Slim legs in summer with Mycotherapy: Medicinal Mushrooms for the treatment of water retention

In summer it is common to suffer from edema, water retention and heavy legs. The heat can cause annoying swelling in the body.

At the same time, summer awakes the desire to discover and take care of oneself and keep fit.

Medicinal Mushrooms favor the renewal of liquids, draining and slimming the whole body, especially the legs.

Medicinal Mushrooms in the treatment of water retention

Polyporus umbellatus is the best Medicinal Mushroom for water retention, because it produces an interesting diuretic effect.
What distinguishes Polyporus from chemical diuretics is that it manages to maintain intra and extra-cellular potassium levels unaltered, making the Polyporus Medicinal Mushroom ideal in the treatment of edema, in lymphatic drainage and in the elimination of toxins, without affecting the mineral balance of the body.

Saving potassium also promotes the health of the heart, nerves and muscles, allowing all cellular metabolic functions to perform their work in the most optimal and balanced way, ensuring good drainage and optimal health.

Polyporus promotes blood circulation, eliminates excess sodium, helps the heart to push fluids, regulates pressure changes and makes the legs slimmer.

This Medicinal Mushroom is known for supporting microcirculation, also useful for circulation and for the skin to keep it smooth and compact.

The powers of Polyporus are many, since thanks to its active ingredients it helps the kidneys to eliminate toxins and stagnating liquids. It supports the purifying activity of the liver in the elimination of toxins, strengthens bones, teeth, nails and especially hair, strengthening the mineral parts of the body and the immune system.

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been using Polyporus for two thousand years to combat lymphatic stasis, edema, swelling, kidney disease, hair loss and also to combat cellulite. In the last fifty years, many scientific studies, conducted by Universities and Research Centers around the world, have confirmed the properties of Polyporus described here.