Reishi Mushrooms for Anxiety, Cancer, and Immune System | Are Reishi Mushrooms Safe?

Are Reishi Mushrooms Good for You. Is Reishi Mushroom Safe? Whats Reishi Mushroom Good For? Benefits of Reishi Mushroom. Reishi Mushroom for Anxiety.

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Timeline | Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Eastern Medicine
1:16 - Quantity of Studies?
2:00 - The Problem
2:46 - Immune System
3:38 - Evidence is Scanty?
3:54 - Is it Safe?
4:47 - Interactions with Medicine

What is Reishi Mushroom?

Reishi Mushrooms are otherwise known as Ganoderma lucidum. They are a rare mushroom that grows at the base of deciduous trees, like your oak, maple, and beech. Its also referred to as lingzhi and has been used in eastern medicines for over 2000 years.

Benefits of Reishi Mushroom

Whats special about them is the claim that they can boost the immune system, fight cancer, and improve heart function.

Do Reishi Mushrooms Work?

This is not to discredit eastern medicine at all. In fact, what I can appreciate about Eastern medicine, is the fact that it takes a holistic approach that looks at the entire body, spirit and mind when diagnosing and treating illnesses and not just bandaging symptoms. The facts are that there is quite a limited amount of human studies on the effects of reishi mushrooms. And at the same time, There is also growing evidence to suggest that reishi mushrooms may be toxic and can cause health issues.

Reishi Mushrooms for Cancer

You find a number of people actually using it as a remedy for many types of chronic diseases, including hepatopathy, type II diabetes, neurasthenia, hypertension, as well as cancer. Largely because of the findings that reishi mushrooms, can suppress cell adhesion and cell migration of highly invasive breast and prostate cancer cells, which suggests its potency to reduce tumor invasiveness. The problem with that is this key word here, SUGGESTS. Suggestion something in literature does not mean it causes that thing its suggesting to actually occur clinically.

Reishi Mushroom for Immune System

Reports mention immune boosting effects with Reishi Mushrooms. The claims being promoted as immunomodulating agents, which can confuse a lot of people, expecting a certain outcome to take place when they take these mushrooms, like expecting to fight off infection, bacterial and viral diseases, as well as the immunological pathways of cancer itself. What we know is: that The constituents in reishi mushroom have been seen to increase “CD3, CD4, CD8 and CD56 lymphocytes, plasma concentrations of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6 and interferon (IFN)-gamma, as well as NK activity. However, clinical evidence for this is scanty.

Are Reishi Mushrooms Safe?

For the most part, reishi mushrooms are tolerated just fine actually. A few people have an upset stomach with them, which is why if youre trying them out, it might be better to take them with food. And in case your wondering about the reports of liver toxicity with them. There have been case studies where liver problems were seen, when they switched to the powder form. Now we arent sure if it was the formulation itself that caused liver damage, or the actual mushroom itself.

How Do Reishi Mushrooms Work? Does Reishi Mushroom Interact With Medications?

Because the 3 major constituents in reishi mushrooms are its unique Polysaccharides, peptidoglycans, and triterpenes, they do have interactions with your medications that utilize the same pathways in the body. These include your diabetes medicines, which can lower your blood sugar even more, your blood pressure medicines, which can lower your blood pressure even more, and your blood thinning medications, which can increase your bleeding risk.

DISCLAIMER:
This video is for information only and should not be used for the diagnosis or treatment of medical conditions. Dr. Arsalan Aspires has used all reasonable care in compiling the information but make no warranty as to its accuracy. Always consult a doctor or other healthcare professional for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

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