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← Older postsCommon name: Edible Passion Vine | Scientific name: Passiflora edulis
January 30, 2011 Posted in Archives | Leave a commentCommon name: Sapodilla | Scientific name: Manilkara zapota
January 30, 2011Sapodilla When it comes to this next fruit, its important to take a look at the picture! The word sapodilla refers to different fruits in different parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America. This has to do with the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Food, Scientific Name, Scientific Name, Uncategorized | Leave a commentCommon name: Black sapote | Scientific name: Diosporys obtusifolia
January 30, 2011 Posted in Archives, Food, Scientific Name, Scientific Name | Leave a commentMaitake 107: Maitake(Grifola frondosa) as a Food
January 2, 2011Grifola frondosa As A Food Until very recently, the mushroom produced by Grifola frondosa was in the same class as truffles. In North America, Europe, and Asia the mushrooms were coveted by gourmets as the supreme fungi. It was thought … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Medicine, Scientific Name, Scientific Name | Leave a commentMaitake 106: Maitake(Grifola frondosa) and Cancer
January 2, 2011Maitake: Anti Cancer Many species of medicinal mushrooms have been shown to have an anticancer activity. The list includes L.edodes, F.velutipes, P.ostreatus, A.bisporus, P.nameko, T. matsutake and A.auriculata. (Ikekawa et al.,1969;Vogel et all.,1975) Indeed, the entire Polyporus family has been … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Medicine, Scientific Name, Scientific Name | Leave a commentMaitake(Grifola frondosa) and Fungal Infection
January 2, 2011Resources Introduction to Maitake and Vaginal Thrush Clinical Trial using Maitake in Chronic Vaginal Thrush Introduction Fungi: The Ultimate Weapon against Fungal Infection Several years ago I was in possession of three hundred shitake logs, that is logs … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Medicine, Scientific Name, Scientific Name | Leave a commentMaitake and Bacterial Infection
January 2, 2011Maitake: the non-Antibiotic Antibiotic. It would be fair to say that most people are sick of going to the doctor and being handed a prescription for antibiotics. People stream in through “The Herbalists” clinic in search of a non-antibiotic solution … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Medicine, Scientific Name, Scientific Name | Leave a commentMaitake and HIV Infection
January 2, 2011Resources Introduction Professional level Article Inital report on HIV clinical Trial Final report on HIV clinical trial Professional Level Article Introduction Problematic viral infections like Genital Herpes, Hepatitis B and C, and HIV infection have brought viral infection into the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Scientific Name, Scientific Name | Leave a commentMaitake (Grifola frondosa) as an Immune Stimulant
January 2, 2011Resources Introduction Professional level journal article Introduction Maitake is a medicinal mushroom native to North America, Europe, and Asia. Its common name in English, “Chicken of the Woods,” hints of something the European villager has known for centuries. It tastes … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Medicine, Scientific Name, Scientific Name | Leave a commentCommonName: Pink Lemon | ScientificName:Citrus limon
January 1, 2011One of my coolest discoveries was that there was a pink lemon and that pink lemonaide, way back when, was actually made out of a pink lemon! The tree is pretty amazing, its varigated, which means its green and white … Continue reading
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