Maitake
grifola frondosa
Maitake
grifola frondosa
Used parts and where it grows:
Maitake
mushroom is
a
very large (like basketball) which grows in the mountains of northeastern Japan as well as in North
America
and Europe. Famous for its taste and renowned medicinal properties,
Maitake
is also known as the "mushroom dancer" 1 The legend holds that those who found the rare mushroom started dancing for
joy
. Others attribute the name to the manner in which the bodies of the mushroom fruity are mounted on
each
other, resembling butterflies dancing.
Maitake
is extremely sensitive to environmental
change
, which
has
posed many
problems
for cultivating this mushroom. Only recently have been successful
Japanese
farmers to produce
organic
mushroom
Maitake
high quality, thus enabling
a
wider availability in Japan and the United States. The fruity body and the mycelium of
Maitake
are used medicinally.
Maitake
has
been used in connection with the following conditions (refer to individual medical uses for complete information)
Medicinal use:
Help in chemotherapy, Help HIV, you can extend the immune
function
, recommended in
Infection
.
Historical or traditional use (may or may not be backed by scientific studies) Historically,
Maitake
has
been used as
a
tonic and adaptogens. Along with other mushrooms "medicinal", such as
shiitake
and anisci, the
Maitake
was
used as
a
food to help promote
health
and
vitality
. Traditionally, the consumption of the mushroom
was
thought
to prevent high blood pressure and
cancer
- two applications that have been the focal point of modern research.
Active components:
A
common
denominator among mushroom and
herbal
adaptogens is the presence of complex polysaccharides in their structure. These active components have the ability to act as immunomoduladores and, as such, are investigating its potential role in
cancer
and
AIDS
treatment. Polysaccharides present in
Maitake
have
a
unique structure and are among the most powerful to be studied to date. 2 The
primary
polysaccharide, beta -
D
- glucoside, is absorbed very well when taken orally and is currently under study for the prevention and treatment of
cancer
and as
a
support tool for HIV
infection
. 3 4 This research is still preliminary and require confirmation.
How much should I take?
Maitake
can be used as
a
food or
tea
.
Maitake
is also available as
a
capsule or tablet containing the body of the whole
Maitake
fruitful. In
Maitake
, the body of the fruit is higher in polysaccharides that the mycelium, which is why it is recommended. The normally takes 3 - 7 grams of daily supplements of
Maitake
.
There are side effects or interactions? Used as recommended above, there have been no reports of any side effects with
Maitake
.
The information on the effects of
a
supplement or an herb determined for
a
given condition
has
been described in terms of methodology or the data
source
of support (for example: clinical, double - blind, meta - analysis, or use Traditional) For the convenience of the reader, the information in the vector that lists the supplements for certain conditions are also categorized. The criteria for the rankings are: "primary" indicates that there is relatively reliable and scientific data that show
a
constant support in the
disease
. "Secondary" indicates that there is conflict, little or only preliminary studies suggest that aid in
disease
or aid in the
disease
is minimal. "Other" indicates that there is little scientific support and / or minimal aid in the
disease
.
References:
1. Hobbs
C
. Medicinal Mushrooms. Santa Cruz, CA: Botanica Press, 1995, 110 - 15.
2. Nanba M, Hamaguchi AM,
H
. Kuroda The chemical structure of an antitumor polysaccharide in fruit bodies of Grifola frondosa (
Maitake
) Chem Pharm Bull 1987; 35: 1162 - 68.
3. Yamada Y,
H
Nanba,
H
. Kuroda Antitumor Effect of orally administered extracts from fruit body of Grifola frondosa (
Maitake
) Chemotherapy 1990; 38: 790 - 96.
4. Nanba
H
. Immunostimulant
activity
in - vivo and anti - HIV
activity
in vitro of 3 branched b - 1 - 6 - glucans extracted from
Maitake
mushrooms (Grifola frondosa) VIII
International
Conference on
AIDS
, Amsterdam, 1992.
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