More than 250 species of mushrooms and about 50 species of lichens grow in our country, which are used in folk, traditional, and scientific medicine and serve as raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry. Medicinal mushrooms and lichens form a powerful preventative shield against cancer, weakening the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy. Preparations made from them are effective for benign tumors; indispensable for the treatment of hypertension, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, strokes, heart attacks, varicose veins, and thrombophlebitis; they have enormous effectiveness in liver diseases; they effectively assist in gastrointestinal diseases; they significantly ease the condition and treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases and diabetes; they contribute to lowering blood sugar levels; they are essential for suppressing viruses, including HIV; they normalize the functioning of the central nervous system; restore immune status; are used as an anti-gerontological agent (including against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases), as cosmetic raw materials for the production of restorative and rejuvenating creams, and for many, many other purposes...
The information presented in the book about medicinal mushrooms and lichens of Russia (specifically all of Russia, not just its European part) and practical advice on their gathering, processing, and usage will be useful for a wide audience of readers, and will allow mushroom hunters and herbalists to broaden their horizons and discover new properties of species they thought they knew well. This publication is a logical continuation of the guide "Poisonous Mushrooms of Russia."
