceps sinensis 冬虫夏草

Cordyceps sinensis alias: Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps sinensis. Nature: sweet; warm; fragrant. Meridian tropism: lung meridian; kidney meridian. Medicinal site: it is the complex of larvae (sclerotia) of ergot fungus Cordyceps sinensis and its host, bat moth, insect, caterpillar, bat moth, etc. Morphological features: this product is composed of insect bodies and fungal constellations that grow from scratch. The worm is silkworm-like, with a length of 3 cm and a diameter of 3 mm. It has a dark brown to yellowish brown surface, with a ring of 20 to 30, and a fine ring near the head; the head is reddish brown, 8 pairs of feet, and 4 pairs in the middle are more obvious; brittle, easy to break, the cross section is slightly flat, yellowish white. The pedestal is solitary, slender cylindrical, 4cm long and 3mm in diameter; the surface is dark brown to brown, with fine longitudinal wrinkles, the upper part is slightly inflated, and there is no obvious difference between the head and the stalk; the quality is flexible and the cross section is white. The air is fishy and the taste is light. The color of the insect body is yellow and bright, plump and enlarged, the cross section is yellow and white, and the seed seat is short. Usage and dosage of Cordyceps sinensis: fried soup, 5-10g; or into pills, powder; or stewed with chicken and duck. The efficacy of Cordyceps sinensis: tonifying deficiency, tonifying the lung and kidney, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Indications: treatment of phlegm drink asthma cough, deficiency asthma, consumption cough, hemoptysis, spontaneous sweating, impotence spermatorrhea, waist and knee pain, long-term deficiency after illness.

冬虫夏草

　　别名：夏草冬虫、虫草、冬虫草。

　　性味：甘；温；香。

　　归经：肺经；肾经。

　　入药部位：为麦角菌科真菌冬虫夏草菌的子座及其寄主蝙蝠蛾科昆虫虫草蝙蝠蛾等的幼虫体（菌核）的复合体。

　　形态特征：本品由虫体及从头部长出的真菌子座组成。虫体似蚕，长3~5cm，直径3~8mm，表面深棕黄色至黄棕色，有环纹20~30个，近头部的环纹较细；头部红棕色，足8对，中部4对较明显；质脆，易折断，断面略平坦，淡黄白色。子座单生，细长圆柱形，长4~7cm，直径约3mm；表面深棕色至棕褐色，有细纵皱 纹，上部稍膨大，头部与柄无明显区别；质柔韧，断面类白色。气微腥，味淡。以虫体色泽黄亮，丰满肥大，断面黄白色，子座短小者为佳。

　　冬虫夏草的用法用量

　　内服：煎汤，5~10g；或入丸、散；或与鸡鸭炖服。

　　冬虫夏草的功效主治

　　功效：补虚损，补肺益肾，止咳化痰。

　　主治：治痰饮喘嗽，虚喘，痨嗽，咯血，自汗盗汗，阳痿遗精，腰膝酸痛，病后久虚不复。