Lushan Stone Fungus

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Updated: 2011-09-13

Lushan Stone Fungus

Both Lushan Mountain Stone Fungus and dark auricularia auriculajudae are wild limb fungus plants at uninhabited overhanging cliff. The nutritive value of Stone Fungus is extremely high, including a lot of glycogen, glue quality, iron, phosphorus, calcium and many kinds of vitamin. Nutrition is very abundant. It is one high protein that treat yin deficiency tonic that moisten the lung.

The famous Ming Dynasty pharmacologist Li Shizhen recorded "Stone Fungus" in "Compendium of Materia Medica". "Lushan Mountain grows many ground ear-like stone fungus. Mountain monk adopted it and exposed it to the sun and present it as a gift to distinguished friends. Washing go sand and soil; it eats better than auricularia auriculajudae." Li made exhaustive record of its medical function "slightly sweet, nonpoisonous". It benefits people for eyesight and skin by long taking.

Stone Fungus can relieve internal heat, can manage dysentery, poisonous snake bites, toothache, and constipation, etc. It can also lower blood pressure, which attracts numerous visitors to buy.