According to recent scientific researches, 4 mushrooms have shown particular healing qualities against certain pathologies
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In the ancient medicines of China, Japan and India the curative power of some species of mushrooms which, not surprisingly, were used to treat a series of more or less serious diseases. In the United States and Europe, on the other hand, they have recently been learning about the healing qualities of mushrooms and even scientific researches are increasingly careful to evaluate their possible health benefits.
In particular they are 4 the mushrooms on which recent research has focused (although there would also be others to evaluate) that have proven to be particularly effective in the treatment of certain diseases:
VERSICOLOR PROCEDURES
This multicolored mushroom nicknamed "turkey tail" due to its shape, it grows all over the world and often arises in a grouped way in decaying wood. Trametes versicolor is known for its anti-cancer properties. A study published in 2012, for example, noted that taking up to 9 grams of this mushroom extract manages to improve the immune status of women with breast cancer. In 2013, however, a research by the International Journal of Molecular Medicine found that Trametes combined with Reishi (another medicinal mushroom) is able to induce destruction of leukemia cells.
HERICIUM ERINACEUS
Hericium erinaceus, called lion's mane or white pon pon, is very easily identified due to its characteristic cascade shape from which the white spores emerge. This mushroom is used for many purposes including the treatment of the most common gastrointestinal diseases and for its immunostimulating properties but the most recent research has focused in particular on the beneficial effects that hericium would have in reducing anxiety, depression and insomnia but also inavoid the onset of degenerative diseases related to advancing age such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In fact, a 2014 research confirmed the effectiveness of this mushroom with laboratory tests, which will soon be followed by clinical studies on humans.
UNKNOWN OBSCURE
Inonotus obliquo or Chiaga is a hard and woody mushroom that grows in colder areas, especially in Russia. Although the appearance is very similar to that of a piece of coal, Chiaga is a mushroom of considerable medicinal value and extremely versatile. In particular, it seems that its effectiveness was confirmed in treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes. A study from February 2014, for example, found that this mushroom exerts hypoglycemic metabolic effects and offers benefits in managing body fat. It must be said, however, that traditionally it was used as a natural antibiotic and antiviral, tonic and for its detoxifying and antioxidant action.
GANODERMA LUCIDUM
The Ganoderma lucidum, o Reishi, is perhaps the best known oriental mushroom and also used in the West. Much appreciated for its properties, Reishi is currently at the center of the interest of science because of the immunostimulating abilities but also for the anticancer virtues which have been confirmed by various researches including that carried out by the Bellarmine University in Kentucky which found that the polysaccharides and saponins present in the cell proliferation of this fungus are able to promote apoptosis (death) of lung cancer cells .
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In fact, the potential of medicinal mushrooms is very high and there are those who believe that the study of these and other species of mushrooms represents the future in the treatment of numerous pathologies, including cancer. However, there is of course still much to understand about the active ingredients of which the different species are composed and the mechanisms by which they act in our body.
