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Medicinal Uses of Some Common Mushrooms

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Mushrooms are the beautiful and intricate fungi which have their usefulness and disadvantages. On one hand, they are edible but on the other hand they are parasitic, saprophytic and toxic through even a single bite to human.  Flammulina velutipes Here we are going to present an account of medical importance of some of the popular mushrooms that have been used in treatment of ailments since ancient times. Mushrooms  Role of Edible  Mushrooms for the Cure of Diseases Oyster mushroom Protection against cancer, cure of renal failure Polyporus officinalis Applied externally to stop bleeding, chronic catarrh disease of the breast and lungs. Boletus laricis Flamed eyes, inflammation of the throats Fomes fomentarius Rapid coagulation of blood Volvariella volvacea Used to reduce blood pressure and also act against tumor cells Agaricus muscaria Tincture for swollen glands, epilepsy and various diseases Heart ailments and rheumatoid...

Medicinal Value of Mushrooms

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If we go into the history we will find many types of uses of mushrooms but our focus will be in the medicine. So here we will present an account of the medicinal value of the mushrooms. Agaricus muscarius Universal Remedies for Complaints and Disorders Polyporus officinalis was used under the name �agarick�.it was used for all the complaints and disorder as a universal remedy. To stop bledding P. Officinalis was used in homes as drastic purge aid applied externally to stop bleeding. It was also used for chronic catarrh disease (=inflammation of mucous membrane) of the breast and lungs. Other Diseases Used as remedy for night sweating in tuberculosis, for rheumatism, gout, jaundice, dropsy and intestinal worms. Homeopathic medicines Boletus laricis was used for flamed eyes and as a gargle for  Inflammation of the throats. F. fomentarius and agaricks are used  for rapid coagulation of blood. Surgical Dressing Lycoperdon giganteum is used as a soft and ...

Medicinal Mushrooms and their History of Use

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Mushrooms are typical spore producing fruiting bodies produced by major groups of fungi. Mushrooms serve in spore dispersal of the fungus. Although mushrooms are characteristic for the phylum Basidiomycota but some Ascomycetes also produce spores.  Some of these mushrooms are fascinating, others have many stories associated with them, some are edible and some other are so toxic that even a bite can kill human.  Ganoderma lucidum (A Medicinal Mushroom) But here I am only going to discuss about the medicinal important of mushroom. Here I will be discussing about the introduction of medicinal mushrooms and a brief history of use of mushrooms in medicine. Medicinal Value of Mushrooms Homeopathic medicine Surgical dressing Anesthesia Heart and rheumatic ailment High blood pressure Antiviral and anti-cancer Examples of Medicinal Mushrooms Shiitake ( Lentinula edod ) Enoki ( Flammulina velutipes ) Reishi or Lingzhi ( Ganoderma lucidum )   Maitake ( Grifola frondosa ) Agaricus ...

Agriculture - Past, Present and Future

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Agriculture is a main discipline of plant science  and a very broad term. It can be defined in hundreds of ways, for example, An art, a science & business as well of raising crops and rearing of animals through exploiting the natural resources (soil & climate) with the coordination of socio economic infrastructure to meet the fundamental necessities of life, i.e. food, feed, fibre and shelter. Another definition is Agriculture is the cultivation of soil, management of soil and all farm operations carried out from sowing to harvesting of crops and rearing of animals at the farm. Agriculture can never be abandoned in any part of the world because there is no survival of mankind without the food production through agriculture. And not only food production but also there are so we are depending on agriculture for medicine, exports, cotton, leather and wool products, nutrition, meat, woods and straw for construction, timber and other purposes and numerous application in many o...