The Turkey Tail Cure
And he’s right, to a point. According to the literature, a substance found in Trametes versicolor, polysaccharide-Krestin (PSK), has been found to aid the immune system, especially in some cancer patients, when administered in conjunction with traditional treatments such as chemotherapy — and as such it’s even a prescription drug in Japan. You can find it in the U.S. as a supplement. Researchers are conducting trials with it. But, the FDA hasn’t issued its stamp of approval yet.
Now, a guy like Jonsson, he just wants to help the world be well. And that’s great. However, a word of caution for those inclined to self-treat for potentially serious conditions.
“I think that there’s validity in what we would call non-Western medicine,” says Steve Moore, Humboldt County public health nurse. But, he adds, he personally isn’t familiar with this particular mushroom and so can neither credit nor discredit it. “What I do know, and what’s most concerning to me about this, is that I know we have accidental poisonings around mushrooms and funguses with some regularity. So, I would just really caution people if they were going to imbibe in something like that and are hoping to be cured. It’s not something that would be recommended by the health department. … But, I know people who’ve suffered from chronic illnesses and tried all kinds of traditional western therapies and then had some success with alternative therapies, and so I definitely wouldn’t want to minimize their success.”
Moore’s official advice? “Follow the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and your medical advisor.”
For the swine flu or any flu or cold-type crud, at minimum, just please wash your hands frequently and don’t go coughing all over everybody.
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Comment / By Bodie / May 8, 2009, 9:56 p.m.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html
Watch this video for more information on the powers of fungi.
Comment / By Leo / June 2, 2009, 10:59 p.m.
This site rocks I met David and he knows a lot about fungi and is very calm and keep a cool deposition. He really is a “fun-guy”.