The human body is a highly complex chemical reaction. Hormones, neurotransmitters, and enzymes all work together to sustain life as we know it. Everything we take into our body causes a change in the balance of this chemical reaction. Therefore, we need a way of categorising the compounds we use as food and medicine so…
A highly regarded and widely used staple in Eastern and Asian medicine, Ganoderma lucidum — or the reishi mushroom — has a history as long as the current fanfare is wide. For over two millennium this traditionally omnipotent fungi has been regarded in China as the “herb of spiritual potency” being produced for its pharmaceutical…
There are over 400,000 different species of plants that share space with us on earth. Only 18,000 of which are used as medicine.[1]Kew, R. B. G. (2016). The state of the world’s plants report–2016. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archaeological evidence suggests we’ve been using plants as medicine for the last 60,000 years, so we’ve had…
Cordyceps mushroom, also known as Chinese caterpillar mushroom and known scientifically as cordyceps sinensis has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine. A rare type of edible fungus that lives on certain caterpillars in the high mountain regions of China. Health Benefits Of Cordyceps Mushroom Cordyceps mushroom has been used for a…
Modafinil is a eugeroic (wakefulness-promoting agent) that was developed in the 1970s as a treatment for narcolepsy, and has since shown great potential for many medical – and non-medical – uses. It is now registered for use in the treatment not just of narcolepsy, but of shift work sleep disorder and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep…
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