| Agaricus
Mushroom |
 Agaricus
blazei murill (most commonly known simply as Agaricus)
is a mushroom that originated in the rain forests of
Brazil. The mushroom thrives in certain tropical areas
of China and the Chinese have become the premier growers
of Agaricus for the world. Agaricus is traditionally
known as "God’s Mushroom" because of its
near miraculous curative benefits to a wide range of
disorders. People have used it to overcome numerous
diseases and disorders relating to the immune system,
cardiovascular system, digestion, and for weight
management, diabetes, chronic and acute allergies,
cataracts, hearing difficulties, stress syndrome,
chronic fatigue, diarrhea, constipation, and disorders
of the liver.
Several studies have documented this mushroom’s
ability to very powerfully activate various components
of the immune system.
The active constituents were identified as the
polysaccharide-protein complexes called
Beta-1,6-D-glucan and an almost identical chemical,
Beta-1,3-D-glucan. These glucans have been found to be
remarkable immune stimulants. They are potent macrophage
activators. These glucan polysaccharides work through
the "glucan receptor" on the surface of the
immensely important immune cells known as macrophages.
Macrophages are our first line of defense and play the
pivotal role in our immune response to any attack by any
intruder. Macrophages are the immune cells that
recognize, engulf and destroy any organisms, cells, and
substances that don’t belong in the body, including
viruses, bacteria, fungi, yeast, heavy metals,
pollutants, bits of dead tissue, mutated cells, tumor
cells, etc. They take on any challenge and further
stimulate the immune system to respond.
Macrophages ignite intercellular communication by
releasing chemical messengers called cytokines
(interferon and interleukin). These cytokines are
powerful proteins responsible for catalyzing and
regulating several immune responses within the body.
Agaricus stimulates the production of cytokines.
Macrophages can travel from the site of their first
contact with an intruder or toxin to the lymph system,
where it communicates with T-cells, activating a
specific immune response. Specific antibodies are then
built to combat the specific intruder. Agaricus promotes
this essential immune response. Beta-1,6-D-glucan and
Beta-1,3-D-glucan have been shown to have inhibitory
effects on abnormal cell growths. It has been proposed
that Beta-1,6-D-glucan and Beta-1,3-D-glucan may
stimulate cell lysing (destroying) action in specialized
immune system cells.
Thus researchers have found the Agaricus polysaccharide
fraction to have significant immune activating power.
Agaricus mushroom has also been shown to have potent
chemopreventive activity.
Agaricus in now being used clinically all over Asia for
numerous diseases and disorders. However, it is also
being consumed as a food and as a tonic herb, since
Agaricus is a gentle, edible mushroom that has no side
effects.
Agaricus mushroom is by far the richest natural source
of Beta-1,6-D-glucan and Beta-1,3-D-glucan known to
mankind. Other immune potentiating herbs that contain
similar polysaccharides include Reishi mushroom,
Astragalus root, Cordyceps mushroom, Polyporus mushroom
and Shitake mushroom. By enhancing the body’s natural
defenses, this humble mushroom is a powerful protector.
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