Lacquered tinder: properties, application

One of the varieties of wood fungi is the varnished tinder, which has been popular for many thousands of years in folk medicine due to its medicinal properties.

Description

Representatives of this species of fungi are found mainly on dead wood of deciduous trees. Often they can be found on old stumps near the surface of the soil. The kidney-shaped dense cap is covered with a shiny wavy skin, on which concentric rings of growth, differing in shade from each other, are clearly visible. A reddish, chestnut-brown or almost black color can have a mushroom tinder varnished. His photos are surprised by the variety of colors.

Trutovik consists of a very rigid cork-like tissue, which when dried becomes spongy-fibrous and quite light. Spore powder is yellowish, sometimes brown in color. The spores are rather stiff and cling well to the bark of trees. But they only grow under certain conditions.

Useful for health, but inedible is a varnished tinder. Photos of these mushrooms can often be found only in handbooks on traditional medicine, which gives a lot of recommendations for its use in health purposes.

History of origin

The first mention of this fungus is fixed in the ancient Chinese treatise, written more than two millennia ago. Due to its curative effects, the tartor was of high value in Central Asia, and since this capricious fungus was very difficult to find in the wild, only wealthy people could use it. The court physicians in China used it to treat the emperor himself. Until now, there is considered a panacea for all diseases tindered varnished (Reishi, as it is called in the East), attributing to him the most miraculous healing properties.

Only in 1972 a Japanese farmer managed to cultivate a mushroom and grow it on his farm. Since that time, it began to be used for the production of medicines.

Today, the pharmaceutical market offers a huge number of drugs based on Chinese tinderpile, which is grown on special artificial plantations on an industrial scale.

In Russia, this fungus is also popular. It is widely used in folk medicine, where it is also known as a longevity mushroom, or sacred mushroom.

Place of distribution

There is also a varnished tinder in our country. Where this mushroom grows in Russia is well known to people engaged in healing. Most often it is collected in southern regions - in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, in the North Caucasus. Less often it occurs in temperate latitudes. Widely spread in the Altai after poaching deforestation.

Trutovik is a saprophyte that destroys wood. The mushroom prefers to settle on weakened and perishing trees. Sometimes it sprouts on the roots of trees, picking up leaves, twigs and various rubbish during growth.

Advantages of Altai Tinder

In the course of the research work conducted by the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, testing of tinderpits from China and collected in Altai was carried out. It turned out that they differ somewhat in their therapeutic properties. Altai mushroom more effectively affects the liver. Due to the more complex chemical composition, the extractivity level is twice as high as the lacquered tinder made in the Altai, where it grows in more severe climatic conditions.

Biologically active substances

The composition of the fruit body of this fungus is rich in amino acids, polysaccharides, organic acids, peptides, triterpenoids, phytocins, vitamins B3, B5, C, D, alkaloids and a large number of different trace elements. Among them - potassium, sodium, germanium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, selenium, silver and others.

Healing properties

Lacquered tinder has a known curative effect, mainly due to the presence in the composition of high content of polysaccharides, triterpenoids and germanium. These substances cause the antitumor effect of the fungus, the ability to lower blood pressure, improve blood composition, strengthen immunity.

Preparations created on the basis of this fungus have a fairly wide pharmacological effect. They significantly increase the body's resistance to various diseases, improve the work of the heart, liver, soothing effect on the nervous system, have a pronounced antifungal and antiviral effect.

Biologically active substances present in the fungus have hypoglycemic, genoprotective and antiallergic effects. In the fight against benign and malignant formations, the mushroom lacquer mushroom is successfully applied. Properties that promote the increase of leukocytes in the blood, help restore the body after the chemotherapy.

Application in medicine

The composition of the fungus provides its sufficient broad therapeutic effect. It is used for gastritis, stomach ulcer, pancreatitis, diseases associated with the cardiovascular system, such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, arrhythmia, diabetes mellitus and various problems caused by allergies.

In the East, the Reishi extract is used for almost all diseases, adjusting only the dosage. First of all, the trommel lacquered application finds as an antitumor agent, affecting both benign and malignant neoplasms. It is also used for the treatment of mental illnesses.

The National Cancer Institute in the United States, as a result of the research, discovered a substance called linostan in the Reishi, blocking the formation of antibodies, which is very important for allergic reactions. This makes it possible to use a varnished lobster mushroom to cure diseases such as chronic asthma, atopic dermatitis, systemic lupus, pollinosis, neurodermatitis, etc. To achieve results, it takes time, sometimes even a year or two, but a huge plus of such treatment In that the effective result is achieved in the absence of any side effects.

Clinical studies conducted by the All-Union Cardiological Center established that a tinder lacquer mushroom, the use of which is recommended for cardiovascular diseases, is able to lower the cholesterol level after 5 hours after taking it, ensuring its further decrease for more than two weeks. In addition, it was proven that the components that are part of the Reishi, stabilize blood pressure, leading it to normal.

The polished lacquer, whose photo is given in this article, has an almost mystical ability to raise the emotional mood of a person, the strength of the spirit, creating a positive perception of the world. This is explained by the ability of the fungus to purify the liver, which leads to getting rid of unpleasant sensations in the right side, excellent health, vivacity, and consequently, a good mood.

Trutovik in cosmetology

Cleansing the liver leads not only to improving overall health. Typically, this is reflected in the appearance of a person, because most skin diseases are associated with problems of internal organs, mainly the liver. The effect of using a tindermill can not but please. The skin simply rejuvenates, acquiring firmness, silky smoothness and even shade. In addition, the condition of the nail plate improves - the problem of its fragility and stratification, which suffers quite a lot of people, is solved.

Lacquered tinder is able to have a moisturizing and healing effect on the skin, preventing its aging. Extract the mushroom in masks and creams. There are a lot of recipes for their preparation. Example of one of them: aloe juice (teaspoon), Reishi mushroom extract (also a teaspoon), any vegetable oil and licorice extract (half a spoonful), on the tip of the knife powder of green tea, 10-12 drops of vitamin E. Mix everything thoroughly , Apply to the skin and after 20 minutes rinse with warm water.

Lacquered lacquer for slimming

Reishi mushroom promotes the production of an enzyme called lanolophil, which accelerates the processes of splitting fatty deposits. The tangible results on weight reduction are given by the use of means based on the tinderpipe in combination with diet. It is only necessary to tune in for a long period (at least six months) in order to achieve a positive effect.

There are several ways how you can use a lacquered tinder for this purpose. Reviews of people who have achieved good results in losing weight are numerous, and many of them recommend such recipes:

• Powder from the dried mushroom pour vodka (in a ratio of 1: 1) and put in the refrigerator for 3 days. Every day after six o'clock in the evening take a tablespoon.
• A tablespoon of chopped mushroom pour two glasses of water and boil on low heat for 20 minutes. After the broth cools down, it must be filtered and taken 15 ml three times a day.
• Lacquered tinder in the amount of 25 grams is poured in the evening with water (300 ml), in the morning the mushroom is removed, and the remaining water is heated to 55 ° C. After that, the tinder is placed in a thermos bottle and poured in with the received warm infusion with the addition of water to the original volume. After 12 hours of aging, it should be filtered and drunk a little during the day.

Use of a tinder with a therapeutic purpose

Preparations based on this fungus can be purchased at the nearest pharmacy, but if it is possible to prepare lacquer on its own, preparation of the products based on this fungus can be carried out using recipes that have been tested by time.

• Dried the mushroom into powder, pour the vodka and put it in a dark place for 7-8 weeks. 10 g of mushroom is taken 0.5 liters of vodka. Take one spoonful in the morning, diluted with water.
• Water decoction can be used within two days from the date of manufacture. A spoon of chopped mushroom is poured with water in an amount of 0.5 liters and boiled on low heat for 15 minutes. Then it is poured into a thermos bottle. Drink a teaspoon 3 times a day.
• Adding a dry mushroom in the form of a powder by pinch in different dishes (for example, in soup) also gives its results for recovery.

Cultivation of the fungus

The lacquered medicinal tincture is grown exclusively for medical purposes. Well-developed technology of cultivation of the fungus with pressing into blocks, infected with mycelium, allows producing 15 tons of raw materials per year. In order to preserve the diversity of the species, today a whole collection of different fungal populations is created.

In the conditions of the Siberian region, artificial cultivation is not necessary, there are enough forest areas for such a fungus as a tin lacquer, where it grows in large quantities. Human activities leading to massive deforestation, abandoned trees and fallen trees contribute to an increase in its number.