I continue to go further down the rabbit hole of learning about the mushrooms and their amazing health benefits. This spring I came across some turkey tail mushrooms.
Turkey Tail mushrooms are well-researched and one of the most revered medicinal fungi all over the world, but particularly in Japan and China. It is a herbal mushroom that has an tremendous amount of health benefits.
The most interesting health findings are the Turkey Tail mushrooms have been proven by an NIH study to cure cancer — especially breast cancer.
Turkey Tail mushrooms offer a long list of medicinal properties and health benefits, but they are most prized as a natural source of the anti-cancer polysaccharide PSK. PSK is said to fight cancer and halt tumors by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and “stimulating a host mediated response.” PSK also promotes the body’s own “Natural Killer Cells” to strengthen and kick start the immune system.
PSK is frequently combined with chemotherapy to increase cancer survival rates. Here are a couple links with more info:
http://undergroundhealthreporter.com/turkey-tail-mushroom/#axzz30tymrnU9
Here is what Dr. Andrew Weil has to say about turkey tail.
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400904/Turkey-Tail-Mushrooms-for-Cancer-Treatment.html
Here are some of the pictures of the turkey tail mushrooms I found - I see where it gets its name!
