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The health benefits and harms of dried chanterelles are not known to everyone. After all, these are not quite ordinary mushrooms: in addition to gastronomic value, they have high medicinal properties. Dried chanterelles are used to improve health not only in traditional medicine: the drug can also be bought at a regular pharmacy as an anthelmintic.
What are the benefits of dried chanterelle mushrooms
Chanterelles (other names for mushrooms are cockerels, or yellow chanterelles) are easy to recognize among other healthy mushrooms. Their hat has an asymmetrical shape of a convex or concave type and, together with the stem, forms a single whole. When pressed, the shade of these yellow mushrooms changes to a pale pink. White with a slight yellowness, the flesh of cockerels is quite dense, with a “rubber” structure.
Dried yellow chanterelles are rich in macro and micronutrients and other health benefits. That is why the healing properties of dry chanterelles are known not only to healers, but also to qualified doctors.
The composition of 100 g of the product includes:
Macronutrients | Trace Elements | Vitamins |
Potassium – 450 mg | Iron – 0,7 mg | Vitamin C – 34 mg |
Phosphorus – 44 mg | Manganese — 0,41 mg | Vitamin PP, NE — 5 mg |
Sera — 40 mg | Zinc – 0,26 mg | Niacin – 4,9 mg |
Chlorine – 24 mg | Copper – 290 mcg | Vitamin E — 0,5 mg |
Magnesium – 7 mg | Fluoride – 55 mcg | Vitamin B2 – 0,35 mg |
Calcium – 4 mg | Cobalt — 4 μg | Vitamin B1 – 0,01 mg |
Sodium – 3 mg |
| Vitamin A – RE, 142 mcg |
In addition to this pantry of healthy elements, dried chanterelles contain amino and fatty acids, antibiotics, chinomannose, trametonolinic acid, provitamin D2, beta-glucans, mono- and disaccharides, polysaccharide K-10.
The health benefits of dried chanterelles are manifested in a spectrum of effects on the body:
- general strengthening of human health and immune system;
- prevention and treatment of sore throats and colds;
- help with oncological diseases;
- removal of worms;
- improvement of the liver and pancreas;
- normalization of the general condition of the body, reduction of painful manifestations in hepatitis C and tuberculosis;
- strengthening the heart muscles, increasing overall muscle tone;
- removal of heavy salts from the body;
- restoration of vision;
- improvement of the general condition of the skin and hair;
- restoration of metabolism and normalization of weight, stabilization of the digestive tract;
- decrease in blood sugar, stabilization of hemoglobin levels.
Most often, the medicinal properties of dried chanterelle mushrooms are used in the fight against parasites, in the treatment of cancer, diseases of the liver and pancreas, for general health support at a high level.
Treatment with dried chanterelles
In order to dry cockerels, you can use a long or quick method:
- In the first case, the mushrooms are strung on a rope, like bagels, and hung for 1 – 2 weeks near the stove or on the window. You can also leave them on a closet, in a ventilated area. But it will take even more time – about 2 – 3 weeks;
- The second, easier drying method is to place clean, dry mushrooms in the oven. The temperature in it should not exceed 40 оC, and the residence time of raw materials is from 1,5 to 3 hours.
Next, dried cockerels should be broken into small pieces and ground in a blender (mortar, coffee grinder) to a powder state. It will be useful to store the resulting product in tightly closed glass or ceramic jars in a dark, cool place out of the reach of children.
As a medicine, not only dried chanterelles ground into powder are used, but also healthy infusions and decoctions from fresh mushroom raw materials. Other methods will not bring any effect, since when heated to 60 ° C or frozen, as well as when interacting with salt, all the beneficial properties of chanterelles are lost.
How to take dried chanterelles for medicinal purposes
Depending on the state of health, preferences and individual characteristics of the body, you can use useful remedies from chanterelles: tincture of vodka or red wine, a solution of the powder in ordinary warm or hot water, or decoctions of fresh mushrooms.
Take the composition should be half an hour before meals, preferably on an empty stomach. A useful solution should be shaken before use, as the powder may settle to the bottom in the form of a precipitate.
Below are some useful recipes on how to prepare healing mushroom powder.
Universal tincture
Powder (1 tablespoon) pour vodka or red wine (1 glass). Stir and clean in a cool dark place (can be in the refrigerator) for 10 days to infuse. Each time before taking a healthy liquid, it should be shaken.
The tincture will be useful in removing parasites from the body. It will also rid the body of their larvae, which can re-develop into adult parasites. Should be taken 2 tsp. for the night. The course of treatment is 20 days.
A useful tincture will also effectively cope with problems of the liver and pancreas. For this purpose, it is taken in 1 tsp. overnight for 90-120 days.
To improve the state of health in hepatitis, it will be useful to take the remedy for 1 tsp. morning and evening, the course of admission is 120 days.
Dried chanterelle powder
Powder is the most popular form for medicinal use of dried chanterelles. With its help, useful tinctures are made, but the decoction is prepared from fresh mushrooms.
The use of the powder helps to fight cancer, infectious diseases, diseases of the liver and pancreas, and will be useful for improving overall health.
Worm Treatment
Dried chanterelles in powder form are also actively used for worms. The removal of parasites is due to a useful component – chinomannose – a special polysaccharide that helminths do not tolerate. It is for this reason that bettas will never have worms or other parasites. Chinomanose is broken down under the influence of high temperatures, therefore useful blanks are made from dried crushed mushrooms.
To prepare the remedy you will need:
Pour 1 tsp. powder 150 ml of warm water. Wait half an hour, mix well.
The composition can be taken once a day, and to enhance the effect – twice a day, before meals, always with sediment. The course of treatment is 1 month.
Against glaucoma
Hot water (0,5 l) pour 1 tbsp. l. powder, stir. Put the resulting slurry in a water bath for 10 – 15 minutes. After that, leave the composition for 1 hour under the lid. It will be useful to take the remedy 3 times a day, before meals, 1 dessert spoon.
With oncology
The recipe for dried chanterelles for oncology:
Powder (1 tablespoon) should be insisted on red wine or vodka for 10 days. It is recommended to drink the drug half an hour before meals. The dose is set individually, depending on the weight and physique of the person, within 2 tsp. in one go.
Decoction of dried chanterelles
A decoction is used in cases where the presence of alcohol in the body is undesirable for health. Children with angina can make a useful decoction for gargling. For this, 2 tbsp. l. finely chopped fresh mushrooms should be poured 1 tbsp. boiling water. Then cover with a lid and leave for half an hour. Strain the broth and wait until the temperature of the liquid becomes comfortable. Gargle with a decoction of the throat should be twice a day.
In cosmetology, a useful decoction is used for rinsing hair. It can be prepared according to the same scheme, and then diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio. The use of rinsing hair after each wash fills them with strength, gives a healthy shine.
Dried chanterelle tincture
A useful tincture is prepared from the powder of dried chanterelles. Mushrooms insist on vodka or red wine (the presence of alcohol will not affect health). In order for the chanterelles to transfer their beneficial substances to the liquid as much as possible, the exposure time of the infusion is 14 days. The liquid should be in a glass or ceramic container in a dark, cool room.
Contraindications to dried chanterelle mushrooms
The benefits and harms of dried chanterelles should be assessed on their own health, however, there are several categories of people who are not recommended to take mushrooms and even dangerous. These include:
- Pregnant girls and nursing mothers.
- Children up to 3 years.
- People with individual intolerance to mushrooms.
For people with problems of the gallbladder and gastrointestinal tract, treatment with dry chanterelles is allowed, subject to precautions.
Conclusion
The health benefits and harms of dried chanterelles have been proven in practice as a hepatoprotective and anthelmintic agent, in the treatment of eye diseases. The drug should be used after prescribing the drug as part of complex therapy.
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