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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 infrections | 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.