Chinese mushrooms for cancer: shiitake, maitake, reishi, cordyceps, etc. Chinese medicinal mushrooms against cancer The healing effect of cordyceps chinensis

It is one of the greatest longevity tonics of ancient Chinese medicine used in the treatment of cancer. It is used in traditional and modern Chinese medicine to increase vitality, strength and endurance, and prolong life. Reishi enhances the immune response, reduces the side effects of chemotherapy such as nausea and kidney damage, and protects cellular DNA by increasing antioxidant capacity.

Lentinula edodes (other names: Shiitake, Japanese forest mushroom or Xiang-gu, "Fragrant Mushroom")

This tender and tasty mushroom is present in many Asian cuisines. It is considered a delicacy and a medicinal mushroom. Shiitake contains a glucan called AHCC (active hexose-linked compound) and is widely used in alternative and complementary cancer therapy in Japan due to its immunomodulatory functions. Shiitake mushroom is also effective against cancer thanks to lentinan in its composition. Lentinan, a compound found in Shiitake mushrooms, is used as an intravenous anticancer drug with antitumor properties. Clinical studies have linked lentinan to longer survival, higher quality of life, and a reduced likelihood of cancer recurrence.

Coriolus versicolor (other names - Trametes versicolor, Polypore versicolor, “Turkey tail”, Yun-Zhi)

This is one of the most well-studied medicinal mushrooms in the world. Trametes versicolor is a biological response modifier. It has been used in Chinese medicine as a tonic for centuries. Research shows that this mushroom improves survival and acts as an immune modulator with immunostimulating and antitumor properties. Some studies suggest it may enhance the effects of chemotherapy in traditional cancer treatments and reduce the side effects of radiation therapy.

Cordyceps sinensis (other names - Cordyceps, Chinese caterpillar mushroom, Dong Chun Xia Cao)

Cordyceps acts as an immune stimulant, increasing the number of T cells (natural killer cells) that fight cancer cells and viruses, and prolonging the life of white blood cells, thereby improving resistance to infections. Scientific research shows that cordyceps has significant antitumor properties and also protects the kidneys from the side effects of chemotherapy. It is one of the most widely used tonics in anti-cancer formulas in Chinese medicine.

Grifola frondosa (other names: Grifola curly, Maitake, “Dancing mushroom”, Hui Shu Hua)

Chinese medicinal mushrooms for cancer include the famous Maitake mushroom. It is widely used in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine to strengthen the immune system, and is one of the main mushrooms in Japanese cooking. Research has shown that it can enhance both the innate immune response to fight infections and the adaptive immune response to provide long-term immunity boosts. Maitake also protects cells through antioxidant properties and reduces the inflammatory factor COX-2 enzyme, so common in cancer physiology. Research has also shown that Maitake has potential antimetastatic properties as it inhibits the proliferation (spread) of cancer.

Inonotus obliquus (other names - Chaga mushroom, Tinder fungus, Inonotus obliquus)

Chaga is a cancer mushroom that does not belong to the category of Chinese mushrooms. However, it is still worth mentioning, since it is one of the most powerful natural anti-cancer agents (some scientists call chaga the most effective anti-cancer mushroom).

Treatment with mushrooms for cancer allows you to heal the body from this life-threatening disease. Doctors recommend using any natural remedies in combination with modern treatment methods. However, it is up to you to decide whether to use chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery to treat cancer. In any case, it is recommended to consult an expert in the field of cancer treatment, regardless of what type of medicine he or she relates to.

Even ancient healers knew that some types of mushrooms are beneficial to human health and help cure many diseases.

Well known fact! Peasants living in Chinese villages and people living in the mountains of Tibet have a higher life expectancy than their urban compatriots.

In the second half of the last century, this issue interested scientists who were looking for ways to prolong life and new methods of treating various diseases, including cancer.

As a result, it turned out that in addition to clean air and a more relaxed life, the basis of the diet of residents of these areas is made up of medicinal mushrooms. Some of them are eaten by peasants, others are used in the form of ointments, powders and tinctures to treat various diseases.

Having studied the composition of medicinal mushrooms, scientists discovered that they indeed have a unique, unparalleled effect on the human body and effectively fight many serious diseases, including oncology.

Until recently, medicinal mushrooms could only be purchased in China. Now you can purchase the famous Chinese medicinal mushrooms from us, in the Russian Roots herbal store.

We purchase mushrooms directly from the manufacturer, which guarantees high quality products and protects against the purchase of counterfeits.

Healing properties of mushrooms

Fungotherapists who use Chinese mushrooms in their daily medical practice have proven their high effectiveness in combating the following diseases:

• various types of cancer (as part of complex therapy);
• reduced immunity, loss of strength;
• high or low blood pressure;
• CVD diseases;
• liver diseases, including hepatitis;
• metabolic disorders, including obesity;
• infectious and viral diseases of various etiologies;
• diseases of the nervous system.

Fight against cancer

Medicinal CHINESE mushrooms play a special role in the fight against cancer. The use of mushrooms in combination with chemotherapy reduces side effects, restores weakened immunity, setting the body up to fight cancer, and stops tumor growth.

The anticancer effect of medicinal mushrooms is based on the fact that they contain unique, unparalleled polysaccharides - b-glucans, which, when entering the patient’s body, activate cellular immunity.

In order to maintain the therapeutic effect of medicinal mushrooms and prevent tumor cells from becoming accustomed to them, fungotherapists change medications after a certain time. Such regular replacement gives an excellent therapeutic effect and helps to successfully fight different types of tumors.

The following types of medicinal mushrooms are most often used to treat cancer:

1. Larch sponge (Agaricus).

Larch sponge is used in conjunction with radiation and chemotherapy, reducing the side effects of exposure to radiation and taking chemicals.

2. Shiitake.

Shiitake mushroom helps activate cellular immunity, which helps the body fight tumors. It contains b-glucans, which have a pronounced immunomodulatory effect on the patient’s body. In addition, shiitake contains the substance lentinan, which has an antitumor effect and prevents the growth of tumors.

3. Tinder fungus.

The fungus Polypore prevents the formation of metastases in the body. It is one of the most studied medicinal mushrooms in the world. Polypore has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine as a tonic. Recent studies have shown that it is an excellent immunomodulator and has antitumor properties. Polypore reduces the side effects of radiation therapy and enhances the effects of chemotherapy.

4. Enoki.

Enoki blocks the proliferation of cancer cells. It contains several antitumor substances, including Proflamin and b-glucan Flammulin. These substances activate antitumor immunity, block the nutrition of the circulatory system of the tumor, and restore the natural process of self-destruction of cancer cells.

5. Trameta.

Trameta inhibits the development of metastases in the body.

6. Chaga.

7. Agarik.

Agaric accelerates the process of formation of lymphocytes, strengthening the body's immune defense and mobilizing its internal reserves to fight the tumor.

8. Maitake.

Maitake effectively destroys cancer cells. Maitake is widely used in traditional Japanese and Chinese medicine as a means to strengthen the immune system. When it enters the body, it strengthens the immune defense and activates the body’s fight against cancer. In addition, maitake inhibits tumor growth and prevents the occurrence of metastases.

9. Reishi.

Reishi mushroom inhibits tumor growth. Activates cellular immunity, helping the body fight cancer. Can be used as part of complex treatment after radiation and chemotherapy, reducing the severity of side effects.

10. Veselka.

Veselka destroys the membrane of a malignant tumor, depriving it of protection. Veselka contains special polysaccharides that stimulate the synthesis of perforin. This substance helps destroy cancer cells. Infusions prepared from this mushroom are effective against cancer of internal organs and skin. In addition, benign neoplasms (cysts, fibroids, papillomas, fibroids) are treated with the help of a vesel.

11. Hericius.

Hericium activates the immune system, helping the body fight cancer. It contains beta-glucans, which enhance the effect of chemotherapy drugs and help destroy tumor cells. In addition, hericium helps remove toxins from the body, normalizing the functioning of the kidneys, liver and other internal organs.

12. Cordyceps.

Cordyceps prevents the development of the tumor's circulatory system, preventing the tumor from growing further. It has an immunostimulating effect, increasing the synthesis of T-lymphocytes that resist cancer cells.

Cordyceps has a pronounced antitumor effect and also protects internal organs from the side effects of chemotherapy drugs. This mushroom is very often used to treat various types of cancer in traditional Chinese medicine.

You can purchase all of the above types of mushrooms in our Russian Roots herbal store. Now we purchase mushrooms directly from the manufacturer, which guarantees high quality products and protects you from purchasing counterfeits.

Contraindications

Mushroom preparations have virtually no contraindications. They are not prescribed in case of individual intolerance to the components included in the drug, as well as for children under 5 years of age, pregnant and lactating women.

Where to buy Chinese Medicinal Mushrooms?

You can buy medicinal CHINESE mushrooms in our Russian Roots herbal store. We purchase mushrooms directly from the manufacturer, which ensures high quality products and protects the buyer from purchasing counterfeits.

Medicinal mushroom preparations are available in various forms (tinctures, suppositories, extracts, powders). If you buy 6 or more packages of mushroom powders of 10 grams each, then we will provide you with a discount. Residents of other regions can receive the product by mail.

Buy new CHINESE medicinal mushrooms from the manufacturer at the Russian Roots herbal store. It's reliable, convenient and easy!

• Reishi mushroom 10 gr
• Maitake mushroom 10 gr - 350 rub. When ordering 6 pieces - 300 rubles.
• Mushroom Agarik Brazilian 10 gr - 350 rub. When ordering 6 pieces - 300 rubles.
• Shiitake mushroom 10 gr - 350 rub. When ordering 6 pieces - 300 rubles.
• Cordyceps mushroom 10 gr - 350 rub. When ordering 6 pieces - 300 rubles.
• Mushroom Veselka 10 gr - 350 rub. When ordering 6 pieces - 300 rubles.

The book provides descriptions of more than 50 species of medicinal mushrooms used in traditional Chinese medicine, including their taxonomic position, ecology, distribution, morphological features, chemical composition and nutritional value. Particular attention is paid to the results of studying the pharmacochemical properties of wild and cultivated species.

The latest achievements in the field of fungotherapy of tumor and viral diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes, radiation injuries, etc. are shown.

Prospects for the development of fungal biotechnologies aimed at obtaining standardized medicinal raw materials for the production of pharmacologically active drugs and the food industry are presented. The book is of interest to a wide range of specialists in the field of mycology, resource science, pharmacognosy, biochemistry, and agricultural biotechnology.

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Medicinal mushrooms have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Western medicine and pharmacology have learned a lot from Chinese fungotherapy. Scientific interest in medicinal mushrooms has increased sharply thanks to the discovery of penicillin by A. Fleming, which revolutionized medicine. Currently, science continues to actively study the properties of medicinal mushrooms, expanding their list.

Medicinal mushrooms

The cohort of medicinal mushrooms of traditional Chinese medicine includes:

• reishi, also - lacquered tinder fungus, lacquered ganoderma (lat. Ganoderma lucidum)
• shiitake(lat. Lentinus edodes or Lentinula edodes)
• cordyceps(lat. Cordyceps sinensis)
• curly griffola, also - meitake, maitaki, (lat. Grifola frondosa)
• Coriolus, also - misty mushroom, “butterfly wings” (lat. Coriolus versicolor)
• coconut poria, also coconut pakhima, coconut polypore, Indian bread, Virginia truffle (lat. Poria cocos)
• auricularia ear-shaped, also - “ear of Judas” (lat. Auricularia auricula)
• Umbrella tinder fungus (lat. Polyporus umbellatus)

These mushrooms contain a complex of polysaccharides that can fight tumors. Mushroom polysaccharides have a strengthening effect on the body’s protective functions, rather than destroying the tumor directly. That is why they are called “protective function enhancers” (HDP). The specific effect of these polysaccharides is manifested in the activation of macrophages and T-lymphocytes, stimulation of interferon and a general improvement in the immune response at the cellular level. They have no toxic effects on the human body.

The most effective are the first three on the list. Shiitake and cordyceps have a greater antitumor effect, while reishi has an immune-regulating effect.

It has been noticed that mushrooms not only heal themselves, but also enhance the therapeutic effect of other drugs. Also, over the centuries, the correct combinations of mushrooms with each other have been selected, in which the most powerful healing effect is achieved.

Of the species listed above, shiitake, auricularia auriculata and polypore umbellata are also used as food. However, eating mushrooms, even edible ones, is not always healthy. Therefore, before treatment and before eating any mushrooms, you should consult your doctor.
When collecting yourself, you need a good knowledge of mushrooms, otherwise you can pick up poisonous ones.