Mushroom Medicine: Latest News, Product Controversies, and Uses - Livestream

Author of the groundbreaking text, Medicinal Mushrooms (1995). Dr. Hobbs will discuss the historical and modern uses of fungi for medicine, and their place in modern integrative health and medicinal practices. Discover how mushrooms work to activate our immune responses. A thorough and succinct review of the science and traditional use of the most widely-researched medicinal mushrooms (especially turkey tails, shiitake, cordyceps, maitake, and chaga), based on many years of on-going clinical practice will be presented. Discover the health-promoting benefits of eating mushrooms regularly, including their nutritional and medicinal value. Current experience in integrative oncology will be shared, with case reports, effective use, and expected outcomes. A special emphasis on how to collect or purchase fruiting bodies and make the best extracts and preparations, as well as choose the best commercial products including a discussion about recent controversies such as mycelium vs. fruiting body and the use of the word "mushroom."

Speaker: Christopher Hobbs, author

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