We consider ourselves very fortunate to be able to offer to you a rare and exceptionally medicinal mushroom known as Maitake. For thousands of years, Japanese Herbal Medicine (JHM) practitioners have been recommending Maitake as a tonic to strengthen the body, improve overall health and lengthen human life spans. For the past twenty years Maitake has been under intense scientific research in Japan and Europe and this research has validated extraordinary healing properties. To put it simply, Maitake mushrooms "turn on" the cells of our immune system known as T-cells which are known to have significant cancer-fighting properties. Three different anticancer drugs extracted from mushrooms have been approved by the Health and Welfare Ministry (the Japanese equivalent of our FDA). The best known is PSK, which is derived from a mushroom known as kawaratake. PSK, sold in Europe and Japan, is the best selling cancer drug in the world. Recently, Japanese scientists have identified a mushroom which is far more potent than PSK or any other anticancer drug. This is the Maitake mushroom.
The chemical structure of Maitake's polysaccharide compound is different from the beta-glucans found in other medicinal mushrooms. Scientifically known as beta 1,6 glucan, it is recognized by researchers as the most effective active agent stimulating cellular immune responses. Activity of natural killer cells and cytotoxic Tcells is increased up to 3.0 times by oral consumption of Maitake. An increase in the production of interleukin-1, which activates T-cells and superoxide anions, which damage tumor cells, have also been demonstrated by the consumption of Maitake.
Dr. Hiroaki Nanba, Ph.D. of Kobe Pharmaceutical University is the world renowned expert in medicinal mushroom research. He has demonstrated in dozens of research studies the seemingly miraculous healing power of Maitake. Japanese physicians are using a Maitake extract developed by Dr. Nanba for tumor inhibition, potentiating shark cartilage supplements, inhibition of cancer metastasis (cancer spreading), cancer prevention, and reversing HIV-positive status to HIV-negative.
Blood glucose levels in Diabetic mice have been shown to decrease by 50% in less than two weeks after consumption of Maitake enriched feed. Dr. Gerson, the Director of the Foundation for Holistic Medical Research in New York City has said... "Maitake does indeed reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients". There is also scientific research indicating that Maitake powder significantly lowers cholesterol, has anti-obesity activity (melts fat!) in both animals and humans and prevents constipation with no side effects.
We will, in the near future, be offering the Maitake D-fraction extract developed and patented by Dr. Nanba as well as Maitake tablets, teas and powder. These products have absolutely no additives and are the exact same products used in the scientific studies and treatments in Japan
