Healing Mushrooms

Healing Mushrooms
Author: Tero Isokauppila
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0735216029

The one and only resource on using adaptogenic mushrooms to boost immunity and promote whole body health the natural way. Adaptogenic mushrooms are one of today's buzziest superfoods, known for their ability to restore skin's youthful glow, increase energy levels, reduce brain fog, keep your hormone levels in check, and so much more. In Healing Mushrooms, you’ll learn about the ten most powerful mushrooms you can add to your daily diet to maximize your health gains. Though some of these mushrooms, like Tremella, Cordyceps, and Reishi will sound exotic, they're all easy to source online in extract form and easier to use in recipes. Even more familiar mushrooms, like Shiitake, Oyster, and Enoki, are full of seriously healing potential--you just have to know how to use them. Packed with practical information, fun illustrations, and 50 mushroom-boosted recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and even dessert!), Healing Mushrooms unlocks the vast potential of this often-overlooked superfood category and will be the go-to resource for adding mushrooms to your health and wellness regimen.

Medicinal Mushrooms: a Practical Guide to Healing Mushrooms

Medicinal Mushrooms: a Practical Guide to Healing Mushrooms
Author: Richard Bray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2020-08-30
Genre:
ISBN:

DISCOVER THE 28 MOST POWERFUL MUSHROOMS In Medicinal Mushrooms, you'll learn about the 28 most powerful mushrooms you can add to your diet to maximize your health gains. Richard Bray, herbalist and bestselling author, explains the nutritional and medicinal compounds in each one of them and how to apply them for optimal results. Packed with practical tables, fun graphics, and illustrative images, this guide helps to select and prepare the right mushroom for you. You'll discover... Biology and medicinal properties of mushrooms 28 powerful mushrooms to boost your health Best mushrooms to use How to prepare and consume medicinal mushrooms for optimal results Take the first step to your mushroom adventure. To get started, scroll up and grab your copy today.

Medicinal Mushrooms

Medicinal Mushrooms
Author: Martin Powell
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2014-08-05
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0956689825

Medicinal Mushrooms - The Essential Guide is a highly accessible book on the health benefits of medicinal mushrooms written by Martin Powell, author of Medicinal Mushrooms - A Clinical Guide.Published in November 2013 and based on the latest research in the field, it covers the ten most popular medicinal mushrooms: Agaricus, Chaga, Cordyceps, Coriolus, Lion's Mane, Maitake, Mesima, Reishi, Shiitake, Snow Fungus and offers a valuable introduction to the subject for the practitioner and layperson alike, complete with a summary of their benefits in over thirty health conditions.Praise for Medicinal Mushrooms - A Clinical Guide:This really important book is a unique and excellent compilation - Dr S P Wasser. Editor, International Journal of Medicinal MushroomsEasily the most accessible primer on the pharmacology, applications and Chinese medical uses of the top mycological medicinals - Journal of Chinese MedicineThis beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable resource on medicinal mushrooms - Giovanni Maciocia. Author, Foundations of Chinese Medicine

Christopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide

Christopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide
Author: Christopher Hobbs
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1635861675

Mushrooms have been used as medicine for thousands of years and their value in boosting immunity, improving memory, and even fighting cancer is being recognized and documented in scientific research. Christopher Hobbs, a mycologist and herbalist at the forefront of contemporary research, profiles the most powerful medicinal mushrooms and explains the nutritional and medicinal compounds in each one. Detailed instructions cover how to select, store, and prepare each variety for use. Whether readers are growing or foraging their own mushrooms, or sourcing them from a local provider, this essential handbook will guide them in making health-boosting medicine.

The Fungal Pharmacy

The Fungal Pharmacy
Author: Robert Rogers
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2012-06-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1583945954

The ultimate guide to maximizing the healing properties of medicinal mushrooms and lichens—featuring over 300 detailed plant profiles for easy mushroom identification Noted herbalist Robert Rogers introduces readers to more than 300 species of medicinal mushrooms and lichens found in North America. These fungi have the capacity to heal both the body and—through the process of myco-remediation—the planet itself. Throughout the book, he documents their success in optimizing the immune system and treating a wide range of acute and chronic diseases, including cardiovascular, respiratory, and liver problems, blood sugar disorders, cancer, and obesity. The Fungal Pharmacy also outlines the medicinal traits and unique properties of each mushroom or lichen, including: • active chemical components • preparation methods for extracts, essences, essential oils, and more • historical and modern-day usage • cultural, religious, and literary significance, with fun facts on etymology and history • plus, 200 full-color photos and thorough descriptions for easy identification The ultimate guide to identifying and healing with medicinal North American fungi, The Fungal Pharmacy is a valuable resource for mycologists, mushroom hunters, wild-crafters, and anyone interested in natural health care.

Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms

Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms
Author: Mark Stengler
Publisher: Basic Health Publications, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781591201434

Backed by centuries of use by Asian herbalists and doctors and now by solid scientific research, the supplemental use of medicinal mushrooms has gained tremendous popularity. Among their many benefits, medicinal mushrooms have been shown to restore the competency of the immune system and to improve the outcome for people with a variety of serious illnesses, including cancer, hepatitis, and other conditions where effective nontoxic treatment options are limited. This book describes the most common supplemental medicinal mushrooms-including maitake, reishi, shiitake, and cordyceps-and their best clinical uses. Choosing products that match the potency of the supplements used in the supporting research requires a basic understanding of quality and potency and how the descriptions on the labels relate to the strength of a product. Therefore, this book also provides the basic knowledge needed to make the best choices to achieve the desired and highest therapeutic results. Book jacket.

The Rebel's Apothecary

The Rebel's Apothecary
Author: Jenny Sansouci
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0593086570

Learn how to improve your health and wellness with the healing magic of cannabis, CBD and medicinal mushrooms. When health coach and wellness blogger Jenny Sansouci learned that her father was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, her extensive knowledge of the latest alternative therapies was put to the test. Jenny dove into the world of cannabis and mushrooms and their medicinal properties - and she and her dad are now outspoken champions of the healing power of these plants and fungi - not only to tame the side effects of chemotherapy, but to address everyday wellness concerns. The Rebel's Apothecary is the result of her heartfelt and rigorous quest -- a science-based and supportive guide that will enhance the lives of anyone living with pain, anxiety, depression, a weakened immune system, insomnia, and more. Complete with background information, dosing instructions, and everyday recipes, this is the essential handbook for harnessing the ancient healing powers of cannabis and mushrooms --safely, without confusion, fear, or an unwanted high. In addition to debunking myths and de-stigmatizing these powerful healing plants and fungi, The Rebel's Apothecary presents: Specific protocols and dosage guides for wellness uses (mood, sleep, immunity, focus, energy) and managing common chemotherapy side effects Everyday wellness routines Recipes for delicious, easy, health-enhancing cannabis and mushroom infused smoothies, coffee drinks, teas, elixirs, gummies, and broths - including recipes from chefs and wellness experts like Dr. Andrew Weil, Kris Carr, Seamus Mullen, Marco Canora and more The latest research on CBD, THC, medicinal mushrooms and psilocybin Tips for creating a cutting-edge home apothecary of your own

Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms

Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Author: Paul Stamets
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2011-07-13
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1607741385

A detailed and comprehensive guide for growing and using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms commercially or at home. “Absolutely the best book in the world on how to grow diverse and delicious mushrooms.”—David Arora, author of Mushrooms Demystified With precise growth parameters for thirty-one mushroom species, this bible of mushroom cultivation includes gardening tips, state-of-the-art production techniques, realistic advice for laboratory and growing room construction, tasty mushroom recipes, and an invaluable troubleshooting guide. More than 500 photographs, illustrations, and charts clearly identify each stage of cultivation, and a twenty-four-page color insert spotlights the intense beauty of various mushroom species. Whether you’re an ecologist, a chef, a forager, a pharmacologist, a commercial grower, or a home gardener—this indispensable handbook will get you started, help your garden succeed, and make your mycological landscapes the envy of the neighborhood.

Medicinal Mushrooms - A Clinical Guide

Medicinal Mushrooms - A Clinical Guide
Author: Martin Powell
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2015-01-22
Genre:
ISBN: 0956689833

Updated and expanded second edition of the leading reference book on the clinical use of medicinal mushrooms. Written by a biochemist and herbalist with over 20 years' experience of working with medicinal mushrooms, this book provides an in-depth resource for healthcare practitioners. It covers 20 of the most widely used species and contains sections on their use for cancer and other health conditions, as well as discussion of the different formats of mushroom supplement available . 'This really important book is a unique and excellent compilation.' Dr SP Wasser - Editor, International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 'This beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable resource on medicinal mushrooms.' Giovanni Maciocia - Author, Foundations of Chinese Medicine 'Easily the most accessible primer on the pharmacology, applications and Chinese medical uses of the top mycological medicinals.' Journal of Chinese Medicine

Medicinal Mushrooms

Medicinal Mushrooms
Author: Christopher Hobbs
Publisher: Book Publishing Company
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2002-02-01
Genre: Edible fungi
ISBN: 1570679509

This modern handbook for exploring and understanding the rich traditions of healing fungi in Eastern and Western cultures is the most complete work on the cultural, health-promoting and medicinal uses of mushrooms ever published!. Author Christopher Hobbs thoroughly documnents and details the nutritional and health benefits of over 100 species of edible fungi.