Mushroom Medicine
For thousands of years many mushroom species have been used to treat a variety of health conditions and symptoms*.
Symptom/Condition |
Species |
Altitude sickness | Reishi |
Arrhythmia | Reishi |
Bleeding | False Tinder Polypore, Wood Ear, Earthstar, Puffball |
Bronchial inflammation | Shiitake, Reishi |
Cancer, breast | Chaga, Shiitake, Turkey Tail |
Cancer, esophageal | Artist's Conk |
Cancer, gastric | Split Gill |
Cancer, skin | Stinkhorn |
Cancer, liver | Turkey Tail |
Cancer preventative | Red-belted Polypore, Maitake , Turkey Tail, Shiitake |
Cancer, uterine | Chaga |
Chemotherapy (to counteract side effects) | Maitake, Shiitake, Turkey Tail |
Cholesterol, high | Shiitake, Jelly Fungus, Oyster |
Colds and flu | Shiitake, Maitake, Reishi |
Coughs | Snow fungus, Earthstar, Hoelen, Reishi |
Diabetes | Turkey Tail, Maitake, Reishi, Shiitake |
Diarrhea | False tinder polypore |
Dizzinesss | Honey Mushroom, Reishi |
Dry Skin | Chanterelle, Honey Mushroom |
Eye Inflammation | Tremella |
Fever | Hoelen |
Gastritis | Honey Mushroom, Chaga |
Hemorrhoids | Wood ear, Gilled polypore |
Hepatitis | Reishi, Shiitake, Hoelen , Turkey Tail |
High blood Pressure | Maitake, Shiitake, Reishi |
Immune weakness | Maitake, Shiitake, Turkey Tail, Reishi |
Indigestion | True Tinder Polypore |
Insomnia | Reishi, Honey Mushroom |
Low energy | Turkey Tail, Cordycep, Reishi |
Muscle spasms | Wood Ear |
Muscle tension | Oyster Mushroom |
Nervousness | Reishi |
Neurasthenia | Honey Mushroom, Reishi |
Poor vision, night blindness | Honey Mushroom, Chanterelle |
Rhinitis | Reishi |
Ulcers | Chaga, Enokitake, Reishi |
Urinary tract infections | Zhu ling |
Viruses | Shiitake, Turkey Tail, Birch Polypore |
Wounds, bleeding | Earthstar, Puffball |
Taken from "Medicinal Mushrooms: An Exploration of Tradition, Healing, and Culture" by Christopher Hobbs, L. Ac.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.