As we know, mushrooms have various health benefits. In traditional medicine they are used in various ailments. Is there any fixed dosage forms for different mushrooms in different ailments? What about the toxicological effects of different mushrooms?
Please indicate the specific specie (botanical name) of Medicinal mushroom and the disease you target as your question is so broad that it can not be easy to answer.
what about Shiitake Mushroom? this is the second most cultivated & consumed mushroom. Plz suggest any scientific data about it..
Mushroom health food products are quite diverse, including extracts, powdered fruiting bodies, mycelium based, etc. The answer to your question will depend on the products and target treatments your are interested in. Mushroom products, in general, are adaptogenic working with the physiological functions of the body, especially the immune system. It would be difficult to make a general blanket statement on dosage.
Many of the recommended dosages of the mushrooms preparation ( these are often not standardised based on active ingredients content ) are not based on human / clinical trials. This is one aspect we have to push for before we can confidently prescribe mushrooms as therapeutics and for well being of the human body
it is difficult to standardized dosage for many mushrooms prepations, it should be based on clinical trials , beside it depend on the physiological function of the body specially the immune system.
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