The Shiitake mushroom is a medical sponge called Shih - chestnut and "take" - a tree that means "a sponge that grows on chestnut." In fact it grows on maple, hornbeam and oak. The mushroom is very tasty and is grown for eating and healing purposes in Asia. In Bulgaria it is found only in canned form or as additives.
Sheetake wins its name "Imperial Sponge" because in ancient times, at the time of the imperial dynasty, Ming, officially becomes a sponge with healing qualities and a means of reaching deep old age. All the mushrooms picked went to the Imperial Court. Then the sponge was not widely known among the mass society.
The first to notice and study the Shiitek mushroom is the English botanist Miles Joseph Berkeley. He first presents the medicinal properties of the mushroom and gives it the Latin name Lentinus edodes.
In the 14th century. Chinese physician Rouhu Vui writes a treatise on the benefits of Sheetake in the treatment of tumors. They mention some techniques for making healing potions from the Sheetake mushroom. In 1969, Dr. Tetsuro Ikekawa, of Purdue University, is testing the Sheatake poison on cancer-bearing mice. The result was astonishing - 59% of the mice were cured, with 22% tumors decreasing or stopping to grow. Ikekava removed the most active ingredient of the sponge that was previously unknown - the polysaccharide beta-delta-glucan. He called it Lentinan from his Latin name Lentinus.
After the discovery of Dr. Ikekawa, a number of studies have begun in Japan, China, India, Singapore, Vietnam and South Korea, which have proven Lentinas as an official anti-cancer drug. It is also recognized as an anticancer by the Ministries of Health in the listed countries.
The properties of Sheetake sponge are not limited to those listed here. As part of the family of medical mushrooms, it is an exclusive natural source of health and longevity. Adoption of supplements with Sheetake content ensures powerful immune protection and maintains the overall tone of the body. To spend our lives full and free of illness!
