Product Info What is Coriolus Versicolor?
What is Coriolus Versicolor?
Coriolus Versicolor is the most well researched mushroom in the world. Coriolus versicolor (formerly known as Trametes versicolor, Polyporus versicolor) is a mushroom that grows on tree trunks. In Japan it is known as kawaratake (“mushroom by the river bank”), and in China it is called Yun Zhi or “cloud fungus.” This mushroom, which has long been treasured in the Far East is now accepted worldwide for its effectiveness and safety of use. It has been more intensively researched around the world than any other mushroom species.Coriolus versicolor has energizing, antioxidant, adaptogenic, radioprotective, chemoprotective, and other properties that make it a "superfood" for human wellbeing. The most intensive research on Coriolus versicolor in Japan, China, the USA, and other countries has been to explore and document its immunoceutical properties. (Research studies located at Clinical Guides section of website.) Green Medica’s Coriolus Versicolor is arguably the most potent formulation of Coriolus immunoceuticals available anywhere.
Immunoceuticals are natural substances which enhance the body’s natural immunity. Many individual nutrients with immunoceutical properties have been discovered from Coriolus versicolor. The most diverse collection of Coriolus immunoceuticals is found in the growing mass of the mushroom – the mycelium. Green Medica’s Coriolus Versicolor dietary supplement provides the organically grown, whole mycelial mass in a potent form.
In Japan around 1965 a chemical engineer began investigating Coriolus versicolor for its immune-enhancing properties after observing its surprisingly beneficial effects on his neighbor. (Research studies located at Clinical Guides section of website.) More than 4 decades later, Japanese researchers continue to research this traditionally venerated mushroom. Another school of intense Coriolus research is located in China. (Research studies located at Clinical Guides section of website.) Researchers in other countries also have made important contributions to understanding Coriolus. (Research studies located at Clinical Guides section of website.)
Green Medica’s Coriolus Versicolor formula is safe and very well tolerated, and its immunoceutical complex offers potential benefits for anyone wanting sharper immune system function. It is also a vegan product in pure vegetable capsules.
What Is The Immune System?
The immune system is the primary defense against anything going wrong anywhere in the body. The immune system is comprised of a diverse array of cells that either (a) circulate with the blood, (b) live as single cells dispersed through the tissues, or (c) are located in large populations within organs such as the thymus, spleen, and bone marrow. These diverse cell populations communicate to detect, attack, and dispose of any threats to the body’s integrity. Functionally, this is termed The Immune Response.When functioning optimally, the immune system disposes of dead and dying cells, detects and destroys abnormal cells before they can cause trouble-and confronts and kills microorganisms that do not normally live in the body. The immune system keeps the body healthy when it is under stress, has had a traumatic injury, or is exposed to aggressive agents in the environment.
The immune response is most often triggered when immune cells located in the tissues (dendritic cells) detect a foreign body. The dendritic cells sample this foreign material, then make contact with other immune cell types and alert them to this problem. The various immune cell types then coordinate via chemical messengers and mount an immune response, aimed at neutralizing and disposing of this perceived threat.
Functionally complex and intricately coordinated, the immune system defends the body against all comers. However, the system does have an Achilles Heel: high vulnerability to the chemical, emotional and other stresses that plague daily life. This means many of us have less than optimal immune function.
Seven Reasons To Take Coriolus Versicolor
Dr. Parris Kidd, Chief Scientific Officer of Green Medica, is an internationally recognized expert on the Coriolus versicolor mushroom and its immunoceuticals. Here are Dr. Kidd’s top 7 reasons to take Green Medica’s potent Coriolus product:
- You smoke.
- Your energy level is low.
- You have been exposed to radiation.
- You catch cold more than once a year.
- You are recuperating from a recent injury.
- You have been exposed to toxic drugs or other chemicals.
- Your immunity is impaired, as confirmed by laboratory tests.
If you are enduring a highly stressful life event, feel you are in a health-challenging environment, or simply are getting older, Coriolus Versicolor is an excellent means of boosting the immune system’s efficiency, and without a downside.
Why Does Coriolus Work So Well?
Over the past 40 years, Coriolus versicolor has been investigated in double blind clinical trials, in other types of human clinical trials, in animal “models” of immune system breakdown as well as radiation and chemical toxicity, in cell cultures, and biochemically in test tubes. (Research studies located at Clinical Guides section of website.) Its mechanisms of action have been investigated on those types of immune cell types known to be involved in coordinating human immunity. (Research studies located at Clinical Guides section of website.)
Formulated as a freeze-dried mushroom mycelial mass, Green Medica’s Coriolus Versicolor dietary supplement packs a punch for immunity. The available research suggests the tissue dendritic cells should become more active, the circulating immune cells should proliferate and the solid organs make new replacement cells. These and other immunoceutical activation mechanisms sharpen the immune system’s vigilance against abnormal cells or invading foreign bodies.
Immune system enhancement by Coriolus Versicolor is linked to the wide array of biologically active glycan substances present in the freeze-dried mycelial mass.
What Are the Coriolus' Active Ingredients?
Green Medica’s Coriolus Versicolor has many known active ingredients. Those considered most relevant to boosting immunity are the glycan class, which consists of beta-glucans, other glucans, proteoglycans, PolySaccharide K (PSK), and Polysaccharide-Peptide (PSP). These are large molecules that taken on a variety of intricate 3-dimensional shapes.[link to 3 diagrams]. This array of glycans makes for a great variety of molecular shapes and sizes. When these are sampled by the immune system, the net outcome is a boosting of immune vigilance and a move toward better readiness against the body’s enemies.
As the glycans are taken orally, and are absorbed into our tissues, they are sampled by tissue dendritic cells. These are the immune system’s sentries, posted for early warning of trouble. After they process the glycans, they pass samples on to killer cells, neutrophils, and other immune cells nearby. These in turn become partially activated and more vigilant.
Dr. Kidd believes that this ongoing stimulation by the wide array of glycans in Coriolus Versicolor keeps the immune system in a “yellow-alert” mode, ready to respond to any threat rapidly and with a more intense and complete response. Yet Coriolus Versicolor does not stimulate false or autoimmune responses.
Why is Green Medica’s Coriolus Versicolor Better?
Of all the commercially available mushrooms that are claimed to support and boost the immune system, Coriolus versicolor is the most thoroughly researched and has the best documented track record of benefit. For a representative listing of the research on this fascinating mushroom, click here.[GO TO THE C VERSICOLOR BIBLOGRAPHY SUPPLIED AT THE END] Green Medica has thoroughly reviewed this huge body of peer-reviewed, scientific research to ensure our dietary supplement will have the widest range of positive effects.
Coriolus Versicolor is an ultra-high potency dietary supplement, delivering an effective daily intake of the most active immune enhancing nutrients. The glycans are most abundant in the freeze-dried mycelial mass, and many health practitioners recommend the whole mycelium preparation over purified fractions because it retains all of its mushroom glycans. This ensures the most complete immune-enhancing effect.
Green Medica uses only certified organic Coriolus versicolor mycelium, grown on controlled substrates. This ensures potency and purity. This quality material is then packaged for sale in vegetable capsules.
Green Medica has worked diligently to ensure taht our Coriolus Versicolor is the most powerful immunoceutical, antioxidant, and radio and chemo-protective dietary supplement available anywhere.
