CORDYCEPS

( CORDYCEPS SINENSIS)

The Chinese caterpillar fungus, also known as Cordyceps sinesis, is a unique creature indigenous to the grassy marshland in China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is regarded as one of the 3 top tonics in traditional natural medicine, along with ginseng and pilose deer-horn. In summer, it resembles a worm and in winter a grass. Hence the name in Chinese pinyin Dongcong Xiacao, which means literally Winter-worm & Summer-grass

The growth of the caterpillar fungus is really amazing. In winter when an insect (in its larva form) hibernates, the fungus spores sprout up and intrude into its circulatory system. The hyphae of the fungus grow so rapidly after absorbing nutrition from the larva that they eventually form a tough shell covering the whole thing. Then the insect dies because of this and becomes a firm and full hyphal body. The external part remains the same, which makes it look like a worm still. When summer comes around next year, the top part of the worm sprouts out from the earth and looks just like a grass. Mr. Pu Songling, a renowned Qing dynasty writer, has described this wonderful change as following: The name Dongcong Xiacao accords with the reality, and the transformation happens smoothly. One thing can be both animal and plant, and the innate laws of things are mysterious indeed.

Owing to its unique properties, the Chinese caterpillar fungus is rare in the wild and so very difficult to collect. As a valuable medicinal herb, it is as precious as gold in Chinese natural medicine.

The caterpillar fungus is also associated with something that happened in ancient China. The story goes that about 1000 years ago, during the late Southern Song Dynasty, a vast land stretching from Asia to Europe came under the rule of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire. In order to conquer the entire country, the nomads started an invasion into where is now southwest China. To their great surprise, their attack was repeatedly repulsed by the resistance of the local people, who were very tough and strong and were able to hold back the Mongol cavalrymen's onslaught. So the Mongol had to send more troops to occupy this place.The Mongol monarch then ordered a probe; it turned out that the local people used the caterpillar fungus a lot in their food and that had helped to build up their strong physique.

Tiens Antilipemic Tea ”A Perfect Expounding of the Traditional Yin-Yang Balance Theory in Chinese Natural Medicine

The tea is composed of extracts from green tea, lotus leaves , jiaogulan and zhishouwu(two herbs native to China). Their essentials make the tea functional in health-keeping and fragrant in smell. Furthermore, this tea can decrease cholesterol, expel internal heat and help better digest. The last two herbs are for invigorating kidney, the key organ in our body which adjust and coordinates the over-all physical condition; the former two ingredients for relieving inflammation or internal heart. These functions are indispensable for preserving health in the traditional Chinese natural medicine theory which emphasize primarily on the importance of Yin-Yang balance (two intangible, abstract concepts similar to the negative and positive in nature). The tea is hence best for enhancing vitality in a natural way without chemical side effects, which is also rendered as the ideal way in Chinese health culture.

It's known as herb of luck as it's quite useful in health-keeping. There are 13 of its kind in the world and 11 of them are indigenously in China. In the 70's , 84 saponins were discovered in them Among them ten kinds of the chemical elements are similar in properties to ginseng, another tonic herb, that jiaogulan is also labeled 'alternate for ginseng' .

This herb is good for a number of diseases extraordinarily for preventing cardiovascular disorder, regulating immunity, enhancing constitution (anti- fatigue & anoxic). Compared with popular ginseng, this herb is more temperate due to 74 kinds of the saponins inside, and it can be free from side effects from taking ginseng while functions what ginseng can in preserving health.

People in France and other European countries are noted for their favor for foods containing high cholesterol and high fat, yet various cardiovascular diseases do not frequently affect them. As the well-known French Secret, the French are among the least affected. The reason turns out to be that they always take red wine for a drink. The red wine contains activated material resveratrol that constantly adjust the volume of cholesterol. Each piece of Tiens Vigor-Rousing Capsule contains 2.5g resveratrol equal to two bottles of red wine ( 1-1.25g in each bottle).