Auricularia: tip for a good circulation and health mucous membranes

Botanical: Auricularia auricula-judae
Japanese: Kikuurage
Chinese: Mu-Err
English: jelly ear, Jew´s ear, wood ear

The Auricularia mushroom has already been part of the basic foods in Asia for 1500 years as an edible mushroom and it plays an important role as a medicinal mushroom in the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) too.

The mushroom is primarily used to improve the flow properties of the blood, but it also has soothing properties for the tissue and is of importance for the milieu of the mucous membranes.
Overall, the Auricularia is said to have a stabilising and balancing effect on the organism.

Furthermore, it is rich in valuable ingredients such as the minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphor, the trace elements iron and silicon, several B vitamins, proteins, glycoproteins, polysaccharides and various secondary plant substances.

• can improve the flowability of the blood
• for a healthy cholesterol level
• can be of importance for a good milieu of the mucous membranes
• free radical catcher
• can activate the immune system
• standardised to 30% polysaccharides