Many of us have been exposed to or cooked with a few of the most common culinary mushrooms like portabella white button, and so on.
But, there's a whole class of mushrooms that are known as medicinal mushrooms. the medicinal healing mushrooms aren't designed to enhance flavor, although they can be used in recipes. They are usually consumed in tea form, tinctures and extracts, as well as in capsules in the form of powders.
The medicinal mushrooms that are used include the reishi and agaricus mushrooms (or agaricus blazei) and maitake, shitake, as well as coriolus mushroom. There are many others however, these are some of the most sought-after.
Medicinal mushrooms such as these have a lot in common with humans in terms of their genetic and chemical structure. Many scientists say that mushrooms are closer to human beings genetically than nearly every other plant.
In this regard, certain "higher level" mushrooms, commonly referred to as "medicinal mushrooms" (NOT magic mushrooms! ) they can help to heal and alter the mind, body, emotions, and spirit of we humans who consume them.
Reishi mushroom is one of the most popular healing mushrooms from China (though it can be found in other regions of the globe as well). Reishi mushroom is often described as "the mushroom of immortality" since it can be taken everyday as a tonic "herb" and it useful in extending life.
Reishi mushroom is frequently used (in the East) as an immune system stimulant by people with HIV or cancer. Reishi is also believed to ease inflammation, ease fatigue, aid in healing infections within the body, and to aid in Mushrooms chocolate bar relaxing and calming the mind, allowing people to meditate and connect with Spirit easier.
Maitake mushroom is another one of the most powerful medicinal mushrooms around the globe. Maitake is used culinarily as well as medicinally, and is a very powerful source of beta-glucan polysaccharides--potent immune system healing chemicals.
Maitake mushrooms are used for the prevention of cancer, as well as helping control diabetes and high cholesterol. Maitake boosts the activities in the naturally-killer cells of the body, which helps eliminate the body of immune system problems.
There are many more popular kinds of medicinal mushrooms and I've written more full descriptions of them on my blog, which is linked below.
Just one final note in the event that you're contemplating a look at the healing properties from medicinal mushrooms, if you supplement them with a Vitamin C supplier (preferably a natural plants-based Vitamin C source) it is possible to triple the efficacy of both medicinal mushrooms, and triple the efficacy of Vitamin C! The most effective information to have the best health ever!