It is not recommended to take Cordyceps on one’s own if there is no physical discomfort and without a doctor’s guidance.
Cordyceps belongs to the deficiency tonic medicine under the classification of yang tonic medicine, for the ergot fungus Cordyceps parasitized on the larvae of the bat moth family of insects and the larval carcass of the complex. Flat in nature, sweet in flavor. Attributed to the lung and kidney meridian. It has the effect of tonifying the lung and kidney, stopping bleeding, and resolving phlegm. Note that this product should be used with caution for those who have superficial evil (evil qi on the muscle surface).
When used to treat cough, hemoptysis, old age asthma, it can be used with Bei Mu and Lily; when used to treat kidney deficiency and lumbago, it can be used with Lycium barbarum; when used for the treatment of anemia, post-disease weakness, impotence, spermatorrhea, it can be used with Astragalus. It is recommended to use under the guidance of a doctor.