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Cordyceps has an extensive history for the
treatment of chronic bronchitis, especially in the elderly patients, and
of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis, and
other respitory disease,(Halpern , 1998, Alternative complementary
medicine). A significant improvement was reported for chronic
bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and cor pulmonale after treatment with
cordyceps, (Han, 1995). Tang and Jiang, 1994 reported in a three month
open labeled clinical trial, cordyceps was used to treat 38 elderly
patients. They had intractable arrhythmias caused by varying degrees of
heart disease. Patients with super ventricular arrhythmias and
ventricle arrhythmias , the majority gained complete or partial recovery
of their ECG. They
report the
longer the therapy the better the clinical improvement . Feng et al,
1987, reports natural Cordyceps is effective in reducing the heart
rate. In Clinical application of fermented Cordyceps sinensis (part
III): Toxicology, Cordyceps is reported to be very safe. It was
reported that a lethal dose to kill 50 % of the test animals could not
be determined. Another study of 2000 patients in China found Cordyceps
to be safe and effective. Cordyceps products can regulate the
metabolism of blood lipids, control hyperlipidemia, and act against the
formation of arteriosclerosis.
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