Photo by David Hepworth.
It is not a secret. Fungi are part of the diet or nutrition are not only delicious but also nutritious and miscellaneous important in our daily lives.
Just imagine a bowl of soup to the fungus cheesy with Crouton or blended with creamy and delicious cereals. Tempting!
Its legendary effects as a herbal remedy now draw the attention of Western scientists to search by research on fungi.
Fungi have been performed in Chinese and Japanese traditional medicine for thousands of years.
In Asia, common fungi are used to relieve pain and treat diseases such as arthritis.
Isolated versicolorIt is therefore not surprising if species of fungi that are often classified as in the same category as fruits and vegetables will appear in its own class in natural healing.
Martin Powell, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, sharing his know how to use the "magic key" fungi as it contends, to increase the effectiveness of the treatment of cancer.
According to him, the fungi have unique benefits for those who undergo conventional cancer treatment because they are safe be used with modern drugs.
There are many herbal drugs that are not accepted by doctors because of the potential for interaction with drugs, but mushrooms is considered to be safe and have been used by physicians as additional processing to the West.
"Isolated versicolor are the most studied in support of its use in cancer and was used for the treatment of cancer in the Japan and China.". At the end of the 1980s, sales of the Japan Coriolus is estimated at USD600 million, "said Powell.
Powell is also a biochemist qualified Chinese medicine when he continued his studies in the area at the London School of Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese traditional medicine clinical Shanghai, China.
Cordyceps sinensisPowell said, two isolated versicolor extracts were tested deeply to the Japan and in China and found can increase the life of nasopharyngeal cancer cancer of the breast, lung, stomach, intestine and patient.
"This fungus now is widely used to support the immune system of the body in the control of cancer." Treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy which weakens the immune system and taking this fungus helps the effectiveness of the treatment, reduces side effects and supports the immune system.
"Ingestion continues after treatment helps prevent cancer come back." "Side, it is also used in several chronic problems of virus infection", said Powell.
In Western medic when assessing certain diseases, they seem not to the person as a whole but it is important for disease at the acute stage.
Powell is drawn in Chinese how assessment on health and disease.
"It has connection with"yin and yang,"the seven emotions." For example heart is happiness, spleen is anxiety, fear of kidney, liver is anger and lung is sadness. "Then the concept of balance and harmonization is also regarded as a thing which must be carried out in life," he said.
Most fungi are isolated, Cordyceps sinensis and Reishi (Lingzhi).
Lingzhi is widely used to treat rhinitis, because it has characteristic of antihistamines, modulating substance anti-inflammation and immune.
It helps those with low energy and low sexual function in men.
Lingzhi/Reishi/GanodermaHe said: "I'll take isolated when I catch a cold, when you travel and when I feel stressful." Taking vitamin c and isolated contributes to avoid infection. In issues such as breast cancer, stomach cancer, bowel cancer, cancer of the prostate cancer, liver cancer and leukemia, taking it (Coriolus) is able to help support the immune system. »
"At the United Kingdom, some veterinarians are isolated, cats and dogs who have cancer late and contributes to increasing their appetite and quality of life of the pet."
Research has shown that the Shitake, Maitake, Reishi, Cordyceps sinensis and isolated versicolor are antitumors.
Maitake, Coriolus and Reishi are also anti inflammation that isolated while and Reishi are beneficial to protect the liver.
Powell explained, "isolated and Reishi have hypoglycemic substance (reduce the level of sugar in the blood) while Cordyceps has steroidal activity.".
"This fungus contains polysaccharide to long-chain, beta-glucans and proteoglycans, enzymes to prevent oxidative pressure, stop the uncontrolled cell growth and stimulate detoxification."
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