THE HEALING POWER OF MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS
Medicinal mushrooms are rapidly becoming part of the wellness movement, and their magical properties have nothing to do with psychedelic trips. Funghi make up an entire living kingdom, and modern scientists are starting to understand that mushrooms are closer in DNA to humans than they are to plants. They “breathe” oxygen and release carbon dioxide, they digest rather than photosynthesise, and mushrooms even produce their own vitamin D when exposed to sunlight.
Our ancestors were fascinated by mushrooms; the benefits of reishi mushrooms were recorded in texts as early as the 29th century BC and ancient healers brewed up chaga mushroom teas and used puffballs to treat wounds. Mushrooms are the original superfood; indigenous cultures have used
