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Maitake mushroom (Grifola Frondosa)

(Support)

Maitake /maɪˈtɑki/

Maitake mushrooms have been instrumental in helping to thwart the onset of symptoms which causes colds and viruses. There is more good news which these particular mushrooms help within a person’s metabolic system, A person’s energy works at a faster rate, due to its function of breaking down fatty acids in the human body. Good news is that this Maitake mushroom has been proven to enable a person to maintain a healthy blood pressure according to the American Medical Association.

     The Maitake mushroom discourages the bad cholesterol and helps with the good cholesterol to aid the body. The heart and vessels work better together at this point.

     Niacin, folate, vitamin D, potassium, and phosphorus are all helping the body to do well.

     Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, NY conducted a study with Maitake, in 2009. They found that the immune system responded favorably in patients with cancer. This mushroom extract actually discouraged tumor growth, encouraged a healthy gene response, and it appears that malignant cells became less. This helped the body, while taking chemotherapy, and protected the bone marrow from an onslaught of cancers attacking it.

   Maitake mushrooms also contain antioxidants, beta-glucans, vitamins B, C, copper, fiber, amino acids and minerals. All of these encourage the body to remain healthy, in order so that a person keeps their body functioning well.

 

References

 

https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/maitake-mushroom

https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/maitake

https://www.verywellfit.com/the-benefits-of-maitake-89037

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grifola_frondosa

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11207456/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202470/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7091544/

 

Books

 

Maitake Magic by Harry Preuss M.D., Sensuke Konno Ph.D.

 

EVERYTHING ABOUT MAITAKE MUSHROOM: All You Need to Know About Maitake Mushroom by Daniels Ross Ph.D.

 

Maitake Mushroom and D-Fraction by Shari Lieberman Ph.D. and Ken Babal C.N.

 

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

Lion’s Mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus)

Brain health, Memory, Mental Clarity, Mood (Brain dust)

Lion’s Mane [ ˈlaɪ.ən’s   meɪn ]

The Lion’s Mane Mushroom family is packed with many healthy, productive, and positive life-sustaining nutrients. It has been proven to encourage a person’s immune system to function at its utmost best. Another attribute of this particular mushroom is its ability to reduce inflammation within one’s body. There are a considerable of more great effects from the usage of Lion’s Mane Mushrooms. It also has an influence with better functioning with depression and anxiety in the brain system, according to a study published in Biomedical Research. There are more benefits which include an increase in better heart health, as well as showing some promising results in treating some cancers. This mushroom shows effects that may inhibit the growth of some cancer-causing organisms within one’s body.

References

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323400

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/lions-mane-mushroom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_erinaceus

https://www.verywellmind.com/the-benefits-of-lions-mane-89474

https://botanicahealth.com/blog/5-brain-boosting-benefits-of-lions-mane/

https://www.pharmaca.com/projectwellness/health-benefits-of-lions-mane-mushrooms/

https://mushroomreferences.com/category/lions-mane/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18844328/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20834180/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31413233/

Books

 

The Power of the Lion’s Mane Mushroom: Regenerate Your Brain with Lion’s Mane by Ward W. Bond PhD

 

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

Cordyceps /ˈkɔːrdɪsɛps/

Energy, Stamina, Endurance, Lung support, Immune support

     The Cordyceps Family of Mushrooms has many medicinal attributes. This mushroom shows great capabilities with increasing one’s energy upon ingesting it. Cordyceps helps to stave off fatigue. This mushroom has also shown some interesting promise of slowing down a person’s aging process, as it is being consumed.

There are more known benefits in the consumption of Cordyceps Mushrooms. They are known to aid in protecting and encouraging better kidney and liver functioning. This helps the immune system to become strong, which is another support from ingesting Cordyceps.

The Cordyceps mushroom has been shown to aid in lowering fatigue and it also helps to increase one’s energy. Cordyceps has also been shown to help with mental acuity, as well as physical demands upon an individual. It is also helping to aid in the hormonal balance in which cortisol as a stress hormone. This is yet another factor in helping one’s overall health, in providing positive attributes of the Cordyceps mushroom’s properties.

There are more studies must be done to claim any benefits to human body, but studies with mice have proven that Cordyceps helps to stabilize insulin, and therefore, is showing some promising results.

Cordyceps helps the body to lower inflammation and boosts one’s immune system. This way it becomes stronger due to the antioxidants present in Cordyceps, which work in conjunction with the body’s natural healing processes.

These are some ways in which the Cordyceps mushroom can aid the human body in promoting its own immune system.

References

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-602/cordyceps

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121254/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps

https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/cordyceps

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-scientific-evidence-for-the-health-benefits-of-cordyceps/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/cordyceps

https://www.drugs.com/npp/cordyceps.html

Books

Cordyceps: China’s Healing Mushroom by DR. Georges M. Halpern

Cordyceps: Treating Diabetes, Cancer and Other Illnesses: It could save your life by Nathalie Valkov PhD

Cordyceps The Chinese Longevity Mushroom (a Health Learning Handbook) by Dr. Beth

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)

(Calm)

Reishi   /ˈreɪʃi/

 

Reishi mushrooms are well known to help to destroy unwanted organisms attacking the immune system. There was a study done in 2006, that was recorded in the journal of Ethnopharmacology. This is indeed an interesting phenomenon. The Reishi mushroom does appear to encourage one’s immune system to defend itself and actually fend off destructive organisms.

     There was a study done in France, with the Reishi and trametes versicolor mushrooms; This showed some promise that may help to eradicate the HPV Virus, after using those mushrooms, during a two-month period. The scientists found that 88% of the virus decreased. There was a bit more research done utilizing other mushrooms, as well as the Reishi mushroom, showing that this can perhaps help with obliterating the herpes virus, too.

     Research continues to be done involving the efficacy Reishi mushrooms have, and its healthy interaction with the human body.

 

References

https://www.science.gov/topicpages/m/medicinal+mushroom+ganoderma

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024320506006801

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingzhi_(mushroom)

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/reishi-mushroom-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_5

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92757/

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326520#risks-and-considerations

https://www.verywellfit.com/the-benefits-of-ganoderma-89565

 

Books

 

Reishi Mushroom: Herb of Spiritual Potency and Medical Wonder by Terry Willard

 

Reishi Mushroom Book Guide: A true and complete guide to knowing the wonderful Reishi, cultivation techniques and various benefits by Dr. John Tyler

 

Reishi Mushroom: Herb of Spiritual Potency and Medical Wonders by Terry Willard

 

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

 (Cognition)

 

Tremella   / trəmˈelə /

 

     The tremella mushroom contains 20% protein; It also has Vitamin D, which helps the body’s reparation of a person’s skin. This mushroom is encouraging the prevention of premature aging skin within the human body, it helps to keep the body nourished quite well, with skin hydration, so that we as human beings, can function at our best, and look and feel great, as well as having a more youthful look. There are even more promising studies shown more of what this hydration does, in keeping our joints supple, and in turn, helps the bones to maintain strength, as well, as we age.

     Inflammation is something that Tremella helps to prevent too. A 2018 study showed that inflammation is the cause of many health issues, including headaches, heart disease, high cholesterol, and even illnesses within the respiratory system, tumors, and more.

     The entire immune system shows encouraging promise with Tremella. This particular mushroom appears to help a person’s entire immune system to operate at its best level.

 

References

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/tremella-fuciformis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella

https://healing-mushrooms.net/Tremella-fuciformis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3763079/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%28Tremella+fuciformis

 

Books

 

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

 

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Ph.D.

(Longevity)

 

Turkey Tail  /ˈtɜːki/ /teɪl/

 

Turkey tail mushrooms are one of the types of mushrooms in which studies have been done to test their ability to aid in reducing the negative effects of cancer growth. They are utilized alongside with other types of treatment to combat and inhibit cancer growth.

     A breast cancer study with women, who has undergone chemotherapy and radiation, was done, in a six-week time period. They took various grams of turkey tail extract every day. Scientists found that the turkey tail mushroom extract increased levels of the immune system. The immune system was able to help fight the cancer. This mushroom has been found to be quite compatible, used with chemotherapy treatment in breast cancer patients.

    Scientists have done studies which show promising results with turkey tail that has a significant effect which encourages a person’s immune system to work at its best.

     Other areas of the body have been helped with turkey tail mushroom. This helps the digestive system to aid in getting rid of bad bacteria, so it can better be able to do its optimum level in protecting the digestive system.

     Turkey tail also helps to discourage weight gain, among those individuals eating high fat diets.

     These are just some attributes which this mushroom possesses. Many facets of this one mushroom protects and enhances the human body to do its utmost best job towards a person’s better health.

 

References

 

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/turkey-tail-mushroom

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/turkey-tail-mushroom

https://nulivscience.com/blog/complete-guide-coriolus-mushroom-turkey-tail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trametes_versicolor

https://bastyr.edu/news/general-news/2012/11/fda-approves-bastyr-turkey-tail-trial-cancer-patients

https://www.pharmaca.com/projectwellness/turkey-tail-mushroom-benefits/

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/mushrooms-pdq

 

Books

 

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

 

(Immunity)

 

Meshima    /meʃiːmə/

 

     The Meshima mushroom is known to help with the skin condition known as eczema. It has been shown to encourage the immune system to help alleviate the pain, and bad looking and bothersome skin condition.

     Inflammation is lessened by utilizing this particular mushroom. This contains helpful antioxidants, amino acids, and other assets contained inside Meshima.

     The digestive system is well supported and encouraged to do its job, by this mushroom.

     Studies have been done to show that Meshima also encourages and strengthens the immune system, with antitumor processes. The interaction involving anti-cancer drugs shows great promise with this mushroom, too.

     Diabetes is yet another disease that this mushroom helps. Blood sugar has been shown to be lowered, which helps to maintain the diabetes.

     These are just some of the processes at work, with the Meshima mushroom. More studies need to be done, to understand what more potency, that its properties possess to aid in curbing illnesses, and perhaps preventing such devastating ones. The whole of humankind will be helped with such ongoing scientific studies!

References

 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-phellinus-linteus-88684

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phellinus_linteus

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445909/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=Phellinus_linteus

Books

 

 The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

 

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Ph.D.

(Antioxidant)

 

Shiitake /SHiˈtäkē/

 

     Shiitake mushrooms are known for helping to reduce inflammation within the human body’s intestine. This mushroom also contains vitamin D. Cholesterol is helped on a massive scale with this particular mushroom. It balances the lipids, H D L and the L D L cholesterol. This balance is vitally important for the heart to keep doing its job at its best level. This mushroom encourages these three to maintain its health, so that there is either less or no build-up of plaque within the walls of the body’s arteries. This is important to keep the heart working at its best, so that heart disease perhaps will not develop.

     Fiber is also present in this particular mushroom. Fiber helps the gastrointestinal tract to digest all its food properly. This encourages healthy blood vessels to remain that way, as well as a reduction in inflammation inside a person’s body. This is great news!

     The shiitake mushroom is a perfectly natural way to help keep one’s bodily systems working well.

 

References

 

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/shiitake-mushrooms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiitake

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-680/shiitake-mushroom

https://www.verywellfit.com/the-health-benefits-of-shiitake-mushrooms-89077

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302894/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25866155/

 

Books

 

 HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS SHIITAKE MUSHROOM: Revealing the Medicinal Secrets of Shiitake Mushroom by Daniels Ross Ph.D.

 

Shiitake: The Healing Mushroom by Kenneth Jones

 

SHIITAKE MUSHROOM: A book guide to the usefulness, health benefits, and medical usage of shiitake mushroom by Mark Thomas

 

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

Chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus)

        (Antioxidants, gut health, immune support)

Chaga /ˈtʃɑːɡə/

 

   The Chaga mushroom contains vitamin D, magnesium, potassium, fiber, calcium, and manganese. These are just some of the nutrients and vitamins which are needed by the human body. It’s exciting to understand that just one Chaga mushroom contains all those aforementioned nutritional properties! There are also more vitamins, minerals, and nutrients within the Chaga mushroom. These are just a few: Vitamin B complex, amino acids, zinc, copper, selenium, and iron. All these help the body to remain healthy. The antioxidants that are present in this mushroom, are believed to encourage a slower pace towards aging within the human body. This is very exciting news! There’s also some promise that cholesterol can be lowered, so that perhaps the heart could become healthier, due to its continuing ingestion of this Chaga mushroom, that is recommended.

   Anticancer properties have been found while studying this multipurpose mushroom in mice. Human studies need to be done also to show the full spectrum of this Chaga mushroom in a carefully controlled laboratory setting.

   High blood pressure, inflammation, including arthritis and autoimmune diseases might be able to be helped when using Chaga.

   There has been research done with these particular mushrooms, in combatting diabetes with rats, as specimens. This study carried was carried out successfully in 2006. Rats ate the Chaga mushrooms for eight-week period.

   Another possibility with using Chaga, could be with the side effects from chemotherapy, radiation and other treatments, which are used for various medical conditions.

   All this is great news to not only wonder, and research, but to actually see, know, and have the scientific evidence of what more the Chaga mushroom can do to help people with multiple health concerns.

 References

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318527

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/chaga-mushroom

https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/chaga-mushroom

https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-can-chaga-do-for-you-89553

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus

https://neurogal.com/neuro-blog/2019/2/11/chaga-mushroom-evidence-review-are-the-benefits-of-chaga-real

https://www.pharmaca.com/projectwellness/chaga-mushroom-benefits/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946216/

https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/nutrition/choose-chaga-mushrooms/

 

Books

 

Chaga: King of the Medicinal Mushrooms by David Wolfe

 

Miracles of Chaga: The Medicinal Healing Mushroom – Prevention, Healing & Cure by Suzanne Sanders

 

CHAGA MUSHROOM BOOK GUIDE: All You Need To Know About The Most Potent Medicinal Mushroom by Jason Hanson MD

 

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

 

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

 

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

 

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

(Detox)

Poria Cocos /pɔriə kōkɑs/

The Poria Cocos mushroom is believed to enhance health within a person. It encourages the liver to remove toxins from the body; It also helps in turning one’s food intake into the necessary energy that’s needed to help nourish and properly provide the necessary substance to continue performing its multi tasks for its survival.
Proteins and hormones are also encouraged by this mushroom to keep going to do its best; Another effect which is known, is that the Poria Cocos mushroom helps to maintain inflammation at its low level, inside one’s liver. This is a very important task for the liver. The liver takes in toxins, and this mushroom helps to take out the toxins, it is exciting to discover this undertaking of this mushroom.
Studies have begun showing that kidney function might also show an improvement with Poria Cocos. These are just a few things that this particular mushroom has encouraged the human body to better itself with. Serum cholesterol has also been shown to be lowered with this powerful mushroom.
More scientific testing needs to be done with the Poria Cocos mushroom. Its potential needs to be known in what more aid it can be in helping the human body to cope with a plethora of all types of unhealthy conditions.

References

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/wolfiporia-cocos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfiporia_extensa

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-246/poria-mushroom

https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-poria-88643

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307810/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=poria+cocos

Books

The Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms by Dr. Mark N. Stingler

Lingzhi: From Mystery to Science by Lin Zhi-Bin

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health by Tero Isokauppila

Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Ph.D.