Chanterelles (otherwise tubular cantarell, funnel chanterelle, tubular lobe) are yellow edible lamellar mushrooms with medicinal properties. From chanterelles, you can cook not only delicious, nutritious dishes, but also healing remedies for the prevention and treatment of many diseases.
The composition and medicinal properties of mushrooms
Chanterelles are never wormy! No pests even stick to them.
Chanterelles have a very rich chemical composition. These mushrooms contain the following components:
- vitamins A, B1, B2, C, D, E, PP;
- fats;
- carbohydrates;
- proteins;
- cellulose;
- beta carotene;
- chitinmannose;
- trametonolinic acid;
- minerals: zinc, copper, magnesium, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, etc.;
- ergosterol;
- monosaccharides and disaccharides;
- ash;
- fatty acid;
- amino acids;
- antioxidants.
Mushrooms have the ability to stop the growth of cancerous tumors in the liver, breast, pancreas. Trametholinic acid can resist the hepatitis C virus, so ergosterol is good for the liver.
The high level of carotene content (there is less of it in carrots) makes mushrooms useful for improving vision, preventing and treating eye diseases.
Manganese helps to improve the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats, protect the pancreas and restore immunity.
These mushrooms also have many other useful properties:
- immuno-strengthening;
- anti-inflammatory;
- anti-cold;
- anti-stress;
- anti-varicose.
Chanterelles improve sleep, relieve headaches, strengthen the entire body, and also cleanse it of toxins and radioactive substances. They rejuvenate not only the skin, but also the internal organs. Mushrooms are also used for:
- diabetes mellitus;
- tuberculosis;
- chronic fatigue syndrome;
- opisthorchiasis;
- anemia;
- hemorrhoids;
- osteoporosis;
- rickets;
- bronchial asthma;
- problems with the pancreas;
- overweight;
- ascariasis;
- dysbacteriosis;
- furunculosis;
- meningioma;
- infections;
- angina;
- chicken blindness.
Chanterelles in folk medicine
Chanterelles are real natural healers, their medicinal properties have been used in folk medicine to treat many diseases. Since ancient times, an infusion of chanterelles has been used for abscesses and sore throats. Nowadays, pharmacists isolate chitinmannose from these red mushrooms and add it to medicines.
For medicinal purposes, chanterelles are used in the form of capsules, dry powder, tinctures (alcohol, oil), decoctions and infusions. They prepare healthy, tasty dishes.
Oncology treatment
Medicine is constantly developing, the search for new effective treatment methods to fight cancer does not stop. Traditional healers can also offer their own remedies for the treatment and prevention of cancer, to improve antitumor immunity and enhance the effect of chemotherapy.
The polysaccharides in chanterelles give the human body energy to produce perforin, which, in turn, fights cancer cells.
Drugs made from chanterelles inhibit the growth of malignant tumors and strengthen the immune system. The immune system, becoming stronger, fights cancer better.
Video: scientists' opinion on the antitumor properties of mushrooms
For cancer, traditional medicine recipes should be treated only as an auxiliary method of treatment and always under the guidance of oncologists.
Infusion of fresh chanterelles
Ingredients:
- fresh chanterelles - 3 tablespoons;
- boiling water - a glass.
Cooking:
- Mushrooms are poured with boiling water and infused for an hour (dried chanterelles can be used in winter).
- When the infusion has cooled, it will need to be filtered.
Take a third of a glass before meals twice or thrice a day. The course of treatment is two to three weeks. The next dose is followed by a ten-day break. Treatment with mushrooms is a long process. It may take several months before tangible results appear.
It is used as an additional tool for the treatment of cancer, and for the prevention of tumors.
A decoction of chanterelles for glaucoma, to improve vision
Chanterelles are effectively used for vision correction Ingredients:
- chanterelle powder - 10 g;
- water - two glasses.
Cooking:
- Pour the mushrooms with boiling water and put in a water bath.
- After fifteen minutes, remove and leave for an hour.
The finished aqueous solution does not need to be filtered. Take a dessert spoon three times a day before meals. For the course you need to drink from one to three liters of broth.
In glaucoma, the main task is to reduce intraocular pressure, to prevent deterioration of visual functions. This requires complex treatment, which includes the creation of reliable antioxidant protection. That is, during therapy, you will need to adhere to a certain diet rich in B vitamins, beta-carotene, copper and magnesium. All the things that chanterelles are so rich in.
You need to diversify the mushroom diet with fish and meat dishes, buckwheat. Drink milk and dairy products, freshly squeezed juices (primarily pomegranate) and fruit drinks, red wine and green tea. Treat yourself to cottage cheese, nuts, cocoa and chocolate. Do not forget about fruits, berries (sea buckthorn, blueberries, currants, etc.), beans and butter. Thanks to this diet and taking vitamins to prevent eye diseases, it is possible to avoid the development of glaucoma even in old age.
Aqueous solution for lowering blood pressure
Ingredients:
- chanterelle powder - two teaspoons;
- water - three glasses.
Cooking:
- Mushroom powder should be filled with water.
- Boil on low heat for an hour.
Ready broth is enough for a day. Take a glass three times 30 minutes before meals. The course is ten days.
Infusion of chanterelles with angina and laryngitis
Ingredients:
- chopped chanterelles (fresh) - two tablespoons;
- boiling water - a glass.
Cooking:
- Pour the mushrooms with boiled water and leave for half an hour, covering the container with a lid.
- The prepared product should be filtered.
Ready infusion gargle two or three times a day.
Decoction for cleansing the liver
Ingredients:
- chopped chanterelles - a tablespoon;
- boiling water - one and a half glasses.
Cooking:
- Pour boiling water over the mushrooms in a small enameled saucepan and, reducing the heat to a minimum, cook for twenty minutes.
- Then remove from the stove, close the lid and leave for four hours.
- Strain before use.
Take a tablespoon four to five times a day. Best forty minutes before or one hour after a meal. The course is two weeks. If you want to repeat, then before the next course you need to take a seven-day break.
Store the broth in the refrigerator, but no more than two days.
With sinusitis, you can wash the nasopharynx with this remedy, and with sore throat, gargle, preheating to a comfortable temperature.
With diabetes
Chanterelles are able to normalize blood sugar levels. For treatment, you can use mushroom powder and tincture. In addition, dietary dishes are used to improve the condition in diabetes: stews, salads and soups.
It is best to start treatment for diabetes in the fall. At this time of the year, the metabolism and blood circulation in the body are accelerated.
Powder
The powder is prepared as follows: take dried mushrooms, break into small pieces and grind in a coffee grinder. Place in a glass container.
Take a quarter teaspoon morning and evening before meals. Can be added to meals.
Fresh chanterelle tincture
Ingredients:
- chanterelles - 200 g;
- vodka - half a liter bottle.
Cooking:
- Finely chop the mushrooms and place in a jar.
- Pour in alcohol so that the chanterelles do not swim.
- Leave for twenty-one days in a dark room.
- Then the finished tincture should be filtered.
Shake the jar before each use. Drink on an empty stomach in the morning and evening. Norm: a teaspoon of tincture diluted in a glass of water. The course is two months.
From baldness
Chanterelles - an excellent remedy for baldness Put the peeled, chopped chanterelles in a glass jar, pour alcohol into it (proportions one to one). Insist in a dark cool place. Shake daily. Strain after ten days.
Rub into the scalp with light massage movements three times a day. Four weeks later, fluff will appear on the bald area. It needs to be cut off. In the future, the hair will begin to grow thicker.
For joint pain
Compresses with mushroom oil will help here. Mix a few pieces of white mushrooms, chanterelles and boletus. Place in a glass container and pour in slightly warmed vegetable oil. A day later, the infusion is ready. Apply a soft cloth impregnated with it where it hurts. Such compresses are used for rheumatic pains, swelling and inflammation of the joints.
To combat worms, with opisthorchiasis
Children are more likely to become infected with helminths, so parents need to carefully monitor all changes in the condition and behavior of the child. The tincture can also be used to prevent infection.
Ingredients:
- water (warm) - 100–150 ml;
- chanterelle powder - a teaspoon.
Cooking:
- Fill the powder with water.
- Stir after half an hour.
Ready infusion must be drunk along with the sediment. Take thirty minutes before meals once or twice a day. The course is twenty-five days.
Chanterelle powder tincture
The remedy should not be given to children, limited to an aqueous infusion of chanterelles.
Ingredients:
- chanterelle powder - a tablespoon;
- vodka - glass.
Cooking:
- The powder is poured into a small glass jar, poured with vodka.
- Leave in a place inaccessible to light for two weeks.
- It is necessary to insist at room temperature, shaking the jar daily.
Before each use, the tincture is also shaken, it is not necessary to filter. Drink on an empty stomach: two teaspoons before bedtime. Treatment course - 20 days.
This tincture can be used to cleanse the liver by taking two teaspoons before going to bed. The course is two weeks.
It also cleanses the body of toxins, removes radionuclides, treats obesity, infections and inflammations, strengthens the immune system.
With white mushroom
Powders of white fungus and chanterelles are mixed one to one. You can cook according to the recipes already given above.
For diseases of the pancreas
A teaspoon of alcohol tincture of chanterelle powder in the morning: half an hour before meals. The course is three or four months.
Already a few days after the start of taking the tincture, you can get rid of the symptoms.
Home cosmetology
Chanterelle extract and powder are part of creams designed to get rid of fungal diseases, saturate the skin with nutrients and moisturize it.
Before cosmetic procedure, cleanse the skin. After you wash off the mask, be sure to apply a moisturizer to your face.
Face masks
Chanterelle-based face masks will provide comprehensive care for your skin, help it retain youth and relieve fatigue.
Anti-aging
Skip the washed chanterelles through a meat grinder (you can use a blender). You need to take enough mushrooms to get two tablespoons of chopped mass. Apply the resulting mushroom gruel in an even layer. Wash off with lukewarm water after twenty minutes.
The mask refreshes the skin, makes it more elastic, improves complexion.
Toning, nourishing and purifying mask
Ingredients:
- chopped chanterelles - two tablespoons;
- sour cream - one and a half dessert spoons;
- liquid brewing of green tea - three tablespoons;
- oatmeal - two teaspoons;
- grape seed oil - a few drops.
Mix everything and apply on the face. Wash off with lukewarm water after twenty minutes.
Also, this composition can be used from fungi on the legs, to eliminate dry skin.
The benefits of chanterelles for hair
Chanterelle-based masks make hair healthy and nourish it with useful ingredients Vitamin A in the composition of mushrooms helps to strengthen the immune system and improve the condition of the hair. The benefits of chanterelles are huge:
- polysaccharides improve volume, make hair more manageable;
- proteins nourish the structure of curls;
- vitamins make hair stronger and protected from the harmful effects of the environment;
- trace elements promote active growth, prevent loss.
Hair Growth Mask
Ingredients:
- a glass of chanterelle powder infusion;
- a teaspoon of burdock oil;
- a few drops of lemon juice.
Mix everything. Apply the finished mask to your hair. Then put on a shower cap and wrap a towel over the top. Wash your hair with shampoo after an hour. Rinse with warm water.
Hair conditioner
Take half a liter of chanterelle decoction, add enough warm water to rinse. With regular use, the hair will become silky and stronger.
How to lose weight with the help of chanterelles?
What properties of chanterelles are useful for weight loss? They are low in calories and eliminate the threat of body fat. The fiber in these mushrooms improves digestion.
Chanterelles can be fried, salted, boiled, pickled and dried. Mushrooms go well with meat, fish, vegetable, dairy, egg dishes. From them you can cook sauces, minced mushrooms and pates.
If you want to lose weight using chanterelles, first examine your health. There are light diets: for body shaping and fixing the weight loss effect. And there are very strict ones - before using them, you must obtain the approval of a dietitian.
To reduce weight, you can use preparations with an extract or extract of chanterelles, or simply include dishes from this fungus in your diet.
Combine chanterelles with durum wheat pasta, brown rice and buckwheat. Do not forget to eat vegetables, fruits, herbs and drink juices, unsweetened tea (green, herbal). Do not interfere with low-fat dairy products: a glass an hour before bedtime.
Fried foods, sweets, buns, carbonated drinks and alcohol are contraindicated.
To lose weight as soon as possible, alternate meat days with mushroom days. The duration of the diet is a month.
There are more calories in dried and fried mushrooms than in stewed or boiled ones. It is also better to stew vegetables: eating them raw with chanterelles can cause digestive complications.
To lose a couple of kilograms, it is enough to use chanterelles instead of meat in cooking. Since the mushrooms are not completely digested, cut them finely.
Diet meals
Before preparing any dish, fresh chanterelles must be prepared: cleaned of debris (and legs - from the film) and washed thoroughly.
Soak dried chanterelles for about three hours before cooking.
Photo gallery: various chanterelle dishes
The classic vinaigrette recipe is used, but without the addition of sauerkraut 
Potatoes, like other vegetables, are best stewed with a mushroom diet, rather than fried. The taste of chanterelles has a pleasant sourness, you can even make a fake “herring under a fur coat” with them. Chicken breast is good in salads with chanterelles. Soup is the main dish with a mushroom diet.
Chanterelles with cottage cheese
Ingredients:
- chanterelles - half a kilo;
- fat-free cottage cheese - 180 g;
- egg whites - 3;
- fine sea salt (seasoning) - a third of a teaspoon.
- Leave the boiled chanterelles for a while to cool.
- Then cut into medium pieces in a pan.
- Now, separating from the yolks, beat the whites with cottage cheese and salt with a submersible mixer.
- Pour the resulting mass of mushrooms, mix.
- Close the lid and simmer for twenty minutes over low heat.
You need to eat the dish hot, you can with boiled asparagus beans or other vegetables.
Salad with chanterelles, egg and arugula
Ingredients:
- arugula - a bunch;
- marinated chanterelles - 100 g;
- egg - one;
- garlic or olive oil - two tablespoons;
- soy sauce - half a teaspoon;
- a mixture of peppers - to taste.
- Dry the washed leaves of arugula and put on a dish.
- Pour the boiled egg pieces on top first, then finely chopped chanterelles.
- Season with oil and sauce, pepper.
mushroom soup diet
- Breakfast. Spread mushroom paste on toast (boil chanterelles, chop very finely, mix with parsley, celery or dill and 10% sour cream). Wash down with unsweetened tea (on herbs, green or with ginger).
- Lunch. 200 ml juice.
- Dinner. Soup with chanterelles, you can with bread.
- afternoon tea. An apple, pear, or any other fruit other than a banana.
- Dinner. Vegetable salad and a glass of yogurt. As an option: fruit salad plus fruit drink.
diet soup
Ingredients:
- three hundred grams of fresh chanterelles;
- two potatoes and carrots;
- two tomatoes;
parsley and celery root - one each; - bulb;
- dill - to taste;
- olive oil for frying;
- fat-free sour cream - a teaspoon.
- Onions and carrots, cut into strips, fry until golden brown.
- Mushrooms are cut into small pieces. They must be thrown into a pot of boiling water and boiled for half an hour.
- Now add potato cubes, fried onions and carrots, and leave to cook for twenty minutes.
- Parsley and celery put a minute and a half before removing the pan from the stove.
Before serving, remove the roots from the soup. Season with sour cream, add dill.
Video: mushroom soup
Cook just like a regular vinaigrette, but without the sauerkraut.
Ingredients:
- two or three medium potatoes;
- bulb;
- one beetroot of medium size;
- 250 g pickled chanterelles;
- two pickled cucumbers;
- one carrot;
- half a can of green peas;
- a tablespoon of olive oil;
- parsley.
- Pre-boil and cool beets, carrots and potatoes, cut them and chanterelles into cubes.
- Finely chop the onion, mix all the ingredients, season with oil, salt to taste and garnish with herbs.
Some of those who have been on a diet with chanterelles talk about a feeling of heaviness, discomfort in the stomach. This is probably due to the fact that mushrooms are a heavy food. Before choosing this particular method of losing weight, consult a dietitian.
You can repeat the diet no earlier than three months later.
Contraindications and possible harm
- during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding);
- with diseases of the stomach and intestines in severe form (ulcer, gastritis);
- under the age of four;
- people with diseases of the liver, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and those who suffer from alcoholism.
Doctors forbid to be treated with chanterelles for pancreatitis. Despite the low calorie content, mushrooms are not easily digestible food, therefore, with this disease, they can cause serious complications.
Children over four years old should be given in small doses - a high content of vitamin A can stain the skin orange and cause allergies.
How to collect and store chanterelles?
The hunting season for chanterelles begins in July - exactly in the middle of summer. These mushrooms usually grow in large groups in the shade of trees of mixed, coniferous and birch forests and in clearings.
silent hunting
You can go to the forest for chanterelles from mid-June to early October. They prefer rainy summers, especially a lot of them appear after thunderstorms. You can search for them everywhere. Chanterelles do not like loneliness, they gather in groups in the clearings. They often hide under moss and foliage.
In nature, there are several types of chanterelles: real, false, tubular, yellowing, grayish. In medicinal and prophylactic products, only real chanterelle is used. Other species have not yet been studied enough to give specific recommendations for their use.
Signs of real chanterelles: the hat is concave, bright yellow, with wavy edges. The leg is dense, not loose, a slightly darker shade than the hat. The flesh is yellow-white, dense, not damaged by worms or insects. It smells delicious of nuts or even fruit.
If you notice that a small family of chanterelles is located on a fallen tree - be careful! After all, real mushrooms would prefer a mossy stump.
If you know the signs, you won’t confuse real mushrooms with twins
Often mistaken for chanterelles is a yellowish blackberry. Their color is similar, but at the bottom of the hat, papillae grow in the form of needles on the bottom of the cap. Another double is the olive omfalot (Omphalotus olearius). This mushroom is deadly poisonous, but it grows only in the subtropics and not in the soil, but on wood dust.
False chanterelles grow on rotten trees and forest floor. The color of such mushrooms is more saturated (with an orange-brown tint), the hat is neat, regular, round in shape, even. The edges of the cap are lighter than the cap itself.
Since they absorb heavy metal compounds, chanterelles should be collected in ecologically clean areas: as far as possible from the industrial zone and the roadway.
If there is no basket at hand, you can safely put the mushrooms in a bag or backpack: they will not wrinkle or break - they are strong.
If you do not know mushrooms well, go to the forest only in the company of an experienced mushroom picker.
Video: collecting chanterelles in the forest
Storage
When freezing, boiling, frying, salting, the medicinal properties of chanterelles are destroyed. Therefore, for treatment, it is better to use them fresh or dried.
For drying, mushrooms must first be prepared. To do this, they are freed from dirt with a brush. Do not wash under any circumstances. After that, they are strung on threads and hung in the attic. Can also be dried in the oven. Readiness can be judged when the mushrooms break when pressed.
When drying in the oven, the temperature should not exceed forty-five degrees, otherwise the beneficial substances of the chanterelles will begin to break down
It is convenient to store in powder form, preferably in a glass jar. To avoid moldiness, before placing dry mushrooms or powder inside, pour a little alcohol on the bottom and set it on fire. So there will be no oxygen left inside.
If desired, dried parsley, dill, celery and other seasonings are added to the chanterelle powder.
Harvested mushrooms can be stored in the refrigerator for two to seven days, but it is best to cook fresh.
