Description
The use of maitake in traditional Chinese medicine – improves stress resistance, supports the immune system, helps with cancer, lowers blood pressure.
Europeans consider these mushrooms to be good food, and North Americans are wary of them because of their toxic potential. Orientals have always reserved a special place for them in their traditional pharmacopeias. Most of them are considered “tonic” because they are believed to increase the body’s resistance to various types of stress.
Until recently, you could only pick maitake mushrooms in the wild. Given the great value of this mushroom in the Eastern Pharmacopoeia, it seems that those who would find it were lucky and danced with happiness at the time of their initial discovery, hence the nickname of the dancing mushroom! Since 1979. years we know how to grow them in artificial conditions. The Japanese are still the main producers, and this production continues to increase to meet the growing demands of the western market.
Exploring maitake
Herbalists attribute adaptogenic action to maitake. According to the theory that in 1947. developed by a Russian researcher named Lazarev, the adaptogenic substance increases, in a general and non-specific way, the body’s resistance to various types of stress that act on it. This concept is similar to the concept of “tonics” used by traditional Chinese medicine and Japanese Kempo medicine, which is basically inspired by the latter. This concept is not far from unanimous among researchers, and in the current state of research, it represents a most interesting path and strong thought supported by facts.
Today’s researchers are focusing their research on the effects of maitake polysaccharides, substances that act in multiple complex ways on the immune system. It is believed that these compounds could be useful against various diseases of the immune system, such as AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome, or as a support to the body during treatment. Chemotherapy diseases such as cancer.
The traditional use for cancer
In preliminary research conducted in vitro and on animals, Japanese scientists noticed the antitumor and immunomodulatory effects of polysaccharides extracted from maitake. The same researchers conducted studies without a placebo group or a control group in patients with different forms of cancer. The results indicate that these polysaccharides, especially those called fraction D or fraction MD, could stimulate the immune system of cancer patients. However, we will have to wait for the results of double-blind placebo-controlled trials before concluding that maitake or its extracts are effective in this regard.
Blood pressure
Animal studies indicate that consumption of maitake may have a mild hypotensive effect, which may explain the traditional use of this fungus to prevent cardiovascular disorders. At present, these results have not been confirmed by human studies.
The composition of one capsule
Maitake extract 10: 1- 450mg.
Method of use and dosage
As a dietary supplement, take two capsules daily with water.
Packing
450 mg, 100 capsules
Stock
Store in a cool and dry place, out of direct sunlight.
Contraindications
Do not take this product if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Consult your doctor before use if you are taking prescription drugs
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