Clinical Benefits

• Helps promote and support healthy immune function: Five Mushroom promotes healthy immune function by potentiating the innate and acquired immune responses.² Five Mushroom may also assist in the management of upper respiratory tract infections via several mechanisms. Shiitake has been shown to potentiate the response of precursor T cells and macrophages to cytokines as well as restore the suppressed activity of T helper cells.³ Cordyceps helps to support the immune system by promoting phagocytosis and acting as a powerful lymphocyte regulator.⁴ Cordyceps has also been shown to modulate Th1 and Th2 cell function.⁵ White mushroom stimulates the immune system by producing IL-1, IL-6 and TNF, shown in vitro.⁶
• May assist in the management of allergies: Five Mushroom contains reiishi mushroom which is traditionally used in Chinese medicine to assist in the management of allergies.² The potential mechanism to support the effect of reiishi mushroom on allergies is via the inhibition of histamine release from mast cells, demonstrated in vitro.⁷