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THE CORDYCEPS SINENSIS MEDICINAL MUSHROOM CORDYCEPS THE SINENSIS MEDICINAL MUSHROOM Modern scientific studies have confirmed and expanded on the findings of traditional Chinese medicine, that the Cordyceps fungus has a multitude of health benefits and can treat a wide range of illnesses. has searched for healing ingredients to concoct the ultimate panacea—a cure-all. One of the most sought-after ingredients was Cordyceps, a substance so revered that it was exclusively reserved for use by royalty in ancient China. Chemical analyses have shown that its allegedly remarkable properties are much more than superstition or mere folklore. Cordyceps sinensis is a new generation of mushroom being used by the pharmaceutical industry and also as a dietary supplement amongst more informed consumers seeking alternatives to the more conventional treatments for cancer and AIDS as well as a wide range of other health and immune system issues. Cordyceps is considered a "food" by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is classified as "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS). A growing number of researchers now consider it to be a "superfood" that can be included in almost every diet. So why are these rediscovered mushrooms now regarded as superfoods? These medicinal mushrooms are extremely high in both beta-glucans, which have been shown to be useful in cancer therapies, and polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are long sugar chains with many oxygen sections within them. As these sugars are broken down by the body, the oxygen molecules are released and absorbed on a cellular level. We know that all forms of cancer cannot exist in an oxygen-rich environment and that without proper oxygen levels the body is left to fall into degenerative states that encourage cancer, heart disease, immune disorders and diabetes, and also allow many viral diseases such as hepatitis C, Lyme's disease and many others to flourish. The key is how to deliver oxygen to the body on a cellular level. This hos of pharmaceutical mushrooms includes such well-known products as Reishi, Maitake and Agaricus which are rich in beta-glucans, known sources or oxygen. This list continues to grow, with clinical studies now including more than 70 different mushroom species. The most interesting one to emerge is Cordyceps sinensis, which grows at about 16,000 feet (4,877 metres) in Tibet. Cordyceps sinensis increases ATP (adenosine triphosphate) levels in the body by almost 28 per cent. ATP is the body's energy supply source—the body's battery, so to speak—and is required for all enzyme processes. It is also now believed that ATP is where cold-fusion ("Brown's gas") processes occur in the body on a molecular level. Although the concept of molecular-level cold fusion is not the subject of this article, I believe this is he root of biological energy exchanges, which will be explored in future writings. The impact on the energy state alone would make this mushroom a true superfood, but there is much more to be shared. Si: the dawn of shamanic healing over 50,000 years ago, mankind by Richard Alan Miller © 2008-2009 Email: rick@nwbotanicals.org Website: http://www.nwbotanicals.org by Richard Alan Miller © 2008-2009 Email: rick@nwbotanicals.org Website: http://www.nwbotanicals.org NEXUS ¢ 23 A True Superfood APRIL - MAY 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com