This mushroom was first discovered in the USA in the 1940s but its main commercial cultivation now occurs in Japan and Brazil. In Japan it is called Himematsutake and is one of the most expensive medicinal mushrooms. The Brazilian mushroom Agaricus blazei is now the number 1 health food in Japan and Brazil. Studies have confirmed its enhancement and restoration of many physiological functions through its rich content in bioactive complex polysaccharides.

Effectiveness:

Anti-tumor & Anti-cancer

Enhance immunity

Stimulate NK cell activity

Enhance (or maintain) liver function, blood sugar moderator, anti-viral

Prevent most chronic disease : Cardiovascular disease, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes, Osteoporosis et al.

Very appreciate about its flavor and taste, served at the chinese table, improving spleen and stomach ailments, calming nerves and treating haemorrhoides.

Effects in stagnation of undigested meat with epigastric distension, diarrhea and abdominal pain; amenorrhea due to blood stasis, epigastric pain or abdominal colic after childbirth; heraial pain; hyperlipemia. It is especially effective in promoting digestion and movement of meals and fats; it dilates the blood vessels to lower blood pressure; dissolves cholesterol deposits in lining of blood vessels.

This herbal has detoxification properties and cooling properties that help to prevent heat-related illnesses such as ulcers and sore throat, have the added property of stimulating circulation to remove inflammation. This herb relieves "fire toxicity" manifesting itself as hot, painful sores or swellings of the eyes, throat, or breast. It expels "wind-heat" manifesting itself as sore throat or headache after explore to cold. And it treats "damp heat" manifesting itself as bladder infection. Modern laboratory research has confirmed that the flowers have an inhibitory effect on the bacteria that cause salmonella, staph, strep, pseudomonas, and tuberculosis infections.