Agarikon

Latin: Laricifomes officinalis

Czech: Lariciformes

Chinese:

Japanese:

Vital mushroom The spurge is a disease-causing mushroom that prefers cooler temperatures. It grows mainly in the northern hemisphere at higher altitudes. It was also used by Native American Indians in their rituals, or carved into statues. It likes coniferous trees, specifically larches. The fruiting body resembles a hoof and can be over 60 cm long and up to 75 years old!

The mushroom is not eaten and has a distinctive bitter taste. It was used as a dried crushed powder in ancient Greece, Mongolia and has a place in traditional Iranian medicine. Agaricon has been described as a medicine that helps patients with tuberculosis or chicken pox. It has also been used against excessive sweating and as a laxative.

American mycologist Paul Stamets has been researching verpanic acid for a long time. He owns extensive forests in British Columbia and propagates the mycelium in the laboratory and plants it in his forests. The research will yield many more surprises.

Characteristics according to traditional Chinese medicine

Nature: cold

Taste: bitter

Tropism: Lungs, liver, stomach, intestines, kidneys

Main effects according to Traditional Chinese Medicine:

• Purifies wind heat
• transforms phlegm and stops coughing
• clears damp heat
• clears empty heat
• Strengthens the Stomach and Digestion
• tones the Kidneys and Liver

When do we use Agaricon vital mushroom to maintain or improve health?

1) To support cancer treatment

• Reduces the proliferation of cancer cells
• Stimulates apoptosis - the controlled process of programmed cell death of old, damaged, or cancerous cells
• limits tumor growth - reduces the formation of new blood vessels that nourish the tumor

2) Stimulation of the immune system

• increases macrophage activity, production of pathogen-killing enzymes, etc.
• Acts against: viruses, bacteria, fungi, fungi and parasites
• most often combined with Coriolus, Reishi or Shiitake mushrooms

3) Anti-inflammatory effects

• kills and inhibits the proliferation of bacteria
• used for: golden staphylococcus, pneumococcus (lung suppuration), E. coli, salmonella and listeria (diarrhea), mycobacteria (tuberculosis), candidiasis, etc.
• other uses: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, periorbital inflammation, etc.

4) Asthma and respiration

• Clears damp heat obstructing Lungs
• used in: bronchitis, pulmonary suppuration
• By purifying the damp heat of the Kidneys and Lungs, it promotes Lung Yin and improves breathing

5) Promotes peristalsis and digestion

• Stimulates appetite - has a strong bitter taste
• Increases insulin sensitivity - thereby regulating blood sugar in type 2 diabetes (improves cellular utilization)
• promotes peristalsis - laxative (laxative)

6) Detoxification

• promotes the production of bile - thus improving the removal of toxic substances

7) Reduces the risk of blood clots

• Reduces blood clotting - by inhibiting thrombin activity

What to remember:

Agarikon clears wind-heat, transforms phlegm and stops coughing. It also clears damp heat, improves digestion and appetite.