Kombucha mushroom
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Just a few thoughts on Kombucha... btw, if anyone has some extra they can spare, hit me up at barabarica@gmail.com.... thanks!
People have been hunting for a "fountain of youth" elixir forever, hoping to stay sharp and young indefinitely.
The thing is, most people don't realize the search is pointless because nature basically handed us everything we need on a silver platter.
Over in China, this stuff—known as Lingzhi—is called KOMBUCHA, but it also goes by Ganoderma lucidum, Olivia, Mogu, Fungojapon, Tschambucco, Volga source, Kwassan, Pichia fermentas, Cembuya orientalis, Combuch, Longevity mushroom, Tea Kvass, and plenty of other names.
The earliest records of this miracle mushroom date back to 220 B.C., during the Tsin dynasty in China. Back then, mortality rates were lower, and everyone credited this medicinal fungus for it. There was even a belief that you could achieve immortality or even miracle-working powers through its help.
So yeah, Kombucha has a massive history wrapped in mystery.
It made its way to Japan pretty quickly too, where a famous Korean healer named Kombu treated Emperor Inkyo for stomach ulcers. He used the divine Tscha—essentially a tea brewed from the fungus. Even Japanese warriors carried it in flasks during their military campaigns. Since it fermented while they traveled, they ended up with the healing tonic we call Kombucha today.
But honestly, we owe the survival of this 2,000-year-old fungus to the farmers living on the slopes of the Ural Mountains in Russia, who spread it across Europe for all sorts of uses. In Europe, the drink actually has about 84 different names. The French call it Champion of long life. In England, it’s known as Red tea fungus, while Germans refer to it as Volga source.
There's some incredible data collected in Russia regarding the value of this drink, where they call it Kwassan yeast tea. Interestingly, on the western slopes of the Urals, despite heavy industrialization, there hasn't been a single recorded case of cancer or other modern lifestyle diseases. Scientists noticed something else, too—the morale and mood of those workers were significantly higher than employees in other regions, even though they worked similar hours for similar pay. They consistently crushed their quotas, and sick days were almost non-existent, even considering the local habits with alcohol and cigarettes.
People have been hunting for a "fountain of youth" elixir forever, hoping to stay sharp and young indefinitely.
The thing is, most people don't realize the search is pointless because nature basically handed us everything we need on a silver platter.
Over in China, this stuff—known as Lingzhi—is called KOMBUCHA, but it also goes by Ganoderma lucidum, Olivia, Mogu, Fungojapon, Tschambucco, Volga source, Kwassan, Pichia fermentas, Cembuya orientalis, Combuch, Longevity mushroom, Tea Kvass, and plenty of other names.
The earliest records of this miracle mushroom date back to 220 B.C., during the Tsin dynasty in China. Back then, mortality rates were lower, and everyone credited this medicinal fungus for it. There was even a belief that you could achieve immortality or even miracle-working powers through its help.
So yeah, Kombucha has a massive history wrapped in mystery.
It made its way to Japan pretty quickly too, where a famous Korean healer named Kombu treated Emperor Inkyo for stomach ulcers. He used the divine Tscha—essentially a tea brewed from the fungus. Even Japanese warriors carried it in flasks during their military campaigns. Since it fermented while they traveled, they ended up with the healing tonic we call Kombucha today.
But honestly, we owe the survival of this 2,000-year-old fungus to the farmers living on the slopes of the Ural Mountains in Russia, who spread it across Europe for all sorts of uses. In Europe, the drink actually has about 84 different names. The French call it Champion of long life. In England, it’s known as Red tea fungus, while Germans refer to it as Volga source.
There's some incredible data collected in Russia regarding the value of this drink, where they call it Kwassan yeast tea. Interestingly, on the western slopes of the Urals, despite heavy industrialization, there hasn't been a single recorded case of cancer or other modern lifestyle diseases. Scientists noticed something else, too—the morale and mood of those workers were significantly higher than employees in other regions, even though they worked similar hours for similar pay. They consistently crushed their quotas, and sick days were almost non-existent, even considering the local habits with alcohol and cigarettes.
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