Cordyceps Mycelia Cs-4 Product Code: CRDMYCPW

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Introduction
Mushrooms are a flavorful and nutritious food group. Good sources of B-Vitamins: Thiamine, Riboflavin and Niacin. They contain all the essential amino acids. Mushrooms have also been used for thousands of years as some of the most effective, yet benign, of many plants that formed the oriental herbal tradition. Garuda International offers more than ten species of the highest quality mushroom extract powders available in the world today. Some are certified organically grown and some have standardized levels of active compounds. These are perfect powdered materials for formulating immune system boosting dietary supplements and natural cosmetics. Cordyceps ( Cordyceps sinensis ), a small club-shaped fungus that grows on insect larvae, is said in ancient herb books to strengthen the energy of life and to built the gate of vitality. It is widely employed to treat upper respiratory problems, impotence, weakened immune systems, and by athletes to increase endurance. Still other contemporary traditional uses of cordyceps in China include the relief of bronchial inflamation, and the treatment of chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, pulmonary emphysema and tuberculosis. Cordyceps has a flavor reminiscent of licorice , is highly regarded for restoring vitality in convalescents and as a tonic for the kidneys. Mycelium Mushrooms are the fruiting body of a fine root-like network called mycelium, which is the actual fungal organism. Mycelium is capable of, and efficient at, producing medicinal compounds by itself, especially polysaccharides. Because of this, mycelia products are on the cutting edge of new product development and are revolutionizing the medicinal mushroom industry.

Benefits
Test have shown the mycelial form of cordyceps is just as potent and in some cases more potent than the wild, carterpillar-body form. At the famous Meiji Institute of Health Science in Odawara, Japan, researches found that cordyceps can facilitate an increase in ventilation during exercice and that the relaxing effect of the extract on the aorta might also prevent blood pressure from increasing. The use of cordyceps by China's Olympic athletes to increase endurance was the secret of their success. The effect of cordyceps on the airways, lessening their resistance to relaxing and opening, could also help to explain the traditional use of this medicinal plant in treating various diseases of the upper respiratory tract, such as pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, and tuberculosis. Cordyceps has been the subject of many studies in immuno-stimulation and has shown potent effects. The active constituents are water soluble polysaccharides. Cordyceps stimulates various cells of the immune system, including natural killer cells, macrophages, interleukin 1, Gamma-interferon, immunoglobulins M and G, leukocytes and helper T cells. Cordyceps can be used as a kidney tonic and to potenciate the immune system of cancer patients and of patients with immune deficiencies, it is also present in most Chinese male virility formulas. In China, curative effects with Cordyceps have been noted in cancer of the lung, prostate, and pubis. Based on different studies, Cordyceps could also be applied in the treatment of Leukemia. Cordyceps effectively augmented natural killer cell activity without toxicity to normal cells.The inbition of cancer cells by Cordyceps is primarily due to polysaccharides that stimulate the defenses of the immune system. Also, Cordyceps extract has shown great results when used in patients with supraventicular or ventricular arrhythmia.

Applications
Capsules, tablets, teas

Characteristics
Also called carterpillar fungus, it takes its chinese name-winter worm, summer grass-from the fact that it grows on the larvae of carterpillars that inhabit the ground in winter. Today, cordyceps can be grown in culture without the use of insects. Culturing provides an abundant, clean supply of cordyceps that would otherwise be too costly for most people to afford.

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