Other names: Hardwood Trunk Rot, White Heart Rot of Trees, Apopléxie de la Vigne, Carie Blanche du Tronc du Pommier, Esca de la Vigne, Faux Amadouvier, Falscher Zunderschwamm, Apoplejia Parasitaria, Hiesca Parasitaria, Vrbov Plutnjak, Vrbova Guba
Willow Bracket lives in North Amerika and Europe. In North America, it’s most commonly found on birch trees, while in Europe it’s prevalent on willow trees. It causes the decomposition of the dead wood called white rot. It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine and in other oriental countries for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer. Native Americans use its ashes to increase the buzz of chewing tobacco. This practice is especially widespread in Alaska.
Willow Bracket contains polysaccharides, especially βglucan, steroids, flavonoids, coumarins, styrylpyrones, macrolides, and sesquiterpenes. It is the most common source of hispidin, a secondary metabolite investigated in research devoted to cancer, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and viral diseases.
Willow Bracket may be beneficial for cancer, multiple sclerosis, heart attack, stroke, injury recovery, liver damage, and diabetes.
Compliance: industrial raw material
Compliance varies from country to country. There is no harmonized botanical list of allowed botanicals in food or food supplements for all EU countries. Compliance for cosmetic ingredients is harmonized in EU.
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These claims have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.