Chinese Herbal Medicine Polyporus Umbellatus For Anti-Aging

1. Name:Polyporus Umbellatus
2. Moisture: 10%
3. Size: 5,8,10,12cm with diameter
4. Color: black or brown
5. Feature: 100% green and pesticide free
6. Application: Anti-Tumor Effects, Diuretic effects, Antioxidant and free-radical scavenging activity, Immune System Enhancement
7. Certification: ISO9000

Detailed Description:

Common names

Umbrella polypore
grifola
zhuling (or chuling, depending on the source) (chinese)
chorei
eichhase (german)
polypore en ombelle (french)

The common name zhuling refers to the of the mushroom, while chorei is the fruiting body.

Medicinal properties

Polyporus umbellatus is a saprophytic mushroom that grows on withered beech and maple trees roots. Its , called zhuling, is a crude drug commonly used for urological disorders in chinese medicine because of its diuretic effect (i.e. Promoting urination).  A number of studies have shown that p. Umbellatus has a variety of medicinal properties, which are summarized below

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Anti-Tumor Effects

s by 70% and 80%, respectively (ohtsuka et al., 1973).

P. Umbellatus was later reported to have antitumor effects in a japanese study ().

From the crude drug chorei, seven components named polyporusterone a, b, c, d, e, f and g, have been isolated. These compounds were cytotoxic to leukemia cells ().

When combined with the chemotherapeutic agent mitomycin c, zhuling was shown to increase the lifespan of mice with tumors ().

Zhuling was also shown to be useful in reducing the postoperative recurrence rate of bladder cancer. Recurrence rates were 34.9%, compared to 41.7% in the mitomycin c group, and 64.7% in the control group ((1991).
P. Umbellatus ).

Ergone (ergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen-3-one), an ergosterol derivative isolated from an alcohol extract of p. Umbellatus, was shown to be effective in killing various human cancer cell lines. The ).

Cachexia, characterized by loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and loss of , is a common condition arising in many human cancer patients, especially those with gastrointestinal or lung cancer. Cachexia is thought to be the most frequent cause of eventual death in such patients. The tumor secretes a compound that breaks down fatty acid tissue in the host, and uses these breakdown products to help grow new cancerous cells. One of these compounds, toxohormone-l, is a protein that also suppresses food and water intake, promoting anorexia in these patients. P. Umbellatus polysaccharides were shown to inhibit the cachexia induced by toxohormone-l ().

Diuretic effects