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Gingseng and Cordyceps are best Chinese tonic for longevity |
Ginseng and Cordyceps are best Chinese tonic for longevityPeople crave health and longevity. How can this aim be achieved, especially by those who are aging? Ginseng and Cordyceps can help you!
In China, a baby is popularly considered to be one-year old the moment he/she is born. Hence, when a man has reached the 49th year of his life he is revered as one who is "half-a-hundred". Of course, most people hoped to live longer than that nominal age of 50. But, strange to say, even the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who is famous for having unified China for the first time in history and for having sent an expedition of boys and girls overseas eastward to seek for the elixir of life, died ironically just when he was in the 49th year of his life (259~210BC), at the nominal age of half-a-hundred. This fact may be explained perhaps in part by the lack of efficacious tonics and medicines in the second century BC.
Ginseng was produced in the mountains of Northeast China (formerly Manchuria). Ginseng became the popular, most highly esteemed tonic in China late in the 19th century, when the country was still ruled over by the Manchurian monarchs. The trend continued into the 20th century, up to the present time. Consumers said that Ginseng was beneficial to the respiratory system and to the cardiovascular system besides giving them the overall sense of well-being. This assertion was confirmed by scientific investigations, which showed that ginseng, when administered in small doses, can excite the central nervous system, bring about a slight drop in blood sugar and boost the force of contractions of the heart and the frequency of contractions. Ginseng is particularly useful for treating debility and prostration. This accounts in part for the sense of well-being that consumers generally claim that they have.
However, most consumers of tonics in China, both male and female, are of the opinion that pride of place has now gone to cordyceps. Cordycepin is the essence of Cordyceps sinensis, or Chinese caterpillar fungus. This fungus is popularly called winter-worm summer-herb in China. Why? Because the fungus invades the wormlike larvae of some moths (Hepialus armoricanus, for example) and after a larva which has been invaded by the fungus makes its way underground to hibernate in winter it will gradually become dominated by the sclerotium of the fungus. The sclerotium is a dense mass of branching filaments containing stored food and capable of remaining dormant for a long period of time. It will emerge from the ground next summer in the form of a herb. People tend to make the mistake of thinking that a worm has transformed into a herb. In contrast to ginseng, cordyceps is endowed with the property of improving renal and sexual functions, though it is also beneficial to the lungs, nerves, and skin. Therefore, cordyceps and ginseng are complementary to each other. They can be combined for better effect, as in SANLIDA Golden Cordyceps and Ginseng, to make a man over fifty look youthful and vigorous and thus increase the likelihood that he will have longevity. It is noteworthy that tonics are never to be taken in big doses.
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