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Fungi have been an integral part of Traditional Medicine for millennia. A wide variety of Mushrooms and Fungi species have been used, however from a medicinal point of view the most important group of this class are the Polypores. 

In recent decades, an increasing amount of research has been confirming Traditional use of these fungi.

Our Fungi Monographs have detailed information based both on traditional uses and modern research.
 


See also
Primary uses of Medicinal Fungi

Medicinal Polypores at the Chengdu Medicine Market

Agaricus, Agarikon, Agaric
Auricula, Jew's Ear

Boletus cervinus, Deer Mushroom
Cordyceps, Dong Chong Xia Cao
Coriolus (Trametes), Yun Zhi
Ganoderma, Ling Zhi

Ganoderma applanatum, Shu Shi Ling Zhi
Inonotus obliquus, Chaga
Lasiosphaera seu Calvatia, Puffball, Ma Bo

Lentinus, Shiitake
Omphalia, Lei Wan
Phellinus, Sang Huang
Polyporus, Zhu Ling
Poria, Fu Ling

Poria Cutis, Fu Ling Pi
Poria Pararadicis, Fu Shen
Poria Rubra, Chi Fu Ling

Shiraia, Zhu Huang
Tuber, Truffles



General Research on Medicinal Mushrooms:
The following is a small fraction of the research that applies to Mushrooms in general. For research related to specific Mushrooms and Fungi, click on the individual monographs above.
–The Pharmacological Potential of Mushrooms
–Medicinal mushrooms: Towards a new horizon
–Mushroom Polysaccharides: Chemistry and Antiobesity, Antidiabetes, Anticancer, and Antibiotic Properties in Cells, Rodents, and Humans
–Edible Mushrooms: Improving Human Health and Promoting Quality of Life
–Antioxidants of Edible Mushrooms
–Cytotoxicity of some edible mushrooms extracts over liver hepatocellular carcinoma cells in conjunction with their antioxidant and antibacterial properties
–Bioactivities and Health Benefits of Mushrooms Mainly from China
–The effects of whole mushrooms during inflammation
–Anti-Obesity Effects of Medicinal and Edible Mushrooms
–Effect of medicinal mushrooms on blood cells under conditions of diabetes mellitus
–Potential of Mushroom Compounds as Immunomodulators in Cancer Immunotherapy: A Review
–Lectins from Edible Mushrooms
–Vitamin D4 in Mushrooms
–Antiinflammatory and Immunomodulating Properties of Fungal Metabolites
–Anticancer, antithrombotic, antityrosinase, and anti‐α‐glucosidase activities of selected wild and commercial mushrooms from Pakistan
–Clinical and Physiological Perspectives of β-Glucans: The Past, Present, and Future
–Cytoprotective effect of polysaccharide isolated from different mushrooms against 7-ketocholesterol induced damage in mouse liver cell line (BNL CL. 2)
–Effects of Dietary Intake of Japanese Mushrooms on Visceral Fat Accumulation and Gut Microbiota in Mice
–Free radical scavenging and antimicrobial properties of extracts of wild mushrooms
–Extracellular polysaccharides from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota: production conditions, biochemical characteristics, and biological properties

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