What is Tremella Mushroom?
Tremella Mushroom, also called Silver Ear Mushroom, with its large loose lobes, is very popular in Chinese cuisine and is rich with dietary fibers and Vitamin D. Tremella Mushroom is used in Asia as a Qi and immune tonic.* Tremella mushroom is also highly prized as a youthful skin tonic for a healthy complexion.* It is said that imperial Concubine Yang (719-756), considered to be the most beautiful woman in Chinese history, used tremella mushroom for her facial and body maintenance. Tremella Mushroom, also called "White Jelly Leaf Mushroom", is a very popular medicinal mushroom used in cough syrup for treating chronic tracheitis and a number of other cough-related conditions such as asthma, dry cough and heat in the lungs in traditional Chinese medicine.*
Tremella Mushroom contains the highest level of the natural whole food form of Vitamin D (ergosterol, aka provitamin D) among known food sources.
Vitamin D increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine, and maintains normal serum calcium levels and bone density.*
Four tablets of Tremella Mushroom per day contain about 270 IU of Vitamin D, an ideal amount for daily supplementation.
Tremella Mushroom as a beauty aid in Chinese tradition
Traditionally Chinese women, including the legendary beauty Yang Guifei, have been taking Tremella Mushroom to make the skin moist, soft and pliable. According to traditional Chinese medicine Tremella Mushroom nourishes the lung, stomach and kidney, strengthens the bones, helps maintain ideal weight and provides proper moisturization to the skin which belongs to the lung network.
