Dongchunghacho
Cordyceps · Cordyceps
한글 동충하초 · Pinyin Dong Chong Xia Cao
冬蟲夏草
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Sweet · warm
- Channels entered
- Kidney, Lung
- Actions
- Tonifies Kidney Yang and Lung Yin together, transforms phlegm and stops chronic cough — winter worm summer grass
- Typical dose
- 3–9 g
- Caution
- Wild sources costly and pressured; cultivated mycelium standard
This herb is included as a reference entry (it appears on licensing-exam herb lists) and is not yet featured in a formula on this site.