Medicinal Mushrooms Clinical Guide by Martin Powell (English)
Learn more about the amazing properties of medicinal mushrooms in this expertly researched mushroom book by Martin Powell, author of Medicinal Mushrooms The Essential Guide. Medicinal Mushrooms Clinical Guide is a beautifully illustrated and fully referenced book, based on the latest research, covers 20 of the most common mushrooms, focusing on their therapeutic application and cross-referencing clinical conditions.
In addition, there is chapter with brief summaries of the main therapeutic use(s) of individual mushrooms and active ingredients, and of the mushroom(s) commonly used for specific conditions with preferred dosage formats, as well as an appendix on the energetics of mushrooms in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for practitioners trained in this approach.
Why Mushrooms?
Mushrooms are nature’s biological communicators, forming vast invisible networks that connect individual plants and transfer water and nutrients. As mushrooms grow, they enrich the forest floor and plants in a symbiotic relationship, a form of communication that some have called the Wood Wide Web. This ability to “speak” to the plant kingdom on a deep cellular level is also what makes them so valuable to us. In humans, research shows that they can be considered biological response modifiers (BRMs), acting on the immune system to restore balance where needed.
Fungi kingdom
Although we may assume that fungi are part of the plant kingdom, they are more closely related to animals, and humans and fungi share a common ancestry in 30% of our DNA. To date, about 700 species of mushrooms have been identified with therapeutic value, and together they constitute some of the most powerful medicines found in the natural world.
About the author
The author, Martin Powell (founder and formulator of Mushrooms4Life), is a biochemist and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) who has worked with mushrooms since 1992. Martin is also co-editor of the Clinical Journal of Mycology from 1997- 2009, editor for Mycology Press, and lectures internationally on mushrooms and herbs.
The book is a second printing with updates and more information compared to the first printing.




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