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Medicinal Mushrooms: An Introduction

  • Martin Powell
    Martin Powell

    Martin Powell studied Biochemistry before training in Chinese medicine. He is the author of Medicinal Mushrooms – A Clinical Guide and Medicinal Mushrooms – The Essential Guide, editor of The Mushroom magazine and founder of both Mycology Press and MycoNutri Ltd.

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  • Chinese Herbal Medicine Western Herbal Medicine

Written by Martin Powell

Medicinal mushrooms represent a fascinating and hitherto neglected category of nature’s pharmacopoeia. Neither plants nor animals but sharing characteristics of both mushrooms have much to offer for a number of disease categories including:

  • Cancer
  • Auto-immune conditions
  • Neurodegenerative conditions
  • Chronic viral infections
Martin Powell

Martin Powell studied Biochemistry before training in Chinese medicine. He is the author of Medicinal Mushrooms – A Clinical Guide and Medicinal Mushrooms – The Essential Guide, editor of The... Read more

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