The bamboo grasshopper is a type of cryptobiotics parasitizing in the roots of the dried bamboo. It resembles a network of dry white snake skins. It has dark green mushroom caps, snow-white cylindrical stipe, and pink egg-shaped fungus. At the top of the stipe, there is a fine white mesh skirt that spreads downwards from the cap of the fungus and is known as the “Snow Skirt Fairy,†“The Flower of the Mountain,†“The Flower of the Fungus,†and the “Queen of the Fungus.†Bamboo oysters are rich in nutrients, rich in flavor, and delicious in taste. They have been listed as one of the “grass and treasures†since ancient times.
Nutrition analysis
The bamboo grasshopper is a rare edible mushroom. It was historically listed as a "court tribute". It was used as a national banquet dish in modern times and it is also a good food product. Its nutrient-rich, according to the determination of dry bamboo worms containing 19.4% of protein, fat 2.6%, total carbohydrates 60.4%, including glycogen 4.2%, crude fiber 8.4%, ash 9.3%. It has a health-care effect on hypertension, neurasthenia, and gastrointestinal diseases. It also has a specific antiseptic function. In the summer, the food added to bamboo shoots is not changed.
Bamboo wolfberry has nourishing and strong, Qi and Bunao, Ningshen health effects; qi and yin, lungs and cough, heat and dampness. Bamboo rafts can protect the liver and reduce the accumulation of abdominal fat, commonly known as "scraping"; the Yunnan Miao people have a lower risk of cancer, which may be related to their frequent use of bamboo glutinous rice and glutinous rice. Modern medical research has also proved that bamboo rafts contain components that can inhibit tumors.