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Headacherelief



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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: curenado]
#17302150 - 11/29/12 09:37 AM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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curenado said: You can also check the psilocybe medicine thread here:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1581935/page/2/fpart/1/vc/1 - The Psilocybe Medicine Thread
You know Jonat - I realized I hadn't visited the cluster site since I wrote that article about them some time ago - I used your handy link and popped over to say hi and ask how their progress was going. While I'm still waiting for replies I am thinking they are still mostly in a "Had to help ourselves" situation which is pretty bleak, but at least more of them can and while progress hasn't been much the word has certainly gotten around and MANY more are getting help and relief.
I realize this is bumping of an old post but I tried the embedded link here and it did not work. I have migraine headaches and have been treating them with psilocybin mushrooms for the past couple of months. They have helped quite a bit, a lot more than many traditional pharmaceuticals.
Thanks to the Shroomery I now have grown enough "medicine" to keep my migraines at bay for quite some time.
I also frequent the clusterbusters site and as you say things are pretty bleak at least as far as main stream acceptance of this form of treatment for cluster headaches and migraines. What I find amazing are the stories of cluster headache sufferers who tell of having a date in a calender, some time in the future to commit suicide! They then discover the clusterbusters web site, their method of busting or treating these headaches and have a complete turn around in terms of their pain level and ultimately in their desire to live! It's pretty incredible stuff. It gives me chills simply typing this...
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Oeric McKenna
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This is a good post & well, I hope health comes your way
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Headacherelief



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Thank you so much! My migraines are getting better all the time. It is amazing how well this natural remedy works.
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GoldenAfternoon
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: Sunalie]
#17460271 - 12/28/12 10:15 AM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sunalie said: GREAT ARTICLE!
I have been using mushroom for anxiety. They make me calm and relaxed, leaving my mood uplifted. I can't imagine not ever having them. I had very bad anxiety and high stress to the point that my hair was falling out in clumps. I came across some shrooms and it was a 180 a half hour after I ate them. Now I eat them every 2 to 3 days as needed. I like to eat a few grams so I can get a nice trip. However there are times I can't. So I eat just enough to mellow me out.
THANK YOU GOD for the medicine that maintains me!
What are the mushrooms called?
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ammoniac
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Hello everyone, my first post in here although i've been stalking the community quite actively for some time now. Our future needs to be fungal for sure! It is most surely the least studied kingdom of life but nonetheless holds a treasure of biodiversity like no other, at a time when we humans are questionning ourselves. Mushroom medicine is a reality fitting in the renewed interest for naturopathy/holistic/natural/integrative medicine. But it doesnt fit in the Pharma world because it isn't patentable (most of them arent). Though I try to be skeptical about conspiracies, I learned the true power of BigPharma at university, and it isn't meant to change anytime near. Take psylocibin for instance. I used to be an advocate of LSD. But psilocybin needs to be in the front of the scene, a molecule easy to crop, with modulable potency and effects. I linked my research in mycology (and psilocybin more specifically) and neuroscience. Well psylocybin and other psychedelics are just what humans need to solve many problems with themselves. Addiction? It is shown now that a man is as much the result of his environment (how he grew) that the result of a particular genetic makeup. That being said addiction (the behavior) is mainly due to past stressors from our childhood (not meaning to sound freudian). And addiction isnt just about cigarrettes and heroin and drugs. Of course heroin is physically addictive, and the physical addiction will show up in any individual. But shopping is an addiction, video games are an addiction... And i deem them very dangerous addictions because they mess with one's life goals and motives. They kinda put you in a vicious circle blinding you from the world. If every addict. Could have access to a psychedelic psychotherapy duely guided by a Competent psychiatrist or psychologist, i think everything would be for the better. No i am not saying everyone should eat mushies and trip balls. I am saying this substance deserve much more respect than being put in the same basket as speed and meth. Do the research, clinical research and from scientific evidence, take the proper decisions.
Same can be said about thc and thousands of substances, but the bottom line stays the same: as long as it is a controlled substance, research cannot take place, scientific evidence cannot be built (you can hardly publish a peer reviewed article about it without risking big while pharma is more free and agile in this realm)... What options are we left with? How can we spread the message? This online community is great! In my 2nd year in biology, i was curious, i looked and i found the right place. But i am quite privileged if i may say so, microbiology, botany and biochemistry are things i love and study. For the regular teenager, the FAQ will be the most useful resource and he may well not look much deeper. Education? I don't know... But if anyone has suggestions please share them very fast, i can have some effect for the next 6 months or so. I thought about teaching university students mushroom cultivation. Non actives of course. Maybe a fieldtrip or two... Please i insist that you share any suggestion you have. I have a budget and 400 science students and 6 months. RR I would love exchanging with you. I may be still new to cultivation practically but i gathered some nice insight on the theoretical side. And i'm looking forward to have your opinion on many aspects and experiments on my mind.
I have wanted to order gourmet spawn for a year now but i always postpone due to many things... I now study industry and however i look at it, this is the industry to invest into: a green, profitable, ethical industry that can make so many lives better. Give it agricultural waste as an input, it generates food, medicine, soil, bioremediation, and many more applications to come. Some dudes are replacing plastics with mycelium, or even making building materials. I already worked on bacterial biopesticide development, but stamets' use of entomopathogenic mycelium is revolutionnary! Now that makes many lobbies involved. Petrol, pharma, phytopharma and pesticides, not counting aggribusiness. they will actively discredit anything they can. And i know that despite the stupid bitching that frequently pollute the threads here and there, the community is an enlightened elite who share some common denominators. Maybe not all of us are progreen, may not all of us support cubies, but it feels like mycophilia roots from an ancient knowledge we strive to regain.
I am sorry for the long first post i put up and for straying a bit from the subject, but as for the medicines i have an interesting aspect to be further debated (and i think would be more proper on a new thread): the evolutionnary role of each of the medicines we are talking about:
As stamets said the anti-bacterial compounds we find so often in mushrooms and mycelium are the result of a co-evolution of bacteria and mycetes which led the latter to develop a diversity of molecular weapons that we are able to benefit from. Other compounds like immunomodulating molecules may (or may not) be a result of pure luck. But one molecule that is constantly defying explanation is psilocin. Why would an active mushroom strive better than a non-active one in nature? We cannot even seem to figure out if this substance is supposed to act as a predator deterrent or as an incentive to pick the mushroom. But the ubiquity of active mushrooms seems to indicate that psilocin has a role. And why blueing? Blue is not a natural color in life. This is why few foods are added blue food coloring, because blue is usually a warning in nature (or a sexual parade color). Octopus ink, brightly colored snakes and co. are deterrents.
Anyway sorry again if any inconvenience and please if anyone is interested in discussing anything off-topic please pm me to open a new thread or diy, i didnt because i have an exam tomorrow and i've been digging mycology instead the whole day :S so enough slacking, back to my duties.
Pleased to meet you all, and i hope mushrooms will bring you health, in body and mind
NH3
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o8u
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: ammoniac]
#17602965 - 01/24/13 02:41 PM (11 years, 6 days ago) |
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Speed and meth are actually not in the same category as psilocin/psilocybin and containing mushrooms. You can actually get speed and meth from any pharmacy in the US (with the right prescription).
The blue color is a byproduct of evolution not some goal the organism was working toward, and plenty of foods and other non-harmful organisms have blue pigments. Look up anthocyanins.
Click the "Search our forums" link at the upper right and perform this search to learn more about growing mushrooms:

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14feet
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: o8u]
#17941734 - 03/11/13 11:51 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks for the links!
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thesmellythief
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afungitobewith said:

I found a shopping bag full two winters ago. Only used it for the occasional fire start. But I have three big grapefruit size chunks I plan on grinding up and dosing out as tea.
Wiki Medicinal use
Since the 16th century, there are records of chaga mushroom being used in folk medicine and the botanical medicine of the Eastern European countries as a remedy for cancer, gastritis,ulcers, and tuberculosis of the bones.[citation needed] In 1958, scientific studies in Finland and Russia found Chaga provided an epochal effect in breast cancer, liver cancer,uterine cancer, and gastric cancer, as well as in hypertension and diabetes.[citation needed] Herbalist David Winston maintains that it is the strongest anti-cancer medicinal mushroom.[1] The antimutagenic action of the molecules found in the white part of birch bark where chaga feeds inhibits free-radical oxidation and also induces the production of interferons, which helps induce DNA repair.[citation needed] The substances, contained in white part of birch bark contribute to the decrease of hypoxia and to increase of the stability of organism to the oxygen deficiency, being antihypoxant correcting the metabolism of cells.[citation needed] The anti-cancer properties of betulin or betulinic acid, a chemical isolated from birch trees, is now being studied for use as a chemotherapeutic agent. Chaga contains large amounts of betulinic acid in a form that can be ingested orally, and it also contains the full spectrum of immune-stimulating phytochemicals found in other medicinal mushrooms such as maitake mushroom and shiitake mushroom.
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UnknownPerson
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: Charlie2]
#19561749 - 02/13/14 01:57 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Agreed. I don't know much but this was an interesting read.
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Nixis00
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: chojin]
#19711432 - 03/18/14 12:57 AM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hi any chance this is a medicinal mushroom? It grows under pine trees and my herbalist told me that this type of mushrooms often have cancer fighting properties. Also it has beautiful markings in cap like the shiitake mushroom. 
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Delection
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: Nixis00]
#19717353 - 03/19/14 06:41 AM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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It looks like some variety of Boletus, you might want to post in the Mushroom hunting/identification section and have a TI give you a positive ID.
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makwa33
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i gather chaga all the time the best if when the leaves are down , easy to see then , chaga is a immune modulate and has over 1000 antioxidants , chaga is also used to fight cancer and radiation from cancer treatments , check out the medicinal properties of chaga i can,t write it all down here but there are alot and if you really want to start feeling better drink chaga tea every day
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Forrester
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: makwa33]
#20581733 - 09/17/14 10:25 PM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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makwa33 said: i gather chaga all the time the best if when the leaves are down , easy to see then , chaga is a immune modulate and has over 1000 antioxidants , chaga is also used to fight cancer and radiation from cancer treatments , check out the medicinal properties of chaga i can,t write it all down here but there are alot and if you really want to start feeling better drink chaga tea every day

It's good stuff, for sure 
I found Chaga: King of the Medicinal Mushrooms by David Wolfe a pretty interesting book.
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research Sticky? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#22743670 - 01/06/16 11:33 AM (8 years, 24 days ago) |
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I don't intend to digress but shrooms have helped me with PTSD where nothing else could.
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hericium
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: chojin]
#23023217 - 03/19/16 01:07 PM (7 years, 10 months ago) |
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Has anyone experienced skin rashes from prolonged consumption of reishi? After taking reishi everyday for a month, I get really bad rashes near the armpits, shins, and calves. Took like 2 months for them to go away.
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leschampignons
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: hericium]
#23023461 - 03/19/16 02:35 PM (7 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sounds like you are allergic to some component of the reishi. Did you make any other changes during this time period? Change of Laundry detergent, Soap, deodorant, anything like that
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micelio
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hericium
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I've taken chaga everyday for 8 months straight and I don't get this kinda reaction, so maybe it is a reishi allergy. It could also be sarcoidosis from what I've been reading. No other changes to my diet or lifestyle.
Some people I've talked to experienced the same skin reaction while on reishi.
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Thayendanegea
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: makwa33]
#23665313 - 09/21/16 02:57 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Just chiming in about Chaga / Reishi. I was diagnosed 6 or 7 years ago with RA and was immediately put on dmards after NSAIDS didn't do anything to halt my inflammation. The methotrexate (a chemo-therapy drug) was working to stop the inflammation but I was getting sick all the time...my resistance was very low and had bacterial infection after bacterial infection. Anyway, I read on this site about the positive effects of some of the medicinal mushrooms on the immune system and narrowed my choices to reishi and chaga. I was able to find both mushrooms in the wild and made double extractions of each using forresters tek.
I started dosing 2 droppers full of each 3-4 times per day and went off the methotrexate. That was three years ago and I have been in remission pretty much ever since.I still take that same dose religiously every day(an exercise that I think is important). I have had occasional flares mostly during some really stressful times in life but have stayed off the D-MARDS and live a pretty normal life. I still visit a Johns Hopkins rheumatologist every 6 months and get my blood checked every 3 months.....everything has been fine (knock on wood) I keep her informed on my regimen, even though she was very skeptical at first. She is now recommending her patients take a reishi supplement but hasn't embraced the chaga yet. I will see her again next month and keep on seeing her as long as my insurance holds out. These mushrooms have been a God send for me...as has been this site...lol, for the most part (pub).
If anyone has any sort of autoimmune disorder, I highly recommend these mushrooms... and there are no negative side effects either! At least, give them a try.
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Re: Medicinal Mushroom Research [Re: Minion]
#23898752 - 12/06/16 12:32 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Turkey tail or Trametes versicolor, I make tea with daily, said to help regulate immune system, fight off hpv , cancer of various types, tumor growth, and much much more. Cool thing is it grows freaking EVERYWHERE it seems, some exceptions I'm sure. I have piles of it dried and chopped up to make tea.
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