Purica Purica - Cordyceps - Bonus 400mg, 144 vcaps
Purica Cordyceps - Used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine to gently tonify the Kidney yang, augment the essence, tonify the lungs, settle coughs and wheezing, and stop sweating. Lab grown, Purica’s 5x hybrid Cordyceps is a full spectrum product, including mycelium, fruit, spores, primordial and extra cellular compounds.

Price
Regular Canadian retail price: $48.98 CAD. Price Vault members pay below retail on this product. Member pricing is private and shown after a free opt-in, with no membership fee, no minimum order and no subscription.
Currently out of stock. Free shipping across Canada on orders over $89, flat $9.95 under that. 30 days to request a return, with return shipping paid by the customer. Ships from Victoria, BC.
Why people keep reordering it
- Year-round defense
- Daily support for a resilient immune response.
- Antioxidant support
- Helps protect cells from everyday oxidative stress.
- Tradition meets research
- Time-tested ingredients in clinically informed doses.
Best suited to: endurance athlete testing it over a block, someone who wants whole mushroom, not extract, someone already taking cordyceps daily.
What the research supports
Each capsule is 400 mg of whole cordyceps mushroom; four a day totals 1,600 mg. The 144-capsule bottle lasts 36 days.
Studies use 1 to 3 grams of cordyceps a day.
- Exercise capacity (evidence: mixed, from randomized controlled trial)
- Cordyceps compounds may raise how efficiently your body uses oxygen during exertion. Trials at this dose helped untrained and older adults but showed little effect in trained athletes.
- Stamina (evidence: limited, from small human trials)
- Small trials at similar daily amounts reported people felt less fatigued and more energetic. None controlled for expectation, so some of that improvement may be belief rather than biology.
Read the literature: Exercise capacity on PubMed, Stamina on PubMed.
Is it right for you
Worth it if
- Endurance athlete testing it over a block
- The exercise trials ran 1 to 3 g a day for 6 to 12 weeks, and 1,600 mg daily lands inside that range.
- Someone who wants whole mushroom, not extract
- Full spectrum material includes mycelium, fruiting body and spores rather than only the fraction hot water pulls out.
- Someone already taking cordyceps daily
- Four capsules a day empties a 60 count bottle in fifteen days, so 144 capsules is the size that matches how it is actually dosed.
Look elsewhere if
- Anyone wanting a pre-workout they can feel
- Caffeine or beta-alanine does something noticeable the same session. The cordyceps trials measured breathing thresholds over weeks.
- Someone with a known mould or fungi sensitivity
- The label says to stop and check with a practitioner. Beetroot nitrate reaches the same endurance goal without any fungal material.
- Someone set on wild harvested cordyceps
- Wild material is scarce and priced accordingly. If provenance matters, choose deliberately between lab grown sinensis and cultivated militaris.
What to expect
If it does anything for you, it shows up as breathing feeling easier at a given effort rather than as a surge of energy, and the trials that found that ran 6 to 12 weeks. Judge it after a full training block. Plan the four capsules as two with breakfast and two later in the day.
How it compares
- Compared with a cordyceps militaris product
- Militaris is grown for cordycepin and usually sold as an extract with a stated percentage. This is sinensis, the species behind almost all the human exercise research. The tradeoff: No standardised cordycepin or adenosine figure here, so you know the weight of what you are taking and not the active content.
- Compared with an 8 to 1 cordyceps extract capsule
- Whole biomass keeps the full range of compounds rather than the water soluble fraction alone, and it matches the material used in the trials. The tradeoff: Four capsules a day to reach 1,600 mg where an extract needs one or two, and the bottle is gone in about five weeks.
Product details
- Active ingredient
- Organic Cordyceps (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)
- Ingredient form
- vcaps
- Strength
- 400mg
- Servings per container
- 144
- Suggested use
- Adults: take 2 capsules 2 times daily.
- Country of manufacture
- Canada
- Certifications
- Non-GMO, Made in Canada
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place
- Brand
- Purica
How to take it
Adults: take 2 capsules 2 times daily.
- Store in a cool, dry place away from direct light.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Consult a practitioner if you are pregnant, nursing or on medication.
Ingredients
Each capsule contains
- Organic Cordyceps (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)
- 400mg
Non-medicinal ingredients
Silicon dioxide, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate (plant source), hypromellose.
Interactions and cautions
- Medications
- Some immune botanicals may interact with immunosuppressant medication. Review with your practitioner.
- Timing
- Separate from medications by 2 to 4 hours unless directed otherwise by a healthcare practitioner.
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Consult a healthcare practitioner before use if pregnant or breastfeeding.
- General
- Use only as directed. Discontinue and consult a practitioner if you experience an adverse reaction.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. Consult a healthcare practitioner before use. Free certified advisors are available at 1-888-386-1211, Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm PT.
Questions about Purica - Cordyceps - Bonus
- Is this the genuine, authentic product?
- Yes. It is identical to what you would pay full price for anywhere else, sourced through our authorized supplier relationships.
- How is the price below retail?
- We buy direct, with nobody in the middle taking a cut, and we sell it for close to what we paid. You see the price privately because you have unlocked the Vault.
- How fast does it ship?
- Orders placed before 12pm PT are processed the same day and ship within two business days. Shipping is free over $89, and a flat $9.95 under that.
- Can I return it?
- You have 30 days after it arrives to request a return. Product must be unused, in its original packaging, with proof of purchase, and return shipping is paid by you. Find it cheaper anywhere in Canada and we will match the price.