Large group of sac.

Pinyin name ] [ Dà Tuá n Ná n Chó n Cǎ o
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: as the clavicipitaceae fungal group capsule militaris stroma.
Latin animal mineral name: Cordyceps ophioglossoides ( Ehrenb. ) Link
Harvest and storage: summer and autumn harvest, removing impurities, insolation reserves.
[ ] the original form of mass sac cordycepic stroma by root shape, much branched mycelial cord fixation in soil with host, on the part of high 2-8cm. Handle thick1-2.5mm, few branched, dark green to purplish brown, with vertical lines. Head oval, obovate, rod, long 5-13mm3-5mm, coarse, dark brown, almost black when dry. Ascus shell ovate, (600-650)μ m × 300μ m, orifice projecting. ASCI elongate, (300-400)μ m ×(7-8)μ M. Spore shape, a colorless and transparent, has a plurality of diaphragms, mature fracture into (3-4)μ m ×(2-2.5)μ m short.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: parasitic on bamboo or oak woods loose soil in deer balls.
Resource distribution: located in Jiangsu, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan etc..
[ character ]
Character identification stroma long 2-6cm, base and has root-like rhizomorphs. Head elliptic, obovate or bar shape, length 5-13mm, diameter 3-5mm, dark brown or dark brown; shank diameter1-2.5mm, few branched, dark green, with vertical lines. The brittle, easily broken, section black brown. Gas micro fishy, mild.
Microscopic identification of its head cross section: perithecium ovate, long 600-650μ m, about 300 μ m in diameter, orifice prominent; ascus long 300-400μ m,7-8μ m in diameter; the ascospores linear, multiple transverse septum, or broken into segments, long 3-4μ m,2-2.5μ m diameter.
[ ] the chemical composition containing amino group capsule of Cordyceps arabinogalactan ( galactosaminoglycan ), the chitosan containing mainly 2- amino -2- DNA -D- galactose (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-galactose ) (80.5%) ( glucose ), small amounts of glucose, galactose, mannose ( galactose ) ( mannose ), protein ( protein ) and acetate. Polysaccharide SN-C, also contains a large group of cysticercosis cordycepin ( ophiocoridin ).
[ ] slightly astringent taste; temperature
[ ] the liver meridian tropism
[ function ] Huoxue attending; hemostasis; menstruation. The main metrorrhagia; irregular menstruation
[ usage]: orally taken decoction or chicken, duck,3-9g.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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