Cordyceps

cordyceps-bottle-old-10100-std.jpgOnce reserved exclusively for the emperors of ancient China, Cordyceps has become the supplement of choice among world class competitive athletes. Used to increase supporting respiratory and immune health and as a male sexual tonic*.

 

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Birkdale Medicinals™extracts are among the most potent mushroom supplements in the world. Our exclusive hot water extraction process guarantees the levels of the active compounds these mushrooms are famous for. 

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Our mushrooms are grown chemical free, cultivated and harvested according to traditional methods. These cultivation practices represent the source for these medicinal mushrooms and still produce the finest nutraceuticals in the world.

Product Information
Cordyceps sinensis is a highly valued mushroom in Classical Chinese practices. In China it is called "winter worm, summer grass", and the "caterpillar mushroom". Cordyceps is found in the highlands of China, Tibet, and Nepal, above 10,000 feet.

Cordyceps attracted the attention of the general public and the health profession in 1993 when a group of Chinese runners broke nine world records in the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Germany. Afterwards the coach attributed those results to the athletes regular use of a cordyceps based tonic. Because Cordyseps helps increase stamina, energy levels, and endurance, it has become one of the top selling sports supplements amongst the worlds' elite competitive athletes.

Cordyceps Sinensis Cs-4

The wild fruiting form of Cordyceps used in Traditional Chinese Extracts is extremely rare in the wild and because of this it is very expensive. Chinese scientists spent many years looking for a vegetative form of Cordyceps that would produce the same active compounds as the fruit body; the result of that research is the Cordyceps strain Cs-4.

Traditional Use and Preparation

Cordyceps is sweet and acrid in taste and warm in nature, acting through the lung and kidney channels. For most conditions, Cordyceps is prepared as a decoction, although when used as a tonic in TCM the fruit bodies are often cooked into a chicken broth.

Active Constituents
Polysaccharides, Adenosine, Cordycepic Acid.

Extraction Information
Wild Cordyceps sinensis fruit bodies and cultivated Cordyceps sinensis mycelium have demonstrated equal levels of immune activity,* neither being superior to the other. The optimal preparation for both is a hot-water extract.

Our product is a hot-water extract from the Cs-4 strain of Cordyceps. The mycelium is cultivated on an all-natural chemical-free nutrient base. This process yields all of the active constituents that make Cordyceps one of the most highly prized medicinal mushrooms.

 

 

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