By Hyla Cass — 1998
This book compares St. John’s Wort with prescription drugs and lists all of the applications that St John’s Wort is used for.
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“When we cut down the old-growth forests, we are potentially losing genomic libraries that could have a strain of fungi that could have enormous implications for human biosecurity, and moreover, habitat health,” says mycologist Paul Stamets.
Now, the famous mushroom scientist wants to create a research station on a remote island to protect old-growth forests containing a rare type of ancient fungus which he believes could protect people against COVID-19, or even future pandemics.
Part VI of Paul Stamets interview with Daniel Wahl Paul offers a series of examples of mushrooms that have traditionally been cultivated for their healing properties. He speaks about the Earth based knowledge of medicine women of the past who supported us during our evolutionary journey.
Our habitats provide us with innate immunity. . As habitats are destroyed, zoonotic diseases can emanate from stressed ecosystems to us. .
The mushroom researcher answers questions about the beginnings of fungi science and how mushrooms and mycelium are helpful to maintaining human health and habitats.
This week on Semaine, meet Paul Stamets. Mould has saved us once, and could do so again. Paul knows this more than any. The godfather of fungi, his three decades in mycology trace a search that dates back 650 million years (Paul loves to deadpan that fungi are “our ancestors”).
Leading mycologist Paul Stamets shares his work exploring the diverse role medicinal mushrooms may have in activating our immune systems and helping treat cancer, to new data supporting the role of fungi in biosecurity and the health of the bees that pollinate our planet.
For those psychedelic users who experience post-use “spiritual comedowns”, psychedelic withdrawals, or a general sense of dopamine depletion, what can be done to alleviate these symptoms?
While these manufactured drugs have certainly become paramount in our lives, it can be comforting to know that the power of nature is on our side, and these herbal choices are available to complement our health practices. But the extent of the power they hold is also still being explored.
Consumers spent almost $9 billion on herbal supplements across all market channels in 2018—an increase of roughly $757 million in sales from the previous year—marking the strongest U.S. sales growth of herbal supplements since 1998.