Cordyceps Chinensis Cordyceps, Chinese Caterpillar Fungus
Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Tonify Yang
- Temperature
- Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Warm
- Channels Entered
- LU, KI
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Cordyceps Chinensis
- Chinese
- 冬虫夏草
- Tone Marks
- dōng chóng xià căo
- Translation
- Winter Bug Summer Herb
Monograph in progress The detailed monograph sections for this herb — actions & indications, dosage, combinations, cautions, and research — are not yet documented. The identity and classification above are verified; the full profile is being sourced and reviewed.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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