Medicinal Mushrooms by Georges M. Halpern & Andrew H. Miller

Author:Georges M. Halpern & Andrew H. Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781590772447
Publisher: M. Evans & Company

Cordyceps and Cirrhosis of the Liver

Cirrhosis of the liver is a degenerative disease that is caused by scar tissue in the liver. People who drink alcohol to excess or suffer from hepatitis are subject to the disease. Sufferers are a hundred times more likely to develop liver cancer. About thirty percent of sufferers eventually succumb to liver cancer or complications as a result of chronic active hepatitis B.

Cordyceps has proved to be beneficial to patients suffering from post-hepatitis cirrhosis. This disease sometimes results when the liver does not heal correctly after a bout of hepatitis.

In 1986, an extract of cultured mycelium was tested in twenty-two patients with post-hepatitis cirrhosis. Patients took six to nine grams of Cordyceps every day for three months, and by the end of the study, their symptoms had improved dramatically. Cirrhotic cells had disappeared in fifteen patients, and had decreased significantly in another six patients.

In a more recent study, Japanese and Chinese researchers found that mice developed a high-energy state in their livers, without signs of toxicity, after consuming large quantities of Cordyceps mycelium. The researchers concluded that one of the main effects of taking Cordyceps on a repeated basis might be a higher metabolic state of the liver. One drug prescribed to treat cirrhosis, called malotilate, helps the liver regenerate by activating the cells of its energy factories. This in turn boosts concentrations of an essential enzyme called ATP. The fact that Cordyceps causes increases in ATP levels may be one way it helps repair the liver.

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