Lateinischer Name: Coriolus versicolor, Tramestes versicolor, Polyporus versicolor
Andere Namen: PSK, PSP, VPS, Yun Zhi, kawaratake, krestin, Turkey tail (englisch), Schmetterlingstramete (deutsch), Tramestes versicolor (französisch), elfenbankje (niederländisch).
Aktive Inhaltsstoffe: Polysaccharid K (PSK oder Krestin), proteingebundenes Polysaccharid-Peptid (PSP), Polysaccharide (Beta-1,3-, -1,4- und -1,6-Glucane), Ergosterol-Derivate, Tetra-Triterpenoid-Ergosterol, Hydroxymethylchinolin, Coriolan.
Der Coriolus wird im Volksmund auch Klammerpilz genannt. Er ist weltweit verbreitet, ist aber nicht essbar. In der chinesischen und japanischen Medizin wird er seit Jahrtausenden als immunstärkendes Mittel verwendet. Heute ist er der am häufigsten verschriebene Pilz mit medizinischen Eigenschaften.
In den 70er Jahren übertrug das japanische Unternehmen Kureha Chemical Industry Company die Vermarktungsrechte an den Coriolus-Wirkstoffen auf das Pharmaunternehmen Sankyo Pharmaceutical Company. Der bekannteste Wirkstoff, Krestin, wird als Arzneimittel als unspezifischer Immunmodulator bei bestimmten Krebsarten eingesetzt. Der Umsatz dieses Mittels beträgt etwa 600 Millionen US-Dollar pro Jahr.
Der Coriolus-Pilz hat verschiedene weitere Inhaltsstoffe mit medizinischen Eigenschaften, unter anderem Polysaccharid K, auch PSK genannt (Ref. 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 13, 24, 25, 27 – 32). Derzeit wird viel zu Anti-Krebs-Eigenschaften von Pilzen einschließlich des Coriolus geforscht. Zudem hat diese Pilzart, wie viele andere auch, antibakterielle, antivirale und immunstärkende Wirkungen. Die verschiedenen Extrakte (VPS, PSK, PSP) haben deutliche Qualitätsunterschiede, daher muss die Verschreibung bei bestimmten Krankheiten durch einen Fachmann geschehen.
Nebenwirkungen der Verwendung von Coriolus sind selten, bekannt sind nur schwarzer Stuhl und dunkler werdende Fingernägel.
Anwendung von Coriolus versicolor in der TCM (Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin)
Name in der TCM | Yun zhi (chinesisch), kawaratake (japanisch) |
Geschmack | süß |
Wirkung | Milz, Herz |
Anwendung | Licht warm |
Wissenschaftliche Studien
Gebiet | Studie |
Immunsystem | 1,2,3,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16,19,26,27,28,29,30,31,32 |
Antiviral | 19,26 |
Anti-Tumor / Krebs | 1 t/m 17,20 t/m 32 |
Blutzuckerspiegel | |
Blutdruck | |
Cholesterin | |
Entzündungshemmer | 26,27 |
Antikoagulantien | |
Diabetes | |
Leberschutz | |
Allergie | |
Lungenkrankheiten | |
Hautprobleme | |
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Wissenschaftliche Forschung zu Coriolus versicolor – 32 verfügbare Referenzen
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