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Mushroom Extracts With Beneficial Healing Effects

By Veronica Tripplethorn

There have been studies done recently on reishi mushroom extracts that just may back up the claim from the Orient that this is the mushroom of immortality or the medicine of the kings.

Medicinal reishi mushrooms have been shown to help with everything from reducing high blood pressure, to relieving allergies and inflammation, and helping those stricken with both AIDS and cancer.

Of the numerous medicinal fungi options available, how can the reishi help out the human body in so many different ways? According to the Eastern school of thought the body has a need to build up its equilibrium against threats such as bacteria and viruses.

Keeping Your Body In Balance

Even emotional threats like stress may cause anxiety and reduce the body’s alertness. According to Chinese medicine, whatever the case may be, the reishi helps to maintain the body’s equilibrium and threats against it.

They feel that diseases like cancer happen because the body is out of balance, and so this mushroom helps to keep that balance.

Boosts The Immune System

Naturally, there are skeptics who may just dismiss this as mumbo jumbo, but research has proven many of the claims that reishi mushroom extracts have beneficial healing effects.

Research has shown that there is a substance called polysaccharide beta that boosts the immune system by elevating the number of macrophage T-cells, which is a major boon for those who suffer from disorders such as AIDS.

Helps To Reduce The Number Of Cancerous Cells

This immune boosting is also a great help to those suffering from cancer because it also enables the T-cells to fight the cancer cells much more effectively. However the reishi mushroom extract may actually help the body to fight off cancer in even more ways, as it also helps the immunity cells bind to the tumor cells.

There are many experts who believe it also helps to reduce the number of cancerous cells, which then makes it easier for the macrophage T-cells to get rid of the bad cells. Another component of the mushroom is canthaxanthin, which is used to slow down the growth of the cancerous cells.

The Japanese government is so positive about the health benefits of mushroom extracts, and specifically the reishi, that they have now officially made it a form of cancer treatment.

Increases Memory And Focusing Abilities

The reishi has also been shown to calm people down, and helps to review your options when looking to increase both memory and focusing abilities. There are other areas that are also thought to be helpful, like in the aid of cardiovascular disease.

It is said that due to some of its substances, such as ganoderic acid, sterols and mannitol, that it helps to remove cholesterol from blood and lower triglyceride levels, thus reducing many of the known risk factors of heart disease and strokes.

Please Note: All information given on this site is for general information purposes and is not to replace any medical opinion or medical diagnosis given by a qualified medical doctor, a dietitian/nutritional expert or any other medical expert, as individual circumstances may vary. Please see your medical doctor, before any action is taken to alleviate symptoms.

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About the Author:
Veronica Tripplethorn is an author of health, nutrition, dieting and weight loss articles including Celiac Disease, Holistic Health, Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet, Massage Therapy.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles coming soon.

More Facts About Mushrooms...

How long have medicinal mushrooms been used?
Mushrooms have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. But it is amazing to realize that predominantly it has been in Eastern cultures. The Chinese have long known the benefits of medicinal mushrooms. Even the Ancient Egyptians realized the importance of mushrooms in their diet. Unfortunately for the lower classes mushrooms were considered a food for royalty only.

Even Russia used mushrooms as a way to help with the body’s systems. Ironically a huge gap in information is found in Ancient Greek and Roman writings. No one knows why this is. But the effects have been a Western world that has largely ignored these wonderful fungi. It has only been in the past few decades that Western civilizations have begun to embrace and study the medicinal aspects of mushrooms.