Efficacy mystery to be solved: Cordyceps production market declines

Recently, media visited Qingdao, Guangzhou, Jinan, Guangdong and other places, and found that the local market price of Cordyceps was much lower than last year Take the production area of Nyingchi in Tibet as an example This year's market of fresh Cordyceps sinensis is about 50% cheaper than last year A Guangdong herbal medicine retailer also said that the recent price of imports fell by 10% A number of Cordyceps wholesalers reported in an interview with the media that Cordyceps is not easy to sell, especially those high-end, gift box products are rarely sought after Under the high pressure of anti-corruption, this year's Cordyceps has no market price Since January, the sales volume has declined by more than 30% In order to drive consumption, many sellers have sold it through discounts and free sea cucumber, bird's nest, and other tonics Compared with the sales volume of high-end gift box Cordyceps sinensis, the sales volume is more low-end products for home use Cordyceps sinensis can be applied to some cancer patients without taking it What is the effect of Cordyceps sinensis? For whom? "Anti tumor, anti-aging, disease treatment, physical strength..." This is the effect of Cordyceps in the eyes of consumers In fact, the two important effective components of Cordyceps are nucleoside and monosaccharide, in addition to adenosine and polysaccharide According to the test, these elements can improve the immunity of some patients who are extremely weak after radiotherapy and chemotherapy That is to say, according to the analysis of the effective ingredients, Cordyceps sinensis can be applied to some tumor population, because its effective ingredients need further tests, and the specific use of it needs doctors to analyze the patient's physical condition Li Yuling, director of Cordyceps Research Office of Grassland Research Institute of Qinghai Academy of animal husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, said that from the current situation, it is unnecessary for healthy people to take Cordyceps Cordyceps products are popular The efficacy and identity of polar grass 5x is still a mystery Recently, the food and Drug Administration of Qinghai Province issued a notice on canceling the processing specification of Chinese herbal pieces of Cordyceps in Qinghai Province As soon as the announcement came out, the star product "polar grass 5x" of Qinghai spring pharmaceutical resource technology utilization Co., Ltd was pushed to the forefront Although Cordyceps in the eyes of consumers seems to be tonic food, health products But the raw material of Cordyceps sinensis is actually medicine The "polar grass 5x" which uses Cordyceps as raw material was once sold in the name of "Chinese Herbal Pieces", which tore off this identity Now it is neither food, health care product nor medicine The official explanation is "pilot product of comprehensive development and utilization of superior resources" In addition to its effects of "nourishing health; adjusting sub-health status; adjusting weakness and aging physical decline; adjusting endocrine function, nourishing Yin, nourishing kidney and strengthening yang", in the advertisement of Qinghai spring, jicao series products also have curative effects on diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arteriosclerosis, high blood fat, hypertension, liver disease, lung disease, kidney disease, blood disease, etc., and the effect of jicao products The description is almost all inclusive Through the search, we can find that the events about its exaggerated propaganda, illegal sales and consumer rights protection have been exposed frequently in recent years Wei Ping, director of China Mycological Association and doctoral supervisor of China Germany College of Nanchang University, believes that although two important effective ingredients of Cordyceps have been identified, there are still many unsolved mysteries in Cordyceps, which can only be solved through clinical trials.