Healing Mushrooms: A Guide to Understanding and Using the Healing Properties of Medicinal Mushrooms - Softcover

Georges Halpern

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0757001998 ISBN 13: 9780757001994

Publisher: Square One Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

(From the back) A guide to understanding and using the healing properties of medicinal mushrooms, effective treatments for today's illnesses. Powerful antioxidant. Natural anti-inflammatory. Fights viruses and fungus. Safe anti-bacterial. For over five thousand years, mushrooms have been used as a highly effective medicine. Now, researchers are rediscovering the amazing value of these traditional medicinals as well as uncovering new benefits - benefits that can safely and naturally improve your health and well-being. Written by Dr. Georges M. Halpern, a top medical scientist, this easy to use guide provides a look at the history and uses of eight major healing mushrooms: maitake, reishi, shitake, Cordyceps sinensis, Agaricus blazei, Phellinus linteus, Trametes versicolor, and Hericium erinaceus. The book begins by describing how ancient cultures of the East and West utilized mushrooms to combat the ravages of disease. It then looks at how modern science has refocused its attention on the many healing properties of these gifts of the earth. The chapters that follow examine the folklore, the health benefits, and even the culinary uses of each of the mushrooms. Included are detailed instructions on how to buy, store, and use these products, as well as a helpful, up-to-date resource section offering important consumer information.

Edition details

• Publisher: Square One Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0757001998
• ISBN 13: 9780757001994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182