Product Code:
#PO-100-0079-1
Snow fungus, also known as white fungus is a fungus of the Tremella family Tremella (Tremella fuciformis Berk) fruiting body, is a common edible fungus in the shape of a chrysanthemum, mainly yellow-white color, smooth and elastic to the touch. Flat in nature, sweet and light in taste, it belongs to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians, and is beneficial to the lung, stomach and kidney. Snow fungus has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, nourishing the skin, the spleen and appetizing, nourishing qi and clearing the intestines, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid; it can also help solving dryness of mouth, throat, dry skin and dry stool caused by yin deficiency. Because Chinese medicine believes that "Lung controls the skin", Snow fungus is known as "The crown of fungus" and its "Plant collagen" (actually polysaccharide, Water-soluble fiber) is full of colloid, beauty and skin rejuvenation, etc.,It is a good product for moisturizing. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", Snow fungus can help women regulate menstruation, so it has become a gift for girls.
Snow fungus is very high in calcium and iron. In every 100 grams of white fungus, it contains calcium 643mg, iron 30.4mg. 3/4 of amino acids needed by human body. In addition, snow fungus also contains a variety of minerals, such as phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, sulfur, Selenium etc. and also Glucose such as trehalose, pentose and mannitol are high-grade nourishing products. Long-term use can moisturize the skin, and has the effect of removing chloasma and freckles on the face.
The main cultivation methods of Snow fungus are natural basswood cultivation and artifical nutrition bags cultivation. By using basswood to cultivate, it called basswood Snow fungus, which use wood fits Snow fungus growing are sawn into short sections as a growth substrate, allowing Snow fungus grows naturally in a state close to the wild, producing one harvest a year.
Premium snow fungus color appears Light yellow and natural, with full body shape and no impurities, it will smell like dry fungus; if Snow fungus fumigated by sulfur will smell pungent and sour and whiter in color. After soaking due to contains more colloids, it's tender and feels soft without being slippery.
As the old saying goes, "Earth creates Mist, mist creates dew, and dew creates Fungus" Of course, good snow fungus should be found in the deep mountains. Our Basswood Snow Fungus is From the deep mountains of the Northeast, It is planted in a semi-wild way (the mountain people put the basswood in the deep mountains to let the snow fungus grow naturally after the basswood has been sown), instead of being cultivated in large quantities with chemical materials in the planting shed, all year round production. Because the northeast is an alpine region, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and snow fungus grows slowly. one year only harvest once, and nutritional value and colloid also comparitively higher. Because it grows in the wild, not any Pollution such as pesticides or fertilizers, and after picking, it will only be naturally sun-dried, without any preservatives or sulfur fumigation treatment, natural and healthy, and safe to eat.
Since it is a semi-wild product, our snow fungus is small, with a diameter of about 3-5cm, good for one person serving size, the rehydration rate is about 7 times ( after rehydration, an approx. 6g snow fungus will become 40g+ ), our snow fungus are all the trimmed by hand, free from roots & very clean.
Contraindications: Not suitable for people with colds, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, and heavy phlegm and dampness in the body.
Ingredient information: Snow Fungus
Origin: China