Healers have been preparing medicines not only from grasses, but also mushrooms for ages. Recent sensational archeological discovery - excavation of a so-called “ice man” in Tyrolean Alps - is one of numerous evidences of this fact.

This mummy lied in ice for about 5300 years. It is also surprising that fresh mushrooms were also found out in an ancient burial place. One of them is destroying angel – could serve as an amulet for a primitive. Other three dried and frozen mushrooms contained acid, resembling an antibiotic in its medicinal effect.

100 g of dried mushrooms is a daily dose of proteins

“Botany’s father” Theóphrastos was the first man who described mushrooms and divided them into eatable and toxic. However, mushrooms are still studied not enough. Science mycology is one of the most ancient in age and youngest in a degree of investigation. But scientists proved the fact that many mushrooms are indisputably healing. It is established that dried mushrooms contain up to 30% of protein – more, than meat and fish. Biochemists evolved 20 amino acids from ceps and orange-cap boletuses. Protein contained in cep, agaric, brown cap boletus, puff-ball and chanterelle, compares well with animal proteins as for its sustenance.

Only 100 g of dried mushrooms per day are enough to support protein balance in a human organism. Dried mushrooms contain up to 20% of cellulose and 15% of carbohydrates. Mushrooms contain many mineral matters, such as potassium, iron, natrium, manganese, iodine, sulfur, copper, necessary for normal work of human organism. Prickly cups, Boletus luteus, agarics and chanterelles contain especially much zinc and copper, which play an important role in hematosis. 100 g of boiled prickly cups completely satisfy organism’s daily consumption in these mineral matters.

Mushrooms impede growth of tumors?

Scientists are especially interested in a mushroom’s compound, containing sulfur. This sulphide prevents formation of cancerous growths in a human organism and also delays their development. It is due to high sulfur content mushrooms dominate in a struggle with oncologic diseases.

Mushrooms surpass all fruits and vegetables as for sulfur content. Mushrooms are close to fish as for calcium and phosphorus content. 100 g of fresh truffles contain 0, 023 milligramme of iodine. Only cacao contains more copper salts, than mushrooms. Many mushrooms contain organic acids: tartaric, acetic, formic and oxalic. Ceps and chanterelles also contain malic acid, and agarics and truffles – citric.

Phosphoric acid content, which is a compound of bone and nervous stock of a live organism, is also rather high in mushrooms. They contain lecithin, restricting formation of cholesterol in a human organism, which surplus can lead to atherosclerosis. There are also anticoagulating agents, preventing hemoconcentration.

Recently scientists found out that mushrooms contain ferments – amidase, lipase and cytase, contributing to lipolysis, scission of cellulose and glycogen. Mushrooms are close to bread and fruits as for their sustenance. Mushroom dishes are twice more high-calorie than eggs, and dried mushrooms broth is 7 times more nourishing, than meat one. Mushroom broths surpass vegetable and can be compared with meat ones, as for their stimulating effect on digestive glands secretion.

Russules affect sight positively

Many mushrooms can be compared with vegetables and fruits as for quantity of certain vitamins. But there are also mushrooms, which contain several vitamins. They can be called polyvitaminic. Ceps and chanterelles are examples. Ceps, saffron milk caps, mossiness mushrooms and chanterelles contain vitamin A most of all. These mushrooms can be compared with carrot, contributing to improvement of sight, skin and hair state. White agaric, saffron milk cap and chanterelle have same quantity of vitamin B-1, as cereals and beef liver. Lack of this vitamin causes constipations, muscle weakness, lowers capacity for work.

Chanterelles contain as much vitamin C, as oranges, currants and garlic. Cep also contains vitamin C. Boletus and morel contain as much vitamin D, as butter.
Mossiness mushroom is the best vegetable antibiotic.

Saffron milk caps inhibit development of tuberculosis

This mushroom contains many substances, inhibiting development of pathogenic bacteria, including tuberculosis pathogen, and neutralizing the process of fat oxidation in organism, what is very important for good metabolism. Japanese mycologists consider an artificially raised sort of timber fungus helps curing oncologic diseases.

Scientists also can receive psychotropic substances from mushrooms. They are used for treatment of psychic disease, memory recovery and while central nervous system disorders.

During experiments on marine fungi scientists evolved a chemical compound that can destroy cancerous cells in a live organism. First tests prove this is an extremely efficient remedy in struggle with cancer. Probably, soon they will invent a marine fungi preparation able to win cancer.

Last years researches showed that many sorts of mushrooms lead out heavy metal oxids and dangerous carcinogenic substances from human organism. Thus, mushrooms are extremely wholesome for health, and their regular consumption is a good prophylaxis of different diseases.

However, remember that mushrooms contain such substance as fungin, which is assimilated by liver difficultly. So, people suffering from liver and kidney diseases should be careful.