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In case anyone here knows someone with high-risk HPV who was too old to benefit from these vaccines... this is my favorite medical study: a combination of Reish

In case anyone here knows someone with high-risk HPV who was too old to benefit from these vaccines... this is my favorite medical study: a combination of Reishi and turkey tail mushrooms boost the body's clearance rate from 5% to 88% in a 2-month period [0]. I firmly believe this would have been 100% if they'd continued past 2 months. A friend of mine had a positive pap test for high-risk HPV, and I sent her this study. She started on this combo of mushrooms and at her followup the next month she was clear. [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25271984/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25271984/

huytersd 3y ago
Is 5-88% the range or progression?
- reaperman 3y ago
  HPV was "cured" (cleared) by the human body itself within 2 months in 5% of the control subjects (n=20) and in 88% of the test group (n=41). https://sci-hub.ru/10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.v16.i5.80 https://sci-hub.ru/10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.v16.i5.80
  - kmonad 3y ago
    The abstract indicates that there was no control group without treatment, but two groups given two different mushroom combos. As such, the "baseline" clearance is not revealed by this work.
    - reaperman 3y ago
      I noticed the same thing, FWIW (and I believe it's a valid concern), but section II.B. says "One control group (20 patients) received LS (Laetiporus sulphureus) (400 mg/d; two capsules) for 2 months." I think they were concerned that various tree bark needed to grow the fungus could itself influence the outcome and wanted to "control" for any effects of the bark. Part IV says "LS grown on the same barks as TV or GL was chosen as a control since no anti-HPV property has yet been reported with this mycelium and because the influence of barks should be excluded." Perhaps there are more studies out there with different "controls" that would add to this research to help rule out any influence from unknown properties of Laetiporus sulphureus.

huytersd 3y ago

Is 5-88% the range or progression?

reaperman 3y ago
HPV was "cured" (cleared) by the human body itself within 2 months in 5% of the control subjects (n=20) and in 88% of the test group (n=41). https://sci-hub.ru/10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.v16.i5.80 https://sci-hub.ru/10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.v16.i5.80
- kmonad 3y ago
  The abstract indicates that there was no control group without treatment, but two groups given two different mushroom combos. As such, the "baseline" clearance is not revealed by this work.
  - reaperman 3y ago
    I noticed the same thing, FWIW (and I believe it's a valid concern), but section II.B. says "One control group (20 patients) received LS (Laetiporus sulphureus) (400 mg/d; two capsules) for 2 months." I think they were concerned that various tree bark needed to grow the fungus could itself influence the outcome and wanted to "control" for any effects of the bark. Part IV says "LS grown on the same barks as TV or GL was chosen as a control since no anti-HPV property has yet been reported with this mycelium and because the influence of barks should be excluded." Perhaps there are more studies out there with different "controls" that would add to this research to help rule out any influence from unknown properties of Laetiporus sulphureus.