What is Phellinus Linteus(Sang-hwang mushroom)?
Dictionary definition
It is also called as Mokjiljinheuk-beoseot and recorded as Sangmogi in the part of Tangaek of the book Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑). It has a cap diameter of 6~12cm and thickness of 2~10cm, and has shapes of half circle, flat figure, round mountain, or a horseshoe.
The surface has short and thick dark brown hairs at the early growing stage but those hairs are disappeared and cuticularized as it grows. It also has blackish brown rings and its back is horizontally and vertically split. The margin has bright yellow color and the underside is yellowish brown and so is the flesh. It has no stalk and its spores are pale yellowish brown with ball shape.
It is a perennial wood-rot fungi growing on the mulberry tree. Its shape looks like a mud lump at the early growing stage and then a tongue sticking out from a tree stump after the growth, and it is thus called SOOSUL(tree tongue). It has been known to have excellent anti-cancer effects, and is largely cultivated as a precious medicinal ingredient in Korea. When boiled down for medicine, clear liquid with yellow or pale yellow color is obtained, with now characteristic taste or smell. It is good for drinking because its taste is gentle and bland. It grows wild in Korea, Japan, Australia and North America.
The surface has short and thick dark brown hairs at the early growing stage but those hairs are disappeared and cuticularized as it grows. It also has blackish brown rings and its back is horizontally and vertically split. The margin has bright yellow color and the underside is yellowish brown and so is the flesh. It has no stalk and its spores are pale yellowish brown with ball shape.
It is a perennial wood-rot fungi growing on the mulberry tree. Its shape looks like a mud lump at the early growing stage and then a tongue sticking out from a tree stump after the growth, and it is thus called SOOSUL(tree tongue). It has been known to have excellent anti-cancer effects, and is largely cultivated as a precious medicinal ingredient in Korea. When boiled down for medicine, clear liquid with yellow or pale yellow color is obtained, with now characteristic taste or smell. It is good for drinking because its taste is gentle and bland. It grows wild in Korea, Japan, Australia and North America.
Effects of Sang-hwang Mushroom
- Effects by research type
- Cancer treatment effect
- Sang-hwang mushroom basically inhibits cancer and other complications.
Sang-hwang mushroom is abundant in polysaccharides among plants, which transform organic substances into inorganic substances. Sang-hwang mushroom improves physical strength, alleviates hangover, helps prevention and treatment of anemia, and is effective in uterine bleeding and menstrual irregularity.
It also activates gastrointestinal functions for good digestion and strong stomach
- Restoration of health by increasing immunity
- The anti-tumor substances of such as Sang-hwang mushroom are mostly protein-bound polysaccharides and some basic proteins have been reported, but proteoglycans not only shows no toxic effects on normal cells, which is different from anti-cancer chemotherapy, but also increases immune function to develop anti-cancer power, and it is thus used with the existing anti-cancer drugs for ideal treatment effects. A research team of Song Chi-hyeon, Na Gyeong-su, yang Byeong-geun and Jeon Yong-jae reported in the paper of immune activation of Sang-hwang mushroom that the degree of anticomplementary immune activation of Sang-hwang mushroom polysaccharides was 65.7% in natural Sang-hwang mushroom and 63.9% in cultivated Sang-hwang mushroom, confirming excellent role of Sang-hwang mushroom to increase immunity in the body. It has been known that the unique characteristics of Sang-hwang mushroom is improving immune activation and showing strong anti-cancer action without adverse side effects.
- Tumor inhibition ratio 96.78%
- Sang-hwang mushroom has excellent anti-cancer capacity among Basidiomyces, the strongest anti-cancer capacity with 96.7% tumor inhibition rage. Sang-hwang mushroom is different from general anti-cancer chemotherapy and shows no toxic effects on normal cells and rather improves immune function to activate detoxification. Pharmacological effects of Sang-hwang mushroom include improvement of immune function during the chemotherapy of stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, duodenal cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer and live cancer and also improves uterine bleeding, colporrhea, menstrual irregularity and intestinal hemorrhage and activates the functions of internal organs and detoxification. According to research data, mushrooms with excellent anti-cancer capacity among 17 Basidiomyces include Soing-uyi, Mat-beoseot, Pang-yi and Pyogo mushrooms, among which Sang-hwang mushroom has the highest tumor inhibation rage as 96.78%. Major ingredients for anti-cancer capacity have been known as protein-bound polysaccharides or polysaccharides and basic proteins, and such therapy produces the most ideal treatment effect when accompanied by the existing anti-cancer drugs. (Mushroom Science/1998/authors/Seong Jae-mo, Yu Yeong-bok, Cha Ding-ryeol) Recently, the research team of prof. Jeong Gyeong-su at the College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University reported some results of a clinical study to confirm the anti-cancer effects of Sang-hwang mushroom studied and reported around the world. The results showed that Sang-hwang mushroom was first introduced for its anti-cancer effect in th 1970s and reported for its significant anti-cancer effect with 96.7% tumor inhibition rage. The medical circles have shown great interests in Snag-hwang mushroom for its surprising anti-cancer effect but it was not known to general public because of its rarity. The active ingredient of Sang-hwang mushroom was extracted and tested for its directing killing of cancer cells and the result confirmed almost 100% of its effects, which confirmed the study result of 96.7% of cancer cell killing effects reported in a clinical experiment performed in Japan.
- Cancer treatment effect
- Sang-hwang mushroom basically inhibits cancer and other complications.
Sang-hwang mushroom is abundant in polysaccharides among plants, which transform organic substances into inorganic substances. Sang-hwang mushroom improves physical strength, alleviates hangover, helps prevention and treatment of anemia, and is effective in uterine bleeding and menstrual irregularity.
It also activates gastrointestinal functions for good digestion and strong stomach
- Restoration of health by increasing immunity
- The anti-tumor substances of such as Sang-hwang mushroom are mostly protein-bound polysaccharides and some basic proteins have been reported, but proteoglycans not only shows no toxic effects on normal cells, which is different from anti-cancer chemotherapy, but also increases immune function to develop anti-cancer power, and it is thus used with the existing anti-cancer drugs for ideal treatment effects. A research team of Song Chi-hyeon, Na Gyeong-su, yang Byeong-geun and Jeon Yong-jae reported in the paper of immune activation of Sang-hwang mushroom that the degree of anticomplementary immune activation of Sang-hwang mushroom polysaccharides was 65.7% in natural Sang-hwang mushroom and 63.9% in cultivated Sang-hwang mushroom, confirming excellent role of Sang-hwang mushroom to increase immunity in the body. It has been known that the unique characteristics of Sang-hwang mushroom is improving immune activation and showing strong anti-cancer action without adverse side effects.
- Tumor inhibition ratio 96.78%
- Sang-hwang mushroom has excellent anti-cancer capacity among Basidiomyces, the strongest anti-cancer capacity with 96.7% tumor inhibition rage. Sang-hwang mushroom is different from general anti-cancer chemotherapy and shows no toxic effects on normal cells and rather improves immune function to activate detoxification. Pharmacological effects of Sang-hwang mushroom include improvement of immune function during the chemotherapy of stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, duodenal cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer and live cancer and also improves uterine bleeding, colporrhea, menstrual irregularity and intestinal hemorrhage and activates the functions of internal organs and detoxification. According to research data, mushrooms with excellent anti-cancer capacity among 17 Basidiomyces include Soing-uyi, Mat-beoseot, Pang-yi and Pyogo mushrooms, among which Sang-hwang mushroom has the highest tumor inhibation rage as 96.78%. Major ingredients for anti-cancer capacity have been known as protein-bound polysaccharides or polysaccharides and basic proteins, and such therapy produces the most ideal treatment effect when accompanied by the existing anti-cancer drugs. (Mushroom Science/1998/authors/Seong Jae-mo, Yu Yeong-bok, Cha Ding-ryeol) Recently, the research team of prof. Jeong Gyeong-su at the College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University reported some results of a clinical study to confirm the anti-cancer effects of Sang-hwang mushroom studied and reported around the world. The results showed that Sang-hwang mushroom was first introduced for its anti-cancer effect in th 1970s and reported for its significant anti-cancer effect with 96.7% tumor inhibition rage. The medical circles have shown great interests in Snag-hwang mushroom for its surprising anti-cancer effect but it was not known to general public because of its rarity. The active ingredient of Sang-hwang mushroom was extracted and tested for its directing killing of cancer cells and the result confirmed almost 100% of its effects, which confirmed the study result of 96.7% of cancer cell killing effects reported in a clinical experiment performed in Japan.
Various research results
- Research papers and reported data
- reference data for research results of Sang-hwang mushroom’s effects
- Ancient literature data
- “a herb of eternal youth reviving the old” according to Bonghwangrok(鳳凰錄); “a precious medicinal ingredient with efficacies in uterine bleeding, colporrhea, intestinal hemorrhage, menstrual irregularity, gastrointestinal dysfunction, detoxification and arthritis” according to Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑)
- Domestic cases
- Many studies have been performed and reported the of skin anti-aging by suppressing the generation of harmful free radical s in the body, which is more excellent than those of the existing antioxidants.
- Foreign cases
- “Many analytical studies on anti-cancer effects of Sang-hwang mushroom have been actively performed and reported in foreign countries including Japan.
- Research papers and reported data
- reference data for research results of Sang-hwang mushroom’s effects
- Ancient literature data
- “a herb of eternal youth reviving the old” according to Bonghwangrok(鳳凰錄); “a precious medicinal ingredient with efficacies in uterine bleeding, colporrhea, intestinal hemorrhage, menstrual irregularity, gastrointestinal dysfunction, detoxification and arthritis” according to Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑)
- Domestic cases
- Many studies have been performed and reported the of skin anti-aging by suppressing the generation of harmful free radical s in the body, which is more excellent than those of the existing antioxidants.
- Foreign cases
- “Many analytical studies on anti-cancer effects of Sang-hwang mushroom have been actively performed and reported in foreign countries including Japan.
Specimen number
|
Tyrosinase inhibition activity (%)
|
Specimen number
|
Tyrosinase inhibition activity (%)
|
1
|
15.5
|
13
|
23.1
|
2
|
48.0
|
14
|
12.5
|
3
|
24.6
|
15
|
17.0
|
4
|
59.5
|
16
|
13.2
|
5
|
50.0
|
17
|
15.6
|
6
|
59.4
|
18
|
15.5
|
7
|
59.1
|
19
|
24.7
|
8
|
48.5
|
20
|
27.0
|
9
|
41.1
|
21
|
23.6
|
10
|
67.0
|
22
|
33.3
|
11
|
34.7
| ||
12
|
34.7
|
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