Polyporus Antiviral Spray

[Charles Gavette]

I know of no commercial sources for polypore fungi except herb suppliers.
They can be wildcrafted as well. Piptoporus betulinus has been effective
against viruses and tumors in mice and dogs. The effects are attributed to
its pentacyclic triterpenes. In Finnish folk medicine, the main species used
is Innonotus obliquus, the White Birch Polypore, decoctions and infusions
being used as a cold and flu remedy, whose antiviral effects have been
clinically documented(see Phytoterapia). For more on the pharmacology of
fungi see Christopher Hobb's "Medicinal Mushrooms," Botanica Press, 1986.




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