Turkey Tail Mushroom - Why We’re Still Talking About It 3000 Years Later

134,547
0
Published 2020-08-08
In this video we talk all about the amazing medicinal powers of Turkey Tail Mushroom- how it grows, what the potential benefits are, and what compounds are in this mushroom that make it so special.

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro
0:36 Introducing Turkey Tail
1:31 What Does It Look Like?
2:55 Preparing Turkey Tail At Home
4:57 Paul Stamets Ted Talk
6:26 Compounds In Turkey Tail
9:28 Turkey Tail For Gut Health
10:22 Turkey Tail as an Antioxidant
11:18 Identifying Turkey Tail
13:14 Making Turkey Tail Tea

Paul Stamets Ted Talk:
   • Paul Stamets at TEDMED 2011  

Links To Studies:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10696116/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22701186/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23435630/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25006989/
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010034/

PSK and PSP:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6238674/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12168863/
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030…

All Comments (21)
  • I am a fifty-year-old Healthy Man. I began taking turkey tail extract one week ago. My digestive system has improved tremendously
  • @familyfungi
    Great video! Thanks so much for sharing. I built my flowhood in 2019 from your video. We are now a small mushroom business, Family Fungi, and we are thriving! 👨‍🌾
  • @DmitryKisselev
    Turkey's tail considered edible. Not that it is something you want to cook with. But often used during long hikes in the forest to keep your energized. Sometimes named as forest gum. Pretty chewy in it's consistency and nice subtle taste of fungi
  • @ragnoxten4158
    I once had a summer job as a "Galterer" (herding juvenile cows on alpine meadows). They had some Turkey Tail Schnaps, which was quite an experience :)
  • Hey, glad I finally found some info that actually says that it doesn't have to be drunk in a hot tea, I boil up about a cup of chopped dried turkey tail and it makes about 2 litres that I mix with ginger, honey and a bit of lemon, each morning I have a glass with my breakfast, I can never finish a cup of any hot drink so I'm glad to know it's just as good cold. Cheers guys and thank you
  • @Garblegox
    Paul Stamets saves bees AND moms? Man this dude's the best.
  • Brilliant video, if you read every comment, extraction goes like this: dehydrate at 60C, so it can be ground into a powder in a coffee grinder., toreally extract some of those turpenoids and polyphenols need alcohol, alcohol is defined by an OH group like vodka Ch3CH2 OH, common glycerine has 3 OH groups. The reason its took to a fine powder is to increse surface area and get about 1000 times better extraction, 100ml glycerine, 400ml Vodka or absolute alcohol if you can get it, 500 ml water 200-4000g dried ground turkey tail, 1 tbale spoon sodium bicarbonate to raise ph to 9, it extracts better, simmer below the boiling point of alcohol i.e 70C, and it will be way more bitter because you pulled a 1000 times more out, but that is what we wanted.
  • @frenchiepowell
    Eating the fresh ones raw is my favorite way to eat them! I chew them for a long time until they're just mush, and makes for a good gummy trail snack. Delicious mushroomy/woodsy flavor!
  • @Hemp1972
    I found 'em! (Holland, Europe), and today I'm gonna take a bit to make tea. I wish I knew this in 2006, when my father had prostate cancer..
  • @Sparky102970
    Great video. Great information. You folks do a great job on all of your videos, editing, content, presentation, all done well. Keep up the great work ✌💚🍄
  • @pilzfreak9662
    Saw alot of these when I went to the forest the last time.. Here in Switzerland we call them "Schmetterlings-Tramete", what means Butterfly-Tramete :) Thank you for the video, was really interesting! :)
  • I make a combo tea with reishi , chaga and turkey tail . Slow simmer. If you own a slow cooker , an overnighter is great and that way your first shot is breakfast .
  • TURKEY TAIL MUSHROOM TEA TASTES VERY SWEET, VERY MUSHROOMY......I WILL DO THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, I AM TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THIS TEA THAT IS OF HEALTH BENEFICIAL !!!
  • @SirGreef
    Hi, friend! excellent work and video. Is there any possibility that you make a video on how to grow turkey tail at home? Thank you very much in advance and greetings from Chile!
  • @thewaywardtrio
    I have friend who's mom was dieing of breast cancer and healed at least in some way by drinking mushroom broth. This stuff is real!
  • @hondaxl250k0
    I put this in with my essiac tea. So good. And as someone who normally only likes sweet tea. It’s good unsweetened to My surprise! 👍🏻👍🏻
  • Also,very important point his mom had been in a clinical study for her cancer and was the only one ,whom had survived from entire trial,and stayed cancer free . .. the more that comes to light ,its amazing, mycelium is mother natures stem cell tx...
  • @nikokennedy837
    The Rashi mushroom on your wall is absolutely amazing. Where could I purchase something that’s similar to what you have? Love ur channel & products. Thank you!