Chanterelle tincture on vodka: recipes and application

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Chanterelles (in other words, tubular cantarella, funnel-shaped chanterelle, tubular lobe) are edible lamellar mushrooms of yellow color with medicinal properties. Chanterelles can be used to prepare not only delicious, nutritious meals, but also healing agents for the prevention and treatment of many diseases.

• Chanterelles in folk medicine
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Botanical description of chanterelles

Chanterelles are called Cantharellus in Latin and represent a section of Basidiomycetes, a class of Agaricomycetes of the Chanterelle family. They look quite specific and therefore it is difficult to confuse this variety with any other. The only exception is false chanterelles.

The chanterelles visually resemble the caps of pedunculated mushrooms, however, both of their parts are, as it were, fused together. The body of the mushrooms is bright, usually colored yellow-orange or brown-orange. The head of a medium-sized mushroom is about 8 centimeters in diameter, although specimens with a diameter of almost 14 centimeters come across. The top resembles a funnel, they say that it is a "concave umbrella".

The mushroom pulp is quite dense, fleshy, there are hard fibers at the base of the leg. The chanterelles taste slightly sour, and have a subtle smell of dried fruit. If you press down on their surface, the pressure point becomes reddish.

The hymenophore has a folded, pseudoplastic surface in the form of waves falling along its stem. Spore powder in representatives of the chanterelle family is yellow, finely dispersed.

Chanterelles can be found in the forest from early summer to mid-autumn. Most often, mushrooms grow in damp, damp areas, in tall grass, among moss, or under a pile of fallen leaves. Basically, they grow in large groups. A particular growth spurt in chanterelles (and many other mushroom varieties) is observed after rains.

Botany knows about 60 varieties of chanterelles, and most of them are suitable for consumption. Representatives of the genus omphalot, visually similar to chanterelles, are considered poisonous twins of chanterelles.

For phytotherapeutic purposes, the most commonly used chanterelle, also known as Cantharellus cibarius, cockerel or true chanterelle. Less commonly used chanterelle gray, cinnabar red, velvety, faceted, and also yellowing chanterelle.

2 mushroom varieties are considered to be false chanterelles:

1. Orange talker
2. Omphalot olive

The first species is not edible, and the second is poisonous. The middle of the cap of a non-edible chanterelle is, as a rule, slightly darker colored than the edges, while the real representative of the chanterelle family is monochromatic. In false mushrooms, the edges are usually even, and in real chanterelles, they are torn. The leg of the false chanterelle is thin, while that of the real one is thick and dense. Poisonous mushrooms can be wormy, but worms are never found in real chanterelles. Non-edible mushrooms grow mainly one at a time, but edible mushrooms grow in groups.

Calorie content and nutritional value

Mushrooms are medium-calorie foods. At the same time, those people who have every calorie count should also take into account how the product is prepared in order to understand whether it should be included in the diet menu or not.

For example, 100 grams of fried chanterelles contains about 70 kcal, stewed about 40, and boiled about 30.

In pickled and salted mushrooms, there are very few kilocalories - about 20 per 100 grams.

These gifts of the forest are distinguished by a successful combination of fiber, healthy for the human body, and a low content of fats and carbohydrates.

Chemical composition

Before you start using chanterelle mushrooms for therapeutic purposes, the medicinal properties and contraindications of which are well known today, it is worth considering the chemical composition of these "forest gifts".

The above mushroom variety is rich in vitamin A, vitamins PP and B1, as well as D2 or ergocalciferol. They are rich in zinc, copper and some other trace elements. Thanks to a substance called chinomannose, chanterelles never have worms. This component is considered a poison for all parasites and arthropods.

These mushrooms are high in ergosterol and some natural antibiotic prototypes. This product is low in calories, in a 100 gram portion of raw mushrooms there are only 19 Kcal.

Other diseases

The medicinal properties of these substances are useful for the prevention and treatment of eye diseases:

• improve vision;
• moisturize the mucous membrane of the eye;
• are treated for "night blindness";
• help with sarcoma;
• treats inflammation.

Chanterelles are a good helper for furunculosis, purulent sore throat, obesity. This product has proven itself well for its ability to remove radioactive substances from the body. Therefore, its use is useful for people working in hazardous industries and in areas of increased radioactive radiation.

Thanks to the immunostimulating effect, these mushrooms help in the treatment and prevention of colds, viral diseases. For people suffering from furunculosis, sore throat, including purulent, it will be useful to drink tinctures from these mushrooms. Moreover, these forest fruits prevent the reproduction of Koch's bacillus, improve the condition of most mucous membranes. Mushrooms have medicinal properties for acne, abscesses, and allergic skin reactions. They are actively used for diabetes.

The healing properties of alcohol tincture of chanterelles

Chanterelle tincture on vodka is widely used, the taboos and contraindications of this natural substance relate more to the alcohol component than to the mushroom extract. People have known for a long time the high effectiveness of the treatment of parasites with chanterelles. The tincture is also used for obesity, provoked by insufficient or improper liver function. This phytotherapeutic drug is used to improve the general condition of people with cirrhosis of the liver, as well as those with cancer of this organ.

Alcohol tincture on mushrooms is rich in a vitamin-like substance called ergosterol, it helps to cleanse the liver and remove toxins and poisons from it. Also in the product there is a lot of trametonolinic acid, which is destructive for many strains of hepatitis viruses.

It is believed that alcoholic liquid infused with ginger mushrooms has immunomodulatory properties and even suppresses (sometimes just slows down) the growth of cancer cells. Chanterelle tincture is also useful for the treatment of diseases and pathologies of the pancreas, it normalizes the work of this organ.

Alcoholic mushroom tincture is also used for:

• Reducing chronic fatigue;
• Removal of toxins from the body;
• Liberation of the human body from radionuclides;
• Normalization of fat metabolic processes;
• Reducing the manifestations of heart failure;
• Normalization of cholesterol and blood pressure;
• Reducing emotional stress;

Additionally

• To prevent infection with worms, it is recommended to add dry mushroom powder to dishes as a seasoning. But this should be done after heat treatment, when the temperature of the dish does not exceed 40 degrees.
• Low-calorie nutritious mushrooms can successfully become part of the dietary menu during the period of weight loss. They not only saturate and satisfy hunger, but also improve intestinal motility, remove split fats from the body, normalize fat metabolism, and lower cholesterol levels. But it is worth remembering that any additives like salt, sour cream or broth significantly increase the calorie content of the prepared dish. To normalize the intestines, especially during a long mono-diet, a decoction of larch cones is prescribed.

• Due to the presence of antibiotic agents, boils, abscesses, sore throat, and tuberculosis have long been treated with cocktail infusion. Also, foxtail compresses were prescribed externally to relieve joint pain or abscesses.
• Dry powder is sometimes prescribed to prevent colds or viral diseases. For the same purposes, it is recommended to include in the diet fresh or dried fruits of Chinese lychee, rich in vitamin C.
• Healers claim that taking medications of this mushroom helps prevent cancer, but this information has not been scientifically proven.

Contraindications

Like any drug, alcoholic tincture of chanterelles has its own contraindications. It is strictly forbidden to take it internally for pancreatitis, since this phytotherapeutic agent is very difficult to digest.

Do not use medicinal liquid for children and women during pregnancy and lactation. We'll have to give up this tool for people who have alcohol intolerance.

Those who have a sensitive organism and often suffer from allergies should be extremely careful when starting treatment with alcoholic mushroom tincture. It contains a lot of vitamin A, which gives the epidermis a reddish-orange color and provokes allergies. If any symptoms appear that indicate a negative reaction of the body, you must immediately stop therapy and take an antihistamine.

How to treat chanterelle mushrooms - a universal remedy for combating diseases

Chanterelle mushroom contains just a storehouse of useful vitamins and amino acids that have healing properties. Chanterelle pulp is saturated with B vitamins, beta-carotenes. The high content of this vitamin (surpasses even carrots in carotene content) and gives such a rich bright yellow color to the chanterelle itself.

In addition, the chanterelle mushroom contains trace elements of copper and zinc, a group of vitamins D, A, PP, B. Due to this composition, the chanterelle mushroom is widely used for medicinal purposes, it is one of the best means for the treatment and prevention of eye diseases and is widely used in ophthalmology, fights with dry eyes, has a beneficial effect on the mucous membranes of the eyes, improves vision, improves the condition of the hair and scalp, increases the body's resistance to infectious diseases.

Due to the high content of vitamin D, zinc and copper, the medicinal properties of chanterelles are widely used in the prevention and treatment of various neoplastic diseases, elimination of radionuclides from the body, in the treatment and restoration of the pancreas, increasing the body's immunity and resistance to various infections. We can say that the chanterelle mushroom is a universal remedy for combating diseases.

But the chanterelle mushroom is most valuable for the polysaccharides it contains - chittinmanose, ergosterol and trametholinic acid:

• chittinmanose is a polysaccharide that naturally affects various parasites. This is the explanation for the purity of the mushroom. When exposed to parasites, chitin manose affects them, but by blocking the nerve centers, thereby not affecting human organs in any way. Therefore, chanterelles are widely used in folk medicine in the treatment of helminthiasis in humans.
• ergosterol has a mild and beneficial effect on liver enzymes. It is used in the treatment of diseases such as hepatitis, fatty degeneration of the liver, hepatic hymangiomas.
• trametolinic acid is capable of destroying hepatitis C viruses.

Another excellent quality of chanterelles is their ability to counteract the development of Koch's bacillus - which provokes the development of tuberculosis. The natural antibiotic properties of chanterelles have already been proven and are widely used in various medicinal products.

Here is such an unusual and useful chanterelle mushroom. Let's now take a closer look at the most common forms and methods of using this mushroom for medicinal purposes.

Chanterelle vodka tincture

There are various recipes for infusions based on fresh, dry, or even frozen mushrooms. As a rule, they are based on vodka. You will need high-quality alcohol, diluted to a strength of 37 degrees.

From fresh chanterelles

Fresh mushrooms, just brought from the forest or bought on the market, can be stored for no more than 1 day, provided that they are in a not too hot room..
To prepare the tincture, the mushrooms are sorted out, damaged, rotten and others are removed, then the product is cleaned of forest debris and earth, washed thoroughly under running water and then cut into small pieces. After that, the raw material is placed in a glass container and compacted a little. Last of all, vodka is poured into a bottle or other container, everything is closed with a lid and sent to the cold to infuse for 3 weeks. It is advisable to periodically shake the contents of the bottle without opening it. For 0.4 kilograms of mushrooms, 800-1000 grams of alcoholic liquid will be needed.

Tincture preparation video:

The finished tincture is characterized by a bright, rich yellow color, after mixing it becomes cloudy. Unlike many other alcoholic liquids, this one is not filtered, it is used mainly on an empty stomach.

From frozen chanterelles

Chanterelles can be poured with vodka after defrosting. Making a tincture from such raw materials is no different from infusing fresh mushrooms on vodka. True, boiled frozen mushrooms are not suitable for medicinal purposes.

Dried mushrooms

You can, as an option, prepare a tincture of dried chanterelles. To do this, the mushrooms are sorted out, cleaned of debris and finely cut, then laid out on a sheet for drying. You can cook them in the air or in an oven preheated to 50 degrees. The dried substance should be ground into a powder with a meat grinder or coffee grinder, which can be stored for up to 1 year.
To prepare the tincture, 4 tablespoons of powder are taken and poured with 1 liter of vodka, everything is shaken and infused in a dark, cool place for half a month. As with the preparation of fresh mushroom tincture, filtration is not necessary in this case.

How to collect, store, dry

It should be remembered that all the healing properties are manifested only in properly selected and dried raw materials. Connoisseurs of alternative medicine recommend harvesting it in the following way:

• dry freshly picked mushrooms in a special dryer or in an oven at a temperature not exceeding 30 degrees;
• grind dry raw materials in a coffee grinder, pour into a glass container with a tight lid;
• store in a dark place for no longer than 1 year.

Although it is believed that these fungi do not accumulate harmful substances, they should be collected away from large highways and not in an industrial area. If you dry purchased mushrooms, you need to buy them in the area where they grow in large quantities in their natural environment. Frozen semi-finished products sold in supermarkets are not suitable for treatment; they can only be used for cooking.

Hello everybody! I want to share with you very interesting information about forest chanterelle mushrooms - very tasty and healthy!

And even if you haven't tried them, you've probably heard about them.

Very often, when describing any mushrooms, their nutritional and taste qualities are indicated, and very little attention is paid to their medicinal properties. (Unless you can find a description of the tincture of fly agaric for rheumatism)

But, mushrooms, as well as berries and other plants, have a lot of unique medicinal properties.

There is even a special science that studies the medicinal properties of mushrooms - fungotherapy.

In our house there is an old clinic, in which a whole chapter is devoted to mushrooms, and one of the most important places in it is occupied by chanterelles - forest wars!

Let's take a closer look at the treatment with chanterelle mushrooms.

Application in traditional medicine

Alcohol tincture of chanterelles has found extensive use in folk medicine. It helps with cancer, diabetes, as well as diseases of the pancreas and liver. With the help of a healing liquid, parasites can be removed from the body. The method of preparation, as well as the characteristics of the administration, depend on the area of ​​application of the natural medicine.

A little about the use of mushroom tincture:

With oncology

Unlike most drugs, quinomannosis, which is part of chanterelles, has a negative effect not only on tissues and organs affected by cancer, but also on spreading metastases. The product is prepared as follows: 250 grams of fresh mushrooms is washed, peeled and cut into pieces, then filled with 750 grams of high-quality vodka. Everything is mixed and infused in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. You need to drink the medicine 1 teaspoon three times a day on an empty stomach, half an hour before meals. The course of treatment is 1 month.

Instead of fresh raw materials, it is permissible to use dried mushrooms. For 0.75 liters of alcohol, 45 grams of dry chanterelles will be needed.

In no case should you quit or interrupt therapy, feeling an improvement in well-being, as the disease may return.

With diabetes mellitus

Alcoholic mushroom tincture helps to lower blood glucose levels and helps to optimize the functioning of the pancreas. It is prepared as follows: 1 tablespoon of dried mushrooms, ground into powder, is poured with an incomplete glass of vodka (200 grams), everything is stirred and infused in the cold for 1.5 weeks. You can also make a medicine from 200 grams of fresh mushrooms and 0.5 liters of vodka, infused for 21 days in the cold. Both remedies are taken 1 teaspoon twice a day (morning and evening), the remedy is drunk on an empty stomach, it should be diluted in 1 glass of water. The course of treatment is 2 months.

From parasites

Mushroom tincture is one of the oldest antiparasitic agents. With its help, they got rid of worms in ancient China.

To make the product, you need to pour 1 tablespoon of dried mushroom powder with 1 glass of vodka, shake and leave to infuse for 2 weeks at room temperature. It is advisable to shake the mixture daily. She drinks 2 teaspoons before bedtime. You need to take on an empty stomach for 20 days.

The same remedy can be drunk to cleanse the liver, however, the duration of the course is 14 days. At the same time, slags, toxins and radionuclides are removed from the body.

We also recommend that you familiarize yourself with another natural remedy for parasites: Russian Trochatka is a simple and very effective way to remove parasites at home. Recipes, reviews, recommendations.

For diseases of the liver and pancreas

Chanterelle tincture helps with cirrhosis, hepatitis and other liver diseases, as well as pathologies of the pancreas. The simplest and most effective recipe for preparing the product is as follows: 1 tablespoon of dried chanterelle powder is poured with 200 grams of vodka, shaken and infused for 10 days in the cold. Shake the container with the medicine daily.

To improve the work of the pancreas, you should drink 1 teaspoon of alcoholic liquid on an empty stomach within 3 months. For hepatitis, the medicine is used in the same dose, but twice a day (morning and evening) for 4 months.

A two-week course of taking this remedy 2 times a day, 1 teaspoonful, will help cleanse the liver. It is recommended after serious illnesses, during which intensive drug treatment was carried out.

Home cosmetology

Chanterelle extract and powder are part of creams designed to relieve fungal diseases, saturate the skin with nutrients and moisturize it.

Cleanse your skin before the cosmetic procedure. After you wash off the mask, be sure to apply a moisturizer to your face.

Face masks

Facial masks based on chanterelles will provide comprehensive care for your skin, help it maintain its youthfulness and relieve fatigue.

Rejuvenating

Pass the washed chanterelles through a meat grinder (you can use a blender). You need to take so much mushrooms to make two tablespoons of the crushed mass. Apply the resulting mushroom gruel in an even layer. Wash off with lukewarm water after twenty minutes.

The mask refreshes the skin, makes it more elastic and improves complexion.

Toning, nourishing and purifying mask

Ingredients:

• chopped chanterelles - two tablespoons;
• sour cream - one and a half dessert spoons;
• liquid infusion of green tea - three tablespoons;
• oat flour - two teaspoons;
• grape seed oil - a few drops.

Mix everything and apply on the face. Wash off with lukewarm water after twenty minutes.

Also, this composition can be used against fungi on the feet, to eliminate dry skin.

The benefits of chanterelles for hair

Chanterelle masks make hair healthy and nourish it with beneficial ingredients
Vitamin A in the composition of mushrooms helps to strengthen the immune system and improve the condition of the hair. The benefits of chanterelles are enormous:

• polysaccharides improve volume, make hair more manageable;
• proteins nourish the structure of the curls;
• vitamins make hair stronger and more protected from the harmful effects of the environment;
• trace elements promote active growth, prevent hair loss.

Hair growth mask

Ingredients:

• a glass of chanterelle powder infusion;
• a teaspoon of burdock oil;
• a few drops of lemon juice.

Mix everything. Apply the finished mask to your hair. Then put on a shower cap and wrap a towel over the top. After an hour, wash your hair with shampoo. Rinse with warm water.

Hair rinse

Take half a liter of chanterelle decoction, add enough warm water to rinse.With regular use, the hair will become silky and stronger.

Testimonials

People who have taken the alcoholic tincture of these mushrooms praise it for its high efficiency. Despite the fact that in order to get rid of many diseases, you have to undergo a rather long therapeutic course, an improvement in the general condition and relief of the main symptoms of the disease begins after a few days from the start of taking the drug. Especially effective is the tincture of mushrooms against helminthic invasions. Unlike most pharmaceuticals with a similar spectrum of action, it is non-toxic and does not cause negative symptoms.

Medications

Official medicine does not favor "mushroom" medicines. Most of them are dietary supplements, and doctors prefer to prescribe potent toxic drugs. There are 3 tools worth paying attention to:

• Vermostoping cream. The main ingredients are chanterelles, chanterelles and medicinal herbs. Has a pronounced anthelmintic properties.
• Blastaps - composed of chanterelles, tinder fungi and lichens. It is used as an antineoplastic and antiparasitic drug.
• Chanterelle extract capsules. The only purpose is the elimination of helminthic invasions.

All drugs are used according to the instructions and after consulting a doctor.

What worms helps

Those microorganisms that parasitize at the expense of the organisms of other creatures, humans and animals, are called parasites. It is worth sounding the alarm when you encounter:

• Nausea and vomiting;
• Weakness and general malaise;
• Emaciation;
• Headache and dizziness;
• Allergic skin rashes;
• Pain in the abdominal region;
• Decreased appetite;
• Dyspepsia or constipation.

All these symptoms are inherent in parasite infestation.

Chanterelles are effective only when affected by intestinal parasites:

• Helminths;
• Ascaris;
• Trematodes;
• pinworms;
• Intestinal acne;
• Hookworms;
• Giardia;
• Wide ribbon;
• Pork and bovine tapeworms;
• Vlasoglav and others.

It is the traditional medicine, to which our ancestors have been turning from time immemorial, that will help to quickly and safely get rid of helminthic invasion.

Chanterelle mushrooms from worms are one of the most common and effective methods, proven by many years of experience of our ancestors.

What is important to remember

Fans of "quiet hunting" should not pick mushrooms near highways and railways. It is generally accepted that chanterelles do not accumulate harmful substances, but this has not been clinically confirmed in any way.

There are several types of chanterelle mushrooms in our forests. "Cockerel" knows "both old and young", but there is a little edible and tasteless false fox. This mushroom will not lead to serious poisoning, but it may well cause an upset stomach. The bright yellow beauty can be confused with a completely inedible orange talker and with a poisonous olive omphalitis.