How to clean golden cicada flowers

The nutritional value of Cordyceps sinensis is very high, and its functions can be compared with those of Cordyceps sinensis. The cicada flower must be washed thoroughly before use, but the shape of this thing is very special, and if you don’t use it frequently, you may not know how to clean it. There are fungi on the cicada flowers. If you are not careful, they can easily be washed off, resulting in the loss of nutrients. So, how to clean the cicada flower? What is the method?

First, soften the insect body with cold water, remove the outer coat and hard shell on the insect body, keep the insect body and mycelium and wash them, boil them in water and take them or soak them in wine.

The efficacy and function of golden cicada flower

Golden cicada flower has multiple functions such as improving immunity, anti-fatigue, kidney protection, improving sleep, anti-tumor, liver protection, anti-radiation and improving eyesight. It is a magical ancient Chinese medicine. Artificially cultivated cicada fungus contains 2.18% mannitol, 21.73% polysaccharides, 19.76% amino acids, 0.005% cordycepin, and 0.05% adenosine, which are similar to natural Cordyceps sinensis, but toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, and lead are not detected, which makes it safer than natural Cordyceps sinensis. Therefore, Cordyceps sinensis can be used as a substitute for Cordyceps sinensis and can also achieve the effect of nourishing and maintaining health.

Studies have shown that Cordyceps sinensis has a variety of health and medicinal activities; summarizing the current experimental and clinical research results, its medicinal functions are summarized as follows:

1. Enhance the body's immune regulation function;

2. Regulation of the nervous system;

3. Antipyretic and analgesic effects;

4. Improve kidney function;

5. Promote the function of the hematopoietic system;

6. Nourishing, strengthening, anti-fatigue, anti-stress, hypoxia resistance, and high temperature resistance;

7. Literature reports that adenosine in cicada fungus can lower blood pressure and slow heart rate;

8. Cicada fungus has anti-radiation, anti-tumor and blood sugar lowering effects.

How to eat golden cicada flowers

1. Take two or three cicada flowers, wash them, put them in a stewing pot, add three taels of red dates, add water and stew. Take three times a day on an empty stomach.

2. You can also grind the cicada fungus into powder, fill it into capsules and swallow it with water.

3. Add cicada flowers to dishes and serve as medicinal food.

4. Take 10g (about 7-8 cicada flowers), put them into a container, and soak them in cold water to soften them. Remove the outer coat and hard shell on the insect body, keep the insect body and mycelium and wash them. Pour in an appropriate amount of water, steam (or boil) for about 40 minutes, pour out the soup and serve. Pour clean water again and steam (or boil) for 40 minutes. The soup can be eaten together with the insect bodies and mycelium.