In 20 16, the monitoring and inspection of Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps sinensis powder and pure powder products by China Food and Drug Administration found that the arsenic content was 4.4~9.9 mg/kg.
It is much higher than the standard of 1.0 mg/kg in National Food Safety Standard-Health Food (GB 16740-20 14). Therefore, although as a medicinal material, it is safer to use it reasonably for a short time according to the doctor's advice, it cannot be used as both medicine and food. Never take large doses for a long time. ?
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How to eat it: Experts point out that eating it raw at room temperature is the most valuable way to eat Cordyceps sinensis. When heated and stewed at high temperature, many important essence components in Cordyceps sinensis will be lost and destroyed, and the efficacy will be obviously reduced. Moreover, these methods are extremely inconvenient to eat and difficult to adhere to.
Cordyceps sinensis must have two conditions to work on human body: first, it must have enough hyphae, and second, it must not contain harmful impurities. After a lot of clinical research, it is found that to achieve good results, we must take enough.
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