For over five thousand years, mushrooms have been used as effective medicines. Now, researchers are rediscovering the amazing value of these traditional medicinals as well as uncovering new benefits - benefits that can safely and naturally improve your health and well-being. Written by Dr. Georges M. Halpern, a top medical scientist, this easy-to use guide provides a fresh look at the history and uses of six healing mushrooms: Cordyceps sinensis, maitake, reishi, shiitake, Agaricus blazei and Trametes versicolor.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Georges M. Halpern, MD, PhD, attended medical school at the University of Paris, France. He subsequently received a PhD from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Paris XI— Chatenay Malabry. A Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Dr. Halpern is board certified in internal medicine and allergy, and is Past-Professor of Medicine at the University of California— Davis. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.