Purica Cordyceps (VCaps)

Purica Cordyceps (VCaps) are vegetable capsules of cultivated cordyceps, 400 mg per capsule, in glass bottles of 120 or 360. The 120-capsule bottle is licensed for sale by Health Canada under NPN 80135078 and contains the Cs-4 strain (Paecilomyces hepiali, cultured mycelia). Source of fungal polysaccharides with immunomodulating properties.

What Cs-4 is

Wild cordyceps is a small fungus from the Tibetan plateau that grows on moth larvae, and it is scarce and costly. Cs-4 is a strain isolated from it and grown as mycelium in culture, which gives a steady, vegan supply with a consistent profile. Purica grows its cordyceps in Canada at low temperature and low oxygen, conditions chosen to echo high altitude. Cordyceps is studied for cordycepin, adenosine and polysaccharides.

What is in each capsule

Each capsule holds 400 mg of cordyceps mycelia, micronized to 1 to 10 microns so the fibrous cell walls are broken open without a solvent extract. The non-medicinal ingredients are hypromellose (the plant cellulose shell), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and silicon dioxide. Nothing in it is from an animal.

How to take it

Purica gives the adult dose for its cordyceps capsules as 2 capsules 2 times a day. At 4 capsules daily, a 120 bottle lasts 30 days and a 360 bottle lasts 90 days. Check the directions and cautions printed on the bottle you receive before your first dose, and speak with a practitioner first if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Cordyceps in the Purica range

Purica also sells a 100 g Cordyceps Powder made from Ophiocordyceps sinensis, measured at 900 mg per quarter teaspoon, and puts 65 mg of cordyceps into each capsule of Complete 360. The capsules on this page are the simplest way to take cordyceps alone.

Who it suits

Adults who want a mushroom capsule they can take with breakfast and lunch, people who train and like a set routine, and vegans looking for a cordyceps that is not grown on insects.

How Purica makes it

Purica grows its mushrooms indoors in Canada from sterile tissue cultures of selected strains, on organic plant substrate. Each batch is sent for third-party testing of purity and potency before it is milled and encapsulated. The bottle is amber glass with a metal lid, and the label reads Made in Canada.

Purica Cordyceps FAQ

Is the 360-capsule bottle the same formula?

The 360-capsule bottle carries its own licence, NPN 80026165, for 400 mg of Ophiocordyceps sinensis per capsule. Check the label on the bottle you receive.

Does Cs-4 contain caffeine?

No. Cordyceps is a fungus and the capsule has no added caffeine or stimulants.

Is it vegan?

Yes. The mycelium is grown in culture, not on insects, and the shell is hypromellose.

See the full range in the Purica collection, or browse cordyceps supplements. Orders over $99 ship free in Canada.