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The Healing Tviushroom Kenneth Jones Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/shiitakehealingmOOjone YPUBLICLIBRAI WAY 3 1833 04428 006C Shiitake Also byKcnncchJones : Pau d'Arco: Immune Power from the Rain Forest Reishi: Ancient Herb for Modern Times Shiitake The Healing Mushroom Kenneth Jones Healing Arts Press Rochester, Vermont HealingArtsPress One ParkStreet Rochester,Vernnont05767 Copynght© 1995 byKennethJones All rightsreserved. Nopartofthisbook nnaybe reproducedorutilized in anyform orby anynneans,electronicormechanical, includingphotocopying, recording,orbyanyinfor- mationstorageand retrievalsystem,withoutpermission inwritingfromthepublisher. Note to the reader: This book is intendedas an informationalguide. Tine remedies, approaches, andtechniquesdescribedhereinaremeanttosupplement, andnottobea substitutefor,professionalmedicalcareortreatment. Theyshouldnotbeusedtotreata seriousailmentwithoutpriorconsultationwithaqualifiedhealthcareprofessional. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, Kenneth, 1954- Shiitake :thehealing mushroom/byKennethJones. p. cm. Includesbibliographical referencesand index. ISBN0-89281-499-3 — 1. Shiitake Therapeuticuse. I.Title. RM666.S465J66 1994 615'.329222—dc20 94-1557 CIP Printedandbound intheUnited States 987654321 10 Interiordesignand layoutbyBonnieAtwater Thisbookwastypesetin Frutiger,with Italian Electricasadisplayface HealingArtsPressisadivisionofInnerTraditionsInternational DistnbutedtothebooktradeinCanadabyPublishersGroupWest(PGW),Toronto,Ontario Distnbutedtothehealthfoodtradein Canada byAliveBooks,TorontoandVancouver DistributedtothebooktradeintheUnited Kingdom byDeepBooks, London DistributedtothebooktradeinAustralia byMillennium Books, Newtown, N. S.W. Distributedtothebooktradein NewZealand byTandem Press, Auckland Contents PREFACE A FOOD FROM THE FOREST 1 Nutritional Value Cultivation Shiitake Recipes 2 SHIITAKE IN FOLK MEDICINE 13^ The Mushroom and the Flu Diabetesand LiverAilments Safety Preparation 3 SHIITAKE AND CHOLESTEROL 23^ The SecretofSludge Mushroomsand the Heart Studies in Japan Clinical Research 4 CANCER RESEARCH 34 . Lentinan Lentinan in Action Therapieson the Horizon 5 CANCER PREVENTION 44 TCA: A Nitrite Scavenger Vitamin D Food forthe Immune System Medicinal Mycelium Proof in People 6 WARRING WITH VIRUSES 55^ HIV Meetsthe Mycelium Hepatitisand Herpes 7 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME 67^ The StressofCFS Suspects in the Syndrome TreatmentsforCFS Schizophyllan ENDNOTES 81 INDEX 114 Preface was five years into a jungle of studies on South American herbs and the I immune system when the name Lentinus edodes, the Latin handle for a mushroom called shiitake (she-tah-key), began raising its head. The litera- ture on botanical sources of immunostimulants was heavily infected with this fungus, and I didn't even knowwhat itwas. When finally I looked, it turned outto bea mushroomand an edibleoneatthat. wasdelightedto I findthatithadaflavorrenownedallovertheworld, butmostNorthAmeri- canswere inthedarkaboutit. Nowtenyearslater, andwiththeenormous demandforethnicfoods, thesituation haschanged. Articlesonthemush- room have appeared in all the major health magazines, and the name shiitake is heard everywhere from sitcomstothe daily news. When begantoseethewealthofresearchthathadalreadybeen done I on shiitake in Japan, more than for many medicinal plants, I couldn't be- lieve my eyes. This great-tasting mushroom had shown considerable pharmacologicactivity. Anyonewhowilltakethetimetolookwillseethat shiitakedemonstratesafertilegroundforthecontinual researchofmedici- nal mushrooms worldwide. In fact, a surprising number of mushrooms used in folk medicine have demonstrated significant activity against dis- ease. But once again, we Westerners have been the last onesto learn. Completelyoverrun withshiitakemycelium, asawdustlog bringsfortha harvestoffruit-bodies.
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