Happy Valentine’s Day! Instead of chocolates, we got you these fungus-encrusted worm corpses. And they say romance is dead.
Adding to our list of Chinese Aphrodisiacs, the Cordyceps Sinesis, or Caterpillar Fungus, is a parasitic mushroom that kills moth larvae and uses their carcasses to grow its spindly fungus body. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cordyceps are used to treat impotence and waning libido. In fact, in a clinical trial of 243 men and woman who suffered from low sexual desire, 64% of those who ate the mummified bug mushroom experienced a boost in horniness. Apparently, the sac fungus stimulates the secretion of testosterone and relaxes the corpus cavernosum of the penis (the smooth muscle), allowing blood to enter and produce what is clinically known as a RAGING BONER.
The crusty little buggers can be brewed in tea, stirred into soup or ground up and sprinkled on cereal. Kamwo Herbal Pharmacy (where we bought our deer antler) sells it for $800 per 38 grams. So it may be more expensive than a bouquet of roses, but when you care enough to say “I wanna bang you all night long, baby,” caterpillar fungus is the Valentine’s gift that truly keeps on giving (in bed).
Previously: Watch us test out other Chinese aphrodisiacs.
