Lignosus

[claracola]

Hi, my sister who is into alternative and herbal remedies said what about lignosus. Anyone have any thoughts/experiences with it? I have copd bronchiectasis and emphysema. Thanks!

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Hello claracola,

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[peege]

I wouldn't take anything not prescribed by a medically qualified person - and I worked at complementary health clinics for years! I don't think there's much research on Lignosus.I used to take my son to a homeopath who was also a medically qualified doctor.

In my opinion it's not worth experimenting, only this weekend there was a post about someone on life support in ICU after taking Chinese Herbs (which aren't just actual herbs, can be all sorts).

[claracola in reply to peege]

Thankyou, you are saying what i thought! Ty for confirmation!

[deejames]

i tried it but did not notice any difference to my coughing or tight chest

[Tienshan]

I found this forum because of your post on Lignosus. I was researching the validity of the product. The reviews on Lignosus have been glowing and good reviews on trustpilot too. But as someone mentioned care is needed with products sold on Facebook and the product is very pricey. Anyway I dug deeper and the active ingredient is Tiger Milk mushroom and there have been several peer review medical studies done on the TMM with good results. I found a herbalist who sells TMM for a fraction of the price and have started taking it with noticeable results but early days. Here is one study here: researchgate.net/publicatio...

Hope this helps.

[claracola in reply to Tienshan]

Thankyou for your reply!