Shiitake mushroom

Interesting facts about Shiitake

Shiitake grown on rice husks are not suitable for use in the preparation of medicines. The scarcity of a growing substrate does not allow the culture to reveal its nutritional potential to the maximum.
Despite the fact that Japanese mushrooms contain a large number of active components, they do not in any way affect the reproductive or genitourinary system.
Due to the content of chitin, shiitake is digested in the stomach with great difficulty. So you shouldn't expect to gorge on mushrooms alone.
Shiitake was the secret ingredient in ancient geisha cosmetics. Powder from these mushrooms has been added to creams, lotions, and even hair products. Thanks to this component, the priestesses retained the elasticity of the skin of the face and body, and the silkiness of the hair.
Vitamin B6, contained in one mushroom, is half the daily value for the body, and the content of B5 exceeds the daily requirement by four times.
Shiitake contains large amounts of vitamin D (more than 30% of the norm per day).
By the content of the antioxidant L-ergothioneine, the analogs of which have not yet been found in activity, shiitake bypassed chicken liver and wheat germ. Researchers are still trying unsuccessfully to find a source of ergothionine that would supplant the Japanese mushroom.
Kojic acid is a substance formed during the metabolism of fungi. Since the early 2000s, it has been part of Chanel's cosmetic creams. It is noteworthy that the product is wildly popular and has a noticeable lifting and nourishing effect.
Chinese folk medicine men equate shiitake with ginseng root in importance, thereby recognizing its tremendous healing potential.
The history of using shiitake goes back more than 2 millennia, and ancient recipes are still used in many Asian regions.
The cultivation of mushroom cultures in artificial conditions started in the 40s of the 20th century. Until that time, all stocks of mushrooms were represented by forest crops collected by people.
Even in conditions of poor nutrition, you can not worry about the lack of vitamins if you consume shiitake. Their rich composition is able to maintain normal body functions for a long time.
Mushroom-based oil tinctures can be used by most people who are allergic to alcohol analogs.
Asia today produces only 20% of the world's shiitake supply.
Lovers of mushroom culture also include themselves in Canada and the northern part of the United States.

Perhaps this is due to the climate, since in the conditions of long winters it is extremely important to enrich the diet with foods with high nutritional value. From this position, shiitake are an excellent source of health maintenance.
Shiitake use is also popularized in Australia.

A large share of consumption falls on dry mushrooms and powder, which is used for cosmetic purposes.
The Japanese Extreme Mushroom Diet allows you to lose 3-5 kg ​​per week. However, so that the lost kilograms do not return, nutritionists recommend staying on a more gentle diet and playing sports.

The ancient traditions and recipes for the use of shiitake have reached the present day almost in their original form. This constancy may be evidence that the nutritional and medicinal properties of the culture are beyond doubt. An increasing number of adherents of a healthy lifestyle are introducing shiitake into their diet. Large manufacturers of food and cosmetic products are also not lagging behind.

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Where do shiitake mushrooms grow?

The habitat of Shiitake is the southeastern regions of Asia. The fungus is ubiquitous in China, Korea, Japan and some small countries in the region. In the Asian part of Russia, the mushroom was found in the natural environment of the Far East and Primorsky Territory.

The history of growing shiitake for food purposes is more than 2 thousand years old. Over time, cultural production spread throughout the world. Today, the scale of shiitake cultivation is about half a million tons annually, with more than 30% of all production in mainland Europe. The leader is still Japan, which produces mushrooms for export and for domestic needs.

Traditional medicine recognized Shiitake as the "elixir of life": it is able not only to strengthen the body, but also to save it from a number of specific diseases, from which a significant proportion of humanity suffers.

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Harm and contraindications

Before using shiitake, you should study the possible contraindications. Like any product containing a cocktail of highly active substances, these mushrooms can be harmful.

For fresh shiitake, the daily consumption rate is 200 grams, and for dried - 18 grams. In addition, mushrooms are a difficult product to digest, so the first few days of use, you should be careful, monitor the body's reaction and start with small portions.

Frequent consumption in large quantities can contribute to the development of an allergic reaction to shiitake. An unprepared organism is especially susceptible to this.

Women in position and children should avoid this nutritious product as the effects on the digestive and immune systems can be unpredictable.

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Treating diabetes with shiitake

The results demonstrated by shiitake in the treatment of this disease were noteworthy, but the mechanism of action, as in most other cases, has not yet been clarified. To this end, Japanese scientists are conducting clinical studies of the effects of shiitake against liver disease and diabetes. According to Kisaku Mori, shiitake will be a new milestone in diabetes care. The first drugs for the treatment of diabetes based on this fungus have already appeared on the territory of Russia. It is assumed that the action is not even based on lowering sugar levels, but on the prevention of tissue necrosis, which occurs very often in diabetes (as a rule, it is gangrene of the upper or lower extremities). Taking an extract or tincture of shiitake made it possible to prevent diabetic complications such as gangrene, ulcers and ischemia by about 60%, which allows us to hope that Kisaku Mori's words are not unfounded.

Medicinal preparations based on shiitake extract

Composition and calorie content

The taste of shiitake is comparable to porcini mushroom or champignons, and due to its unique composition it is classified as a delicacy and is used for making soups, side dishes, salads, and also consumed raw and extracted.

Shiitake mushrooms are distinguished by their unique rich composition, which has a high nutritional value for the body. Main components of the product:

1. Copper is a trace element, the content of which in this type of mushroom is kept at more than 80%. It is important for metabolic processes in the body, in which iron takes part, providing oxygen supply to organs and tissues.
2. Selenium - contains at a level of 45%, affects the condition of the skin and hair, as well as deep nutrition of cells.
3. Pantothenic acid (B5) - in the composition of about 70%. It is important as a participant in cholesterol metabolism, all cycles of transformation of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as a catalyst for the absorption of amino acids in the intestine.
4. Choline is a substance that provides nutrition for brain cells, participates in the exchange of all organic compounds that enter the body with food. It is contained in shiitaka at 16%. This fact determines the widespread use of mushrooms in a rejuvenating and health-improving direction.
5. Zinc is an element important for metabolism; it is about 11% in mushrooms.

Also, shiitake are distinguished by a high level of fiber, vitamins of group B, A in the composition. Among the macro- and microelements are phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, manganese, iron.

The nutritional value of shiitake is from 34 to 56 kcal per 100 grams, depending on the method of preparation of the product.

Proteins, fats and carbohydrates in each mushroom are distributed in a ratio of 1 / 0.1 / 7.7.

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Shiitake against viruses

The first major clash between Shiitake and the virus occurred in 1983. Then lentinan was tested on a patient with HIV infection. The effect turned out to be so strong that in the future the patient was never faced with the manifestations of this disease. Over time, positive reactions to HIV infection became less and less and at the same time there were fewer pathological abnormalities. This continued until everything returned to normal. Two years later, the results of this experiment were presented at the 3rd International Conference on Immunopharmacology held in Florence (Italy).

After some time, a 57-year-old patient was treated with lentinan. She initially underwent breast cancer surgery and subsequent radiation. To stop her progressive weakness, she was prescribed lentinan therapy. Presumably, it was during the blood transfusion during the operation that she was infected with HIV.

The patient was regularly injected with lentinan for five months (1 mg of the substance intravenously by drip twice a week).During this time, all manifestations of a viral infection have disappeared and overall health indicators have significantly improved. Three years after the end of the treatment, the woman was still healthy without the need for further shiitake use. Despite the fact that this fact (as well as the first one) is unknown to the general public, it entered the medical annals. Three years later, the Japanese government approved lentinan for use in a special research program to combat HIV infection.

The first positive results were obtained very soon on the example of hemophiliacs who were accidentally infected with HIV. In just three months or even less, a part of the lymphocytic cells recovered almost to a normal state. After that, the possibilities of lentinan in the treatment of HIV began to be studied in 16 medical institutions in Japan. Advances in this direction led to the fact that clinical trials of lentinan began in the United States.

Buy Shiitake mushroom extract for oncology

- In oncology (treatment of malignant and benign neoplasms).

Why do you make an extract?

Indeed, no extracts were made before, and there were no laboratories for this. To obtain nutrients and vitamins, they ate products directly for food or prepared various medicinal decoctions, tinctures, etc. with them. But not everything is so simple, it is not in vain that extracts have been obtained at the factories.

So, for example, a mushroom contains a lot of the special substance chitin. Chitin creates a so-called framework, that is, it enters the structure of cells, thanks to which the fungus becomes hard and stable from the outside.

It is because of chitin, which is practically not absorbed by the human body, that mushrooms are poorly absorbed. But at the same time, they contain a very valuable component - glucan, which is closely related to chitin.

To break this connection, you need to damage the latter.

So what did you do before? Folk healers of the East mined glucans in the following way. They made a mushroom decoction, as a result of cooking, chitin lost its properties, releasing glucan. At the same time, a negligible amount of active substance got into the solution - about 4%.

Under the conditions of modern pharmaceutical production, it is possible to obtain a highly concentrated extract with a content of about 50% glucan. At the same time, the extract is easily absorbed by the human body, absorbed fairly quickly by the intestinal walls, enters the direct bloodstream and is carried throughout the body.

Benefits of the Shiitake Mushroom for the Body

Shiitake tastes great and is widely used in cooking in China, Japan and many other countries. It is added to salads (fresh and boiled), first and second courses. This mushroom has a high taste and is considered a delicacy.

The chemical composition of shiitake is complex and includes many compounds useful for our body: proteins, amino acids (including essential ones: arginine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, tyrosine, threonine, methianine, phenylalanine and valine), carbohydrates (including mushroom polysaccharides lentinan and glucan), fats (contain mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids), mushroom phytoncides, dietary fiber, vitamins (C, B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, PP, E and D, PP), mineral salts of potassium, calcium , magnesium, sodium, manganese, phosphorus. Also, the medicinal properties of shiitake mushrooms are due to the high content of iron, copper, zinc, selenium, sterols, choline and other elements.

Shiitake mushroom has a strong antiviral, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, wound-healing, anti-ulcer, hematopoietic, blood-purifying, tonic, anti-aging and anti-tumor effect, enhances immunity, has a beneficial effect on the heart and blood vessels, thins blood, lowers blood pressure, improves stomach and blood composition, heals intestines, strengthens and soothes the nervous system, removes cholesterol from the body,regulates blood sugar levels. Also, the beneficial properties of shiitake include helping to restore strength after serious illness, physical and mental stress, excretion of salts of heavy metals, radionuclides and various toxins from the body, which prolongs human life.

How to choose and store a shiitake

Japan is the leader in shiitake consumption. Its inhabitants revere this mushroom and love to eat it both raw and dried. The wide spread of the culture of consumption of Shiitake is also due to its unpretentiousness to storage conditions. Dry mushrooms are a favorite of national and industrial consumption. In its raw form, shiitake is consumed worldwide in 20% of the total volume.

Such mushrooms should be stored at 0-2 degrees Celsius, while the humidity should not exceed 95%. If these conditions are met, the mushrooms will survive for several weeks.

Dried mushrooms in the absence of high humidity and critically high temperatures are stored for many months. Dried shiitake must be soaked for use in cooking.

To choose the best mushrooms, you should pay attention to the cap. If it is cracked or has a pattern, you can safely take them - such mushrooms are the most delicious

Shiitake with a hat diameter of up to 5 centimeters are considered the most delicious. The best mushrooms have a 70% cap opening and a velvety surface that is dark brown in color.

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Shiitake and heart disease

Shiitake is effective in combating hypertension. Eating just two mushrooms a day lowers blood pressure by five units. High results are shown in the fight against atherosclerosis, angina pectoris and tachycardia. Recovery from a heart attack is also faster if accompanied by the intake of shiitake. The health-improving effect of mushrooms in diseases of the cardiovascular system was investigated back in 1988.

The amino acid eritadenine contained in shiitake helps lower cholesterol. It makes the conversion of low-density lipoproteins into high-density lipoproteins faster and, as a result, greatly reduces the level of cholesterol in serum. If there are other factors that help lower cholesterol levels. Clinical studies of the fungus showed that the amount of plasma cholesterol was reduced by almost half compared to the placebo group.

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Shiitake Catalytic Properties

A catalyst is a substance that accelerates a chemical reaction. And besides chemical there are also plant catalysts, thanks to which medicinal substances act much more efficiently and are more fully absorbed by the body. These properties have long been known to experienced herbalists and healers. For example, a similar action is attributed to thyme and lemon balm. The Chinese also knew this, and they recommended shiitake as a means of enhancing the effect of any medicine. This has been confirmed by modern practice, in particular by Dr. Kisaku Mori (Japan).

Shiitake treatment history

Without pretending to provide a complete overview of this topic, we can say that the Japanese have considered Shiitake to be an emperor mushroom for about three millennia. And this mushroom acquired such a reputation by no means for its taste, namely for its medicinal qualities.

In any case, not a single medical treatise, where this mushroom is put on a par with ginseng, could not ignore the shiitake.

It is known that Emperor Kushido, who ruled Japan in the 12th century for fifty years, owed his longevity to the mushroom emperor. Already at a young age, he fell ill with diabetes, which the court doctors could not cope with. Those of them who survived after that said that the young emperor had no more than five years left to live. However, an ordinary healer came to the aid of the ruler, offering him stewed shiitake. Despite the skepticism about such an uncomplicated remedy, the treatment turned out to be effective. After that, Emperor Kushido began to eat shiitake and drink the extract of this mushroom daily.

All this was just a beautiful legend if not for the fact that it was Kushido who issued the law on the industrial cultivation of Shiitake on special plantations. After that, shiitake became an obligatory part of the imperial courts. For some time, they were even considered a secret medicine available only to the nobility. But this did not last for a long time and the treatment of Shiitake captured first Japan, then China, and in the 20th century it began to gradually capture Europe. Currently, the conquest has become large-scale and over forty thousand articles and monographs are devoted to this mushroom.

Some Cautions Relating to Shiitake Treatment

The main problem that a common man in the street who decides to improve his health with the help of shiitake may face is the low quality of the mushroom. The reason for this is that when Shiitake became popular in the West, the Americans decided to put it on stream. And since it has been grown naturally for a long time, enterprising Americans decided to improve the mycelium itself. The result is a mushroom that is more intended for gourmet than for medical use. Soon it spread to Europe. In a word, now American and European shiitake medicinally have little in common with Japanese.

Fortunately, with some effort it is possible to acquire the mycelium of an authentic Japanese Shiitake. Despite the significantly higher price, such mushrooms turned out to be incomparably more effective in the treatment of some serious diseases, for example, multiple sclerosis. In addition, they have proven to be very effective as an anti-virus tool and not only.

Contraindications in the treatment of shiitake

First of all, it should be noted that traditional shiitake treatment is associated with a number of additional requirements that are not always possible to fulfill on your own. In view of this, it is advisable to carry out treatment under the guidance of an experienced fungo-therapist (specialist in the treatment of mushrooms).

As for contraindications, their list is small:

1. Bronchial asthma
2. Lactation
3. Pregnancy
4. Individual intolerance

True, regarding the last point, it should be said that such a reaction to Shiitake is extremely rare and can be eliminated using the simplest means.

What is mushroom triad?

Mushroom triad is a method of treating cancer using the shiitake mushroom. This method has shown itself to be the best, even in the later stages of this disease. He demonstrated the greatest effect in the fight against squamous cell carcinoma. The fungal triad proved to be effective even when the radiation was powerless.

Mushroom triad technique

This technique can have many variations depending on the specific diagnosis of the patient. An example is the following recipe:

• Shiitake (water or oil infusion or vodka infusion). Take 3-5 tablespoons / day on an empty stomach between meals.
• Silver water (by the Tarakanov method). Used as a lotion or internally. Chaga (water infusion). 2-3 glasses a day.
• For certain types of cancer, fly agaric vodka tincture is also used in the amount of 1-3 teaspoons per day.

It is important to note that it is not recommended to use mushroom triad with herbal poisons. However, it can be combined with decoctions of anticancer herbs.