Nutritional value and efficacy of black fungus

Fungus is one of the common vegetables. It can be used as an ingredient to make many delicious dishes, such as scrambled eggs with fungus, cold fungus salad, etc.

Black Fungus

Introduction to Black Fungus

Auricularia auricula, also known as black auricularia, cloud auricularia, mulberry auricularia, pine auricularia, and Chinese black fungus. Auricularia auricula has a soft texture, delicate taste, delicious taste, and special flavor. It is a famous nutritious edible fungus. It can be vegetarian or meaty. It not only adds flavor to dishes, but also nourishes blood, keeps the face, and cures diseases and prolongs life. Auricularia auricula is classified in the mycology of Basidiomycetes, Auriculariales, and Auriculariaceae. There are 8 varieties in China. Auricularia auricula is shaped like an ear and parasitizes on dead wood. It contains carbohydrates, proteins, fats, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. Fresh auricularia auricula is in the form of gelatinous sheets, translucent, disc-shaped, and grows laterally on trees. The ear shape is irregular, with a diameter of 3 to 12 cm, elastic, smooth and concave on the ventral surface, slightly rolled up on the edge, convex on the back, and has very fine villi, which are dark brown or tea brown. After drying, it shrinks to a keratinous state, hard and brittle, with a dark gray or grayish white back; it swells after entering water and can return to its original state, soft and translucent, with smooth mucus on the surface. Modern nutritionists praise black fungus as "meat among vegetarians" and its nutritional value is comparable to that of animal food.

Nutritional value of black fungus

1. Fungus is rich in iron, so eating fungus regularly can nourish blood and keep your skin rosy and radiant, and can prevent and treat iron deficiency anemia.

2. Fungus contains vitamin K, which can reduce blood clots, prevent the occurrence of thrombosis, and prevent and treat atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease;

3. The colloid in the fungus can absorb and concentrate the dust and impurities remaining in the human digestive system and excrete them out of the body, thus playing a role in clearing the stomach and intestines;

4. It also helps digest fiber substances, and can dissolve and melt indigestible foreign matter such as hair, husks, wood residues, sand, metal chips, etc. that are accidentally eaten. Therefore, it is an indispensable health food for mining, chemical and textile workers.

5. It also has a relatively significant function in dissolving endogenous foreign bodies such as gallstones and kidney stones;

6. Fungus contains anti-tumor active substances, which can enhance the body's immunity. Regular consumption can prevent and fight cancer.

Black fungus effects and functions:

1. Effects on the blood system 2. Effects on nucleic acid and protein biosynthesis 3. Effects on lowering blood lipids and preventing atherosclerosis

4. Anti-aging effect 5. Anti-radiation and anti-inflammatory effect 6. Anti-ulcer effect

7. Hypoglycemic effect 8. Anti-fertility effect 9. Anti-cancer and anti-mutation effect

Nutritional Analysis of Black Fungus

1. Fungus is rich in iron, so eating fungus regularly can nourish blood and keep your skin rosy and radiant, and can prevent and treat iron deficiency anemia;

2. Fungus contains vitamin K, which can maintain the normal level of coagulation factors in the body and prevent bleeding;

3. The colloid in the fungus can absorb and concentrate the dust and impurities remaining in the human digestive system and excrete them out of the body, thus playing a role in clearing the stomach and intestines;

4. It also has a relatively significant function in dissolving endogenous foreign bodies such as gallstones and kidney stones;

5. It also helps digest fiber substances and dissolves and melts indigestible foreign matter such as hair, husks, wood residues, sand, metal scraps, etc. that are accidentally eaten. Therefore, it is an indispensable health food for workers in mining, chemical and textile industries.

6. Fungus contains anti-tumor active substances, which can enhance the body's immunity. Regular consumption can prevent and fight cancer.

Target Group

It is suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and stones, especially for people with iron deficiency, miners, metallurgical workers, textile workers, and barbers; people with hemorrhagic diseases and diarrhea should not eat it or eat less; pregnant women should not eat too much.

Precautions

Fungus should not be eaten with snails. From the perspective of food and medicine, snails are cold in nature and are not easy to digest when they meet slippery fungus, so they should not be eaten together. People with hemorrhoids should not eat fungus and pheasant together. Pheasants are slightly poisonous, and eating them together can easily induce hemorrhoid bleeding. Fungus should not be eaten with wild ducks. Wild ducks are sweet and cool in nature, and are prone to indigestion. Fresh fungus contains toxins and cannot be eaten. Black fungus has the effect of promoting blood circulation and anticoagulation, so people with bleeding diseases should not eat it. Pregnant women should not eat too much.

Dosage

Fungus is mainly used as a side dish and can be eaten in many ways, both vegetarian and meat-friendly. It can be added to stir-fries, stews, and soups, and the taste is exceptionally delicious.

Fungus cleaning: Put fungus in warm water, then add salt, soak for half an hour to make it soften quickly; put fungus in warm water, then add two spoons of starch, and then stir. This method can remove small impurities and residual sand from fungus.

Production Tips

Fungus should be soaked in warm water before cooking. The parts that are still tightly together after soaking should not be eaten.

How to choose fungus

Visually: The best quality flowers are those of moderate size, with slightly spread petals, black and dull surface, and slightly grayish white back; the medium quality flowers are those that are slightly smaller or of moderate size, with slightly curled petals, black but dull surface; the worst quality flowers are those that are small and broken, with curled and thick petals or lumps, and gray or brown.

Pinching by hand: Usually the water content of black fungus is required to be kept below 11%. Take a small sample, it is easy to break when pinched by hand. After releasing it, the pieces can stretch well and are elastic, indicating that the water content is low, otherwise it is too much.

Taste: Pure fungus has a pure taste without any peculiar smell and has a fresh fragrance. Otherwise, it is mostly spoiled or adulterated. Common adulterated products are soaked in alum water, alkaline water or mixed with sugar water. You can taste it to see if there is astringency, alkalinity or sweetness to identify it.

Blisters: Those with light body and great swelling after blisters are of high quality; those with slightly heavier body and average swelling after water absorption are of medium quality; those with heavy body and poor swelling after blisters are of inferior quality.

Understanding black fungus will help us get twice the result with half the effort when making delicious dishes!