Mushrooms for Heatlh: A Quickstudy Laminated Reference Guide (Other) (ISBN-13: 9781423250920)

Essential facts for the medicinal and traditional use of mushrooms as supplements and food, a health trend that started thousands of years ago. Author, scientist, and public health advocate Jonathan Fredette working in the OHSU Department of Pathology Laboratory gained valuable insight into allopathic medicine and laboratory sciences. Pursuing mushroom research and cultivation using his knowledge and experience to focus on medicinal applications, he then educated others through his cultivation workshop series, local events and online community meetups. In six laminated pages Jonathan created a succinct reference covering the most useful and well known mushrooms with essential facts including medicinal uses and properties, dosing and cautions, and even mushrooms to avoid. With more valuable facts per page than any other source this inexpensive tool can open a world of options for maintaining wellness or addressing health issues with natural and powerful fungi.
6 page laminated guide includes:

• History of Use
• Essential Nutrition
  • Chitin
  • β-glucans
  • Mycelium
  • Ergothioneine
  • Other Nutritional Information

Mushroom Facts Included:

• Alternate Names
• Essential Facts
  • History
  • Popularity
  • Growth Locations & Size
  • Appearance and/or Odor
  • Cultivation
  • Dangers
• Medicinal Uses
  • Specific Chemical Properties Contained
  • Wellness, Preventative or Healing Properties
  • What Does the Mushroom Help Regulate, Maintain or Heal
• Traditional Use
  • Historical Uses
  • Current Continued Use
• Dosing
  • Amount
  • Various Forms - Powder, Tea, Tincture, etc.
• Caution
  • Contraindications
  • Interactions

Author: Jonathan Fredette
ISBN-10: 1423250923
ISBN-13: 9781423250920
Publisher: Quickstudy Reference Guides
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2024
Format: Other
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.00w x 0.10d