Hi.
In der TCM haben Pilze eine Jahrtausende lange Tradition.
Tradition begründet keine Wirksamkeit.
ZitatAlles anzeigenAdvocates for using medicinal fungi throughout the world are impressed by allegedly ancient use in Asian cultures, which were influenced by the medical theories,
practices and remedies of Confucian scholar-physicians over the course of several millennia. I would like to suggest that most of us who are proponents of employing
fungi medicinally have an optimistic but severely distorted view of the historical use of fungi in China, of the conditions for which they were used, of the efficacy of
pre-modern Chinese medicine in general and the goals of its various kinds of practitioners. Duration and antiquity of use, including the government health and pharmaceutical authorities and researchers of TCM, appear to imply proof
of efficacy for many of us. Where is the evidence that fungal medicinals have been successfully used from ancestral times through the present for the diseases we are increasingly experiencing as we age?
Where is the proof that they worked?
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Belief in the antiquity of use is somehow supposed to make this polypore more acceptable as a an empirically verified scientific medicine. This is unfortunate.
Certainly, there are numerous fungi used in Chinese cooking, which are also recommended for maintaining health and even enhancing it if not in tip-top shape. However, it is impossible to find supporting evidence that Ganoderma ling zhi has a two to seven-thousand-year history of use in China. Despite the often-repeated passages regarding its antiquity of use, it is not in fact mentioned in any original
Chinese medical source prior to recent times, and it certainly was never recommended as a cure for heart disease or cancer!
Basically, there is a lack of recorded evidence that Ganoderma ling-zhi (or any of the several other species of Ganoderma known to exist in the Chinese empire) was ever employed as a longevity or immortality substance prior to the late twentieth century.
Thanks to the continued desire to ‘self-medicate’ with ancient supplements associated with happiness, wealth and longevity and to the proficient marketing techniques of Chinese pharmacists, nearly everyone today knows of its alleged energizing, health promoting, preventative and curative powers.29
The point is, Ling zhi, the spirit-excrescence, or spirit seed of a sublime substance was highly regarded for its super-mundane mystical powers, and not for its ability to boost the immune system, to cure cancer or to act as “the superior adaptogen,
It was not used as a medicine or longevity drug even by emperors! The aura and mythology surrounding Ling zhi as an immortality substance has nevertheless inspired Asian researchers to find evidence for its ability to serve as a modern medicine capable
of curing us of diseases biomedicine continues to find daunting. In any case, assertions that Ganoderma ling-zhi has a 7,000 to 2,200+ years-long history of successful use is misleading
and does little or nothing to buttress arguments regarding its medicinal efficacy. Historical evidence suggests the red polypore was adopted as an
official symbol of long life, the emperor, the heart (and mind), success and wealth from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty in the fourteenth century A.D.
It appears not to have been employed as a medicine until the twentieth century. Saying this, does not, however, mean that it should be ignored by researchers looking to discover
medicinal compounds that may prove useful in helping us live healthier and longer lives.
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Rather than try to meet the tough standards of the FDA approval requirements to sell their products in the lucrative United States market for prescription
medicines, under Chairman Xi testing for efficacy and safety of TCM pharmaceuticals has relaxed. China is doing a booming over the-counter business selling health 'supplements' that are basically unregulated.
Ling-Zhi, Ganoderma lucidum - North American Mycological Association
Medicinal Fungi: Introduction - North American Mycological Association
https://namyco.org/docs/Glass_Half_Full_With_Rev3x_TCM.pdf
Lohnt sich eigentlich alles komplett zu lesen.
Und die ganzen Studien, die so gemacht werden sind wichtig, aber größtenteils bedeutungslos was die Wirksamkeit am Menschen angeht. Als Beispiel: 90% von vielversprechenden in vitro Ergebnissen und Tierversuchen in der Krebsforschung werden nach Phase 1 Studien am Menschen direkt wieder in die Tonne gekloppt (das betrifft aber natürlich nicht nur Pilze).
Die Schmetterlingstramete ist übrigens einer der wenigen Pilze, bei denen es auch die ein oder andere gut gemachte Studie gibt, die auf positive Effekte bei der komplementären Einnahme bei der Chemo hindeutet. Der Pilz heilt keinen Krebs, kann aber potentiell therapieunterstützend bei einigen Krebsarten helfen.
Gegen Depressionen hilft der meines Wissens aber nicht, dafür gibt's aber ebenfalls vielversprechende Studien (am Menschen) mit Psilocybin-haltigen Pilzen (mindestens eine dürfte mittlerweile in Phase 3 sein). Da laufen auch in Deutschland bereits Studien, allerdings meine ich mich zu erinnern, dass die Anzahl der Interessenten die bereitgestellten Versuchsteilnahme-Plätze regelmäßig bei weitem übersteigt. Bevorzugt werden da wohl auch Leute mit schweren, therapieresistenten Depressionen rekrutiert.
Disclaimer: Das soll jetzt keine Anleitung zum Selbstexperiment darstellen. Entsprechende Therapien sollten nur unter fachkundiger Anleitung und Begleitung eines geschulten Arztes erfolgen. Wenn die Ergebnisse weiterhin so positiv ausfallen und keine großen Nebenwirkungen entdeckt werden, denke ich aber, dass entsprechende Therapien zukünftig auch bei uns angeboten werden.
Trotzdem alles Gute dir, prawdziwek!
LG,
Schupfi
