The Medicinal Mushroom Starter Handbook: 18 Healing Mushrooms, Foraging & Usage Tips, Recipes and FAQ's

By Stephen Fleming

Through trial-and-error and observable outcomes, our ancestors narrowed the field of edible mushroom candidates to just a few with remarkable, health-supporting properties.

- Paul Stamets

Since time immemorial, Mushrooms have assisted humans in a better and healthier life.

A testimony to a symbiotic relationship is the remains of "Otzi The Iceman."

Mummified remains of a man believed to be frozen in ice around 3300 BCE were discovered around the Alps in 1991. This fully preserved specimen had two different species of mushrooms with him!

This book is your concise guide to every first-hand information you need about Medicinal or Healing mushrooms before taking help from a professional practitioner.

It shortens your learning curve and gives you all the essential information which would have taken a few months of research.

The pandemic has given many perspectives to individuals, health professionals, and respective regulatory bodies, and it may accelerate research in this fascinating field.

It dives into:

Historical instances of the use of Medicinal Mushrooms in various civilizations

Meet 18 different Healing Mushrooms

What are their respective healing powers, news about ongoing research

How to Forage main Medicinal Mushrooms in the wild

Usage and storage tips

Healthy Recipes

Frequently Asked Questions

Glossary

Get your copy today and meet these awesome Healing Mushrooms!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephen Fleming
• Release date: Jul 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9798786724289

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18 Healing Mushrooms, Foraging & Usage Tips.Recipes & FAQ's

Stephen Fleming

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The objective of the book is simply to provide information; it is not intended to replace diagnosis and treatment, tasks which pertain to a doctor.

The contents of this book are for informational & educational purposes and are not intended to offer personal medical advice.

You should seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read in this book. The book does not recommend or endorse any products.

Any book, video, or other means of learning can't replace learning physically from an expert. These forms of information are only additional guidance to be used along with a practical demonstration and training.

Always check the legal status of the mushroom you intend to grow and use.

Chapters

1. Story of Healing Mushrooms- Otzi the Iceman to Alexander Fleming

2. Let's Meet 18 Medicinal Mushrooms

3. How Mushrooms Heal

4. Identifying/Foraging Top 7 Medicinal Mushrooms

5. How to Take Medicinal Mushrooms

6. How to cook Medicinal Mushrooms: 7 Recipes

7. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Glossary

8. Conclusion

9. Reference

1. Story of Healing Mushrooms- Otzi the Iceman to Alexander Fleming

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a Mushroom - Thomas Carlyle

Introduction

Mushrooms are incredibly nutritious and have a variety of minerals, vitamins, and beneficial compounds that improve your overall health and wellbeing. From mental to physical health, the benefits offered by mushrooms cannot be overlooked. As a result, medicinal mushrooms have slowly started gaining popularity in recent times.

That said, the medicinal use of mushrooms has been around for a long time and is a long-prevailing tradition across different cultures worldwide. Mushrooms have helped protect humanity's health for hundreds of years. These days, there is a steadily increasing body of scientific evidence that shows the biologically active compounds present in mushrooms offer significant health benefits.

Mushrooms contain some of the most potent and helpful natural medicines known to humans. There are tens of thousands of species of mushrooms, and we are only familiar with about 10% of them.

There are around 270 species of mushrooms believed to have therapeutic properties, and about 100 species are being studied for their health-promoting benefits.

Medicinal mushrooms are among the most priced natural possessions, and they can build and strengthen human health and functioning.

There's a similarity between humans and mushrooms in terms of the pathogens they are exposed to. Fungi have potent antimicrobial defense mechanisms in place to protect themselves from harmful pathogens. Upon consumption of these mushrooms, the highly absorbable medical constituents in them are recognized by the human body and used to strengthen itself from the inside. Did you know that tetracycline, penicillin, and streptomycin are all fungal extracts?

History of Medicinal Mushrooms

The idea of using medicinal mushrooms is not anything new. Humans