[FairfieldLife] Chaga beats amrita-kalasha?

[cardemaister]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus

Medicinal use

Since the 16th century, there are records of chaga mushroom being used in folk 
medicine and the botanical medicine of the Eastern European countries as a 
remedy for cancer, gastritis, ulcers, and tuberculosis of the bones. A review 
from 2010, stated, As early as in the sixteenth century, Chaga was used as an 
effective folk medicine in Russia and Northern Europe to treat several human 
malicious tumors and other diseases in the absence of any unacceptable toxic 
side effects. Chemical investigations show that I. obliquus produces a diverse 
range of secondary metabolites including phenolic compounds, melanins, and 
lanostane-type triterpenoids. Among these are the active components for 
antioxidant, antitumoral, and antiviral activities and for improving human 
immunity against infection of pathogenic microbes. Geographically, however, 
this fungus is restricted to very cold habitats and grows very slowly, 
suggesting that Chaga is not a reliable source of these bioactive compounds. 
Attempts for culturing this fungus axenically all resulted in a reduced 
production of bioactive metabolites.[1] In 1958, scientific studies in Finland 
and Russia found Chaga provided an epochal effect in breast cancer, liver 
cancer, uterine cancer, and gastric cancer, as well as in hypertension and 
diabetes.[2]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Chaga beats amrita-kalasha?

[Peter]

It's a voodoo nutrition throwdown!!

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 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Chaga beats amrita-kalasha?
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 Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 2:55 AM
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus
 
 Medicinal use
 
 Since the 16th century, there are records of chaga mushroom
 being used in folk medicine and the botanical medicine of
 the Eastern European countries as a remedy for cancer,
 gastritis, ulcers, and tuberculosis of the bones. A review
 from 2010, stated, As early as in the sixteenth century,
 Chaga was used as an effective folk medicine in Russia and
 Northern Europe to treat several human malicious tumors and
 other diseases in the absence of any unacceptable toxic side
 effects. Chemical investigations show that I. obliquus
 produces a diverse range of secondary metabolites including
 phenolic compounds, melanins, and lanostane-type
 triterpenoids. Among these are the active components for
 antioxidant, antitumoral, and antiviral activities and for
 improving human immunity against infection of pathogenic
 microbes. Geographically, however, this fungus is restricted
 to very cold habitats and grows very slowly, suggesting that
 Chaga is not a reliable source of these bioactive compounds.
 Attempts for culturing this fungus axenically all resulted
 in a reduced production of bioactive metabolites.[1] In
 1958, scientific studies in Finland and Russia found Chaga
 provided an epochal effect in breast cancer, liver cancer,
 uterine cancer, and gastric cancer, as well as in
 hypertension and diabetes.[2]
 
 
 
 
 
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