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Trametes versicolor (Turkey tail) has been long celebrated for its immune boosting benefits, having been utilised for centuries in the far East as medicine. In the West, however, we’re a little late to the party; Japan has been prescribing a compound derived from turkey tail as a pharmaceutical grade cancer treatment for decades.
Nevertheless, we’re catching up – and today Turkey tail has become one of the most researched medicinal mushrooms of them all, gaining quite a name for itself – particularly in the cancer research space. This is all thanks to a special compound in its cell walls that goes by the name ‘polysaccharide-K’, or ‘PSK’ for short. When you look at the science, it’s not surprising to see what all the hype is about…
Trametes versicolor (Turkey tail) has been long celebrated for its immune boosting benefits, having been utilised for centuries in the far East as medicine. In the West, however, we’re a little late to the party; Japan has been prescribing a compound derived from turkey tail as a pharmaceutical grade cancer treatment for decades.
Nevertheless, we’re catching up – and today Turkey tail has become one of the most researched medicinal mushrooms of them all, gaining quite a name for itself – particularly in the cancer research space. This is all thanks to a special compound in its cell walls that goes by the name ‘polysaccharide-K’, or ‘PSK’ for short. When you look at the science, it’s not surprising to see what all the hype is about…