Auricularia auricula is used for deficiency of both qi and blood, cough due to lung deficiency, cough, hemoptysis, vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia and hemorrhoid bleeding.
Auricularia auricula is edible, crisp in texture and special in taste. It has a unique flavor and is widely planted in China. It can be used as medicine, and its efficacy is similar to that of auricularia auricula. The inhibition rate of sarcoma 180 in mice was 90%, and that of Ehrlich's cancer was 80%. Its villi are rich in polysaccharides and have anti-cancer effects. Auricularia auricula often appears on the wood of Lentinus edodes, which affects the yield and is considered as a harmful "miscellaneous bacteria" in Lentinus edodes cultivation.
Auricularia auricula has high medicinal value, and has the functions of nourishing yin, strengthening body, clearing away lung-heat, invigorating qi, enriching blood and activating blood, stopping bleeding and relieving pain. It is a good health food for textile and mining workers. According to Japanese data, the fluff on the back of Auricularia auricula is rich in polysaccharides, and it is one of the six medicinal bacteria with the strongest anti-tumor activity (others are Ganoderma lucidum, Coriolus versicolor, Polygonum obliquum, Cladosporium and Trametes rubrum). Many scholars believe that cellulose is an essential nutrient to maintain human health. The texture of Auricularia auricula is slightly thicker than Auricularia auricula, and the content of crude fiber is higher, but compared with other edible fungi, its content is not high, and this cellulose also plays a very good role in the digestion, absorption and metabolism of many nutrients in human body.