In Asia, medicinal mushrooms have been used for thousands of years in folk medicine, particularly in traditional Chinese medicine. Western science has also begun to study them and has now recognized their properties in the field of Mycotherapy. This has led us to learn about their effectiveness in the prevention of numerous diseases.
International scientific research has focused mainly on the antitumor, antimicrobial, metabolic balancing, and immune system boosting activities that mycotherapy offers.
More generally, it is possible to say that such mushrooms work as immune-modulators of the immune system, strengthening the body's vital functions, but also the health of the stomach, liver, and the entire digestive system. They help keep cholesterol and blood sugar under control.
They are also used with the aim of increasing vitality and well-being to mind and body and, when combined with a healthy lifestyle, support and strengthen the body.
NATURETICA formulates and manufactures products with high titrations in active ingredients and phytocomplexes, always choosing the best quality of raw materials while respecting the philosophy of natural.
The type of raw material we use is defined as Full Spectrum, that is, a mushroom powder consisting of the mycelium, fruiting body, primordia (immature mushrooms), spores, and extracellular compounds produced throughout the entire life cycle of the mushroom; this allows the product to exert an action "in toto" because it is rich in all the active ingredients that are essential for its effectiveness.
With the exception of the Chaga mushroom, which comes from wild harvesting (a fundamental condition for having presence of active ingredients within the mushroom), all others come from Organic cultivation and are therefore all "Organic" certified, guaranteeing the high quality standard we seek for all our products.
The main components of our mushrooms are polysaccharides, and the Full Spectrum type have more than 50 percent of them; among these polysaccharides are β-(1,3-1,6)-glucans, α-glucans and other free polysaccharides and other components such as mineral salts (iron, zinc, copper, manganese, magnesium, potassium, calcium, germanium), B-vitamins, essential amino acids, sterols, substances with anti-histamine activity, adenosine and triterpenes.
The efficacy of mycotherapy is supported both by their use dating back thousands of years, especially in the Chinese and Japanese traditions, and by recent sophisticated scientific studies by the world's most prestigious universities.