Cosmetics with the most expensive mushroom in the world - cordyceps

When it comes to Eastern medicine, it is obvious that the ingredients will be a little "specific". This is not the usual collagen and not even just extracts of rare plants. However, the story with cordyceps almost resembles the plot of a science fiction film.

Cordyceps - a unique parasitic mushroom

Every year, from April to June, Tibetans go to the mountains to collect a unique mushroom. But cordyceps is not an ordinary mushroom like boletus, but a parasitic mushroom with a unique form of existence.

The fungus does not live on its own - it infects the caterpillars of the slender weeds. This happens in the summer when they sit underground and feed on plant roots. In autumn and winter, it grows in their bodies like an Alien and slowly devours them from the inside. Closer to spring, the strengthened mushroom gives its half-dead carrier the order to crawl to the surface, into the light. As soon as the caterpillar appears in the sun, the mushroom immediately grows through their head.

As a result, what the pickers collect looks like a dead caterpillar with a “horn” sticking out of its head (this is a mushroom).

What is the value of cordyceps

Why all this action? The fact is that cordyceps has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for several centuries. According to legend, shepherds first noticed the strange mushroom - they noticed that sheep eating the strange “root” became more active and hardy.

The mushroom was long considered a medicine for the rich and emperors, but over time, more and more people in China were able to afford it. They started talking actively about the mushroom in 1993, when at the National Games Chinese athletes set some unreal records in running - it turned out that cordyceps “helped” them.

There has been little scientific research on cordyceps. There is some evidence that cordyceps neutralizes the effects of free radicals - and this is a direct flight to the land of Youth. A group of English researchers also noted that cordyceps has a beneficial effect on aerobic metabolism.

Cordyceps is used to strengthen the immune system and as a cure for old age. In its homeland, it is often simply eaten, and cosmetic brands have gotten used to adding cordyceps to creams and shampoos.

A unique ingredient in danger of extinction

Demand for cordyceps has increased significantly in recent years, making it the most expensive parasite in the world. But there is a problem with this.

In recent years, there has been a decline in cordyceps, and the rare organic ingredient is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. There are two main reasons. The first is an increase in the number of inexperienced pickers who pick the mushroom too early, while it still does not have all the benefits - so they simply ruin the raw materials. The second is climate change towards warming: the mushroom feels good only in cold soil.

In order not to lose such a valuable ingredient, artificial production of cordyceps began. Its spores have already learned to germinate on sterile nutrient plantations that imitate its natural habitat.

Cordyceps in cosmetics

What Cordyceps is really good at is in facial care. Cosmetics with cordyceps help well with the following problems:

- Erases signs of aging from the face, works especially well with a network of wrinkles

- Actively moisturizes the skin and restores its healthy glow

- Restores skin elasticity, can help even with severe wrinkles

You can start getting acquainted with cordyceps with the DR PLANT brand and its DR PLANT Cordyceps line. This is a special series, which includes creams, serums, emulsions and other facial products based on Chinese cordyceps.

To try:

- Biocellulose mask DR PLANT Cordyceps Mask, which is a thin sheet impregnated with active ingredients - yeast and Chinese cordyceps extract. The mask material is made from coconut fibers; it fits tightly to the skin, and the impregnation penetrates into the deep layers of the dermis.

- DR PLANT Cordyceps Cream cream for intensive care of aging skin. It has a pronounced lifting effect - it will tighten the “swollen oval”, and also make the skin soft and radiant.

- Highly concentrated serum DR PLANT Cordyceps Essence is a super active weapon against dryness, because in addition to cordyceps, it also contains squalane and trehalose. Its action is aimed at combating dryness, expression wrinkles and even deep creases.