Chicken fir

Chicken fir

(compendium)

[synonym] chicken (Tongya), chicken fir mushroom (guangjunpu), chicken mushroom (Gangmu), Yiduo (Guizhou Tongzhi), Yizong (Yunnan Fu Zhi), chicken fir vegetable (materia medica Qiuyuan).

[source] it is the fruiting body of Coleoptera.

[plant morphology] Jicong

The pileus is cone-shaped, with a prominent protuberance in the center after extension, 5-16 cm wide, sticky and smooth. The protuberance in the center is dark brown, gradually gray around, and often radial cracking. The flesh of the fungus is white and thick. The stalk is often twisted, with pseudoroots. The aboveground part is white, 3-10 cm long, tapering upward, and the base is expanded. The underground part is brown to black, 8-40 cm long, The spores are colorless, smooth, oval and pink in piles.

Termites live on the ground. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Guizhou, Yunnan, Fujian, Hainan, etc.

[chemical composition] this product contains ergosterol.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] compendium of materia medica: "start with Taiyin. "

[functions and indications] Compendium: "it can benefit the stomach, clear the mind and treat hemorrhoids. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.