Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotis species)

Mushrooms have been eaten as food and used as a healing aid since prehistory starting

in the Neolithic period. They were first found in in the prehistoric lake dwellings in
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Truffles were found in Greece and Rome where
they cultivated the small Agrocybe aegerita on pieces of poplar trunks. In China and
Japan, shitake mushrooms were grown on rotting logs. In 1678, a French botanist
demonstrated the cultivation of mushrooms by transplanting their mycelia.
While mushrooms enjoyed a long history in Europe and Asia, they did not become
popular as a fad food in America until the late 19th century, though they were used in
recipes for making condiments and sauces up until then. The advancement in
cultivating and identifying mushrooms was the catalyst for the growing interest just
before the turn of the century. Mycological clubs began forming and members would
forage and identify the mushrooms in their area.

Unlike turkey tails and reishi, oyster mushrooms are edible. Sure, you can use oyster
mushroom decoctions or other extracts. Or you could simply introduce this delicious
mushroom to your diet. When cooking it, slice it thinly and place in a single layer in a pan
heated on medium. Sprinkle with salt and cook them to evaporate the water. Then add ghee
or coconut oil and whatever herbs or spices you want and cook some more.
Like reishi, oyster mushroom influences cholesterol levels via effects on the liver. And, like
turkey tails, oyster mushrooms were found in studies to protect the liver from damage by
acetaminophen and other potentially toxic chemicals.
Oyster mushrooms may reduce the damage that a high fat diet can do to the liver and may
even lend some protection against diabetic effects on the liver. As with all medicinal
mushrooms, oyster mushrooms have a wealth of antioxidants to help protect the health of
liver (and other) cells. In a rodent study, oyster mushroom also showed preventive effects
against liver cancer and also improved the activity of a standard cancer drug in reducing
tumor size in a model of liver cancer.

Cortesía de Mushroom medicine, EBook.

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