Good Source for Medicinal Mushrooms?

[Guest guest]

, " snydez99 " <snydez99 wrote:

>

> Does anyone have a good source for Maitake or other mushrooms?

>

JHS (jhsnp. com) or Namex (nammex). Both companies do hot water extractions,

consistant

with all of the impressive research out of Asia. Every other company that I

know of uses

tinctures (polysaccharides don't extract well in alcohol) or simply grind up the

mycellium

biomass. Both of these methods make cheaper products, and come with many

grandiose

claims, but have no historical or clinical backing.

 

David Lerner

[Guest guest]

I like Paul Stamet's company, Fungi Perfecti. Very high quality, albeit

slightly more expensive than other options.

Kip

 

 

On Behalf Of davlern

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:14 AM

 

Re: Good Source for Medicinal Mushrooms?

 

 

 

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, " snydez99 " <snydez99 wrote:

>

> Does anyone have a good source for Maitake or other mushrooms?

>

JHS (jhsnp. com) or Namex (nammex). Both companies do hot water extractions,

consistant

with all of the impressive research out of Asia. Every other company that I

know of uses

tinctures (polysaccharides don't extract well in alcohol) or simply grind up

the mycellium

biomass. Both of these methods make cheaper products, and come with many

grandiose

claims, but have no historical or clinical backing.

 

David Lerner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Kip,

 

Paul Samets is very knowledgeable about medicinal mushrooms, and I find his book

valuable. I think he does a great service in publicizing the benefits of

mushrooms to the

profession and to the lay community. If you go through the cancer trials that

he

references in the book, all of them use hot water extraction to process the

mushrooms.

For some reason, his company doesn't. They sell tinctures, and they grind

mycellium

biomass and capsule them (which is what they produce for New Chapter). I

believe that

they claim they use a hot water extraction process in addition to alcohol, but

if you assay

the product for polysaccharides, all that can be assayed is the small amount of

sediment

on the bottom of the tincture. These products probably have some beneficial

medicinal

effects, but if you're working with cancer patients, and are interested in beta

glucan levels,

I think it's essential to be using mushrooms that have been processed via hot

water.

Worthwhile to checkout JHS and NAMMEX.

 

Best wishes,

David Lerner

 

 

 

 

, " Kip Roseman " <kip wrote:

>

> I like Paul Stamet's company, Fungi Perfecti. Very high quality, albeit

> slightly more expensive than other options.

> Kip

>

>

> On Behalf Of davlern

> Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:14 AM

>

> Re: Good Source for Medicinal Mushrooms?

>

>

>

> @ <%40>

> , " snydez99 " <snydez99@> wrote:

> >

> > Does anyone have a good source for Maitake or other mushrooms?

> >

> JHS (jhsnp. com) or Namex (nammex). Both companies do hot water extractions,

> consistant

> with all of the impressive research out of Asia. Every other company that I

> know of uses

> tinctures (polysaccharides don't extract well in alcohol) or simply grind up

> the mycellium

> biomass. Both of these methods make cheaper products, and come with many

> grandiose

> claims, but have no historical or clinical backing.

>

> David Lerner

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into it further.

Kip

 

 

 

On Behalf Of davlern

Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:54 AM

 

Re: Good Source for Medicinal Mushrooms?

 

Kip,

 

Paul Samets is very knowledgeable about medicinal mushrooms, and I find his

book valuable. I think he does a great service in publicizing the benefits

of mushrooms to the profession and to the lay community. If you go through

the cancer trials that he references in the book, all of them use hot water

extraction to process the mushrooms.

For some reason, his company doesn't. They sell tinctures, and they grind

mycellium biomass and capsule them (which is what they produce for New

Chapter). I believe that they claim they use a hot water extraction process

in addition to alcohol, but if you assay the product for polysaccharides,

all that can be assayed is the small amount of sediment on the bottom of the

tincture. These products probably have some beneficial medicinal effects,

but if you're working with cancer patients, and are interested in beta

glucan levels, I think it's essential to be using mushrooms that have been

processed via hot water.

Worthwhile to checkout JHS and NAMMEX.

 

Best wishes,

David Lerner

 

 

<%40> , " Kip Roseman " <kip

wrote:

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> I like Paul Stamet's company, Fungi Perfecti. Very high quality,

> albeit slightly more expensive than other options.

> Kip

>

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> <%40>

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> <%40> ] On Behalf Of davlern

> Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:14 AM

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> <%40>

> Re: Good Source for Medicinal Mushrooms?

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> , " snydez99 " <snydez99@> wrote:

> >

> > Does anyone have a good source for Maitake or other mushrooms?

> >

> JHS (jhsnp. com) or Namex (nammex). Both companies do hot water

> extractions, consistant with all of the impressive research out of

> Asia. Every other company that I know of uses tinctures

> (polysaccharides don't extract well in alcohol) or simply grind up the

> mycellium biomass. Both of these methods make cheaper products, and

> come with many grandiose claims, but have no historical or clinical

> backing.

>

> David Lerner