Medicinal mushrooms have a broad array of uses, from common conditions to promising applications against a host of diseases, often in adjunct to mainstream therapies. “Virtually anything related to the immune system is a candidate” for medicinal mushrooms, says Gene Bruno, dean of academics for Huntington College of Health Sciences and a consultant for Jarrow Formulas, based in Los Angeles. “Other applications are fighting mutagens and mutagenic cells, promoting healthy glucose, promoting healthy blood-pressure levels, supporting healthy liver function, promoting physical endurance, promoting healthy heart rate and contractility, promoting healthy plasma triglycerides and cholesterol, and providing tonic and adaptogenic effects to help stress adaptation.”
The most common uses for mushroom supplements include immune response, blood pressure, cholesterol and stress, although many fungi have applications in multiple areas because of their unique constituents.
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