Mushroom M8 - SuperFeast

Mushroom M8 contains 8 of the world's favourite medicinal mushrooms in a single capsule, hand-picked to support immunity, gut health, hormonal function, and the nervous system.

Support Immunity

These eight mushrooms were some of the most revered and cherished by the traditional healers the world over, especially the Taoists.

Mushroom M8 is an immunological powerhouse and supports the body to return to harmony through normalising the nervous and hormonal systems as well as regulating the Qi of all major organs.

These convenient capsules are the perfect starting point for someone wanting to get started on their path to radiant health, or for the well versed herbalist to maintain their daily dose of medicinal mushrooms.

Medicinal mushrooms typically work to strengthen the Spleen and Lung channels; this blend also works on the Liver, Kidney, and Heart channels making it a full-power formula to bring overall harmony and vitality to the body.

Sourcing

Sourcing herbs from their spiritual homeland is born from the Taoist philosophy, called Di Dao (地道). Di Dao poetically translates as the ‘way of the Earth,’ and shows us where to harvest herbs if we wish to experience the herb’s true Spirit. From its ‘original place’ or ‘spiritual homeland’, a method that results in a product that is both full spectrum and medicinally robust.

The relationship that the herb’s growth cycle has developed with the atmosphere, bacteria, insects, mycelium, tree networks and stars of its Di Dao location is something that has been observed and discovered over a very long time, and we feel it deserves acknowledgement, respect and conservation.

Di Dao is the classification given to the highest quality herbs in China, and describes the core sourcing philosophy that we practice here at SuperFeast.

Extraction

SuperFeast herbs are expertly extracted by trained herbalists using unique and patented techniques, specific to the herb. These techniques are also ancient, as old as herbalism itself - water, organic rice alcohol, time and pressure create your extracts. Modern techniques like spray-drying help preserve the quality and integrity of the extracts. It's the best of ancient meets modern. 

We don't follow a pharmaceutical model, we don't isolate, we don't standardise, herbs are treated uniquely.

We extract following the Hou Huo (火候) technique, the art of decocting / extracting a herb specifically through adjusted heat, menstruum & length of time. This term roughly translates to heat control; crucial moment; maturity. The practicing tonic herbalists, who use this technique while extracting your herbs, combine their expertise with the relationship they have with the ancient herbs & Taoist philosophy.

All leading to the superior herbal experience that those in our community know & love.Unless otherwise noted, all our products are 10:1 extracts.

10:1 Extraction Ratio

This standard ratio of ours means we use 10 kilos of dry herb to create 1kg of extract powder. This is a traditionally-used extract ratio used in Classical Chinese Medicine. We like this ratio as it allows us to create a product which contains the maximum possible array of naturally occurring medicinal components in their innate and natural ratios. At this ratio there is little waste from what we extract, so we have a true full-spectrum powder without having to eliminate any of the unknown or lesser known compounds that are symbiotic to the herb’s effects.

Full Spectrum vs. Standardisation

There is a tendency in Westernised herbal medicine to focus on isolating or increasing active ingredients in herbal products and drugs. Taoist (and traditional) herbalists focus instead on using only whole plants and natural extraction mediums and menstruums (solvents) like water (or tea, or broth) and alcohol/fat (tinctures, wines, oils, etc.) to extract every element possible from the herb. This intention comes from a desire to keep the herb completely unified where possible, and this is the same philosophy and method we apply to our SuperFeast products.

Each herb has hundreds, if not thousands, of bioactive compounds that contribute to the full scope of the herb’s medicinal benefits, and it takes a lot of care to ensure as many of these are present in the extraction as possible. It is through these full-spectrum extractions in ancient times that Taoists were able to identify that these herbs were in fact tonic, and could aid us in cultivating vibrancy within our body and mind.

• Stress
• Energy
• Gut
• Immunity
• Liver
• Longevity
• Qi
• Spleen

Directions for use: Adults, take 4 capsules daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.

Ingredients:

• Cordyceps sinensis (Cordyceps)
  From dry hypahe 0.768g 76.8mg
• Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)
  From dry fruiting body 0.768g 76.8mg
• Grifola frondosa (Maitake)
  From dry fruiting body 0.768g 76.8mg
• Lentinula edodes (Shiitake)
  From dry fruiting body 0.768g 76.8mg
• Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail mushroom)
  From dry fruiting body 0.768g 76.8mg
• Polyporus umbellatus (Zhu ling)
  From dry fruiting body 0.768g  76.8mg
• Tremella fuciformis (Tremella)
  From dry fruiting body 0.384g 38.4mg
• Wolfiporia cocos (Poria)
  From dry fruiting body 0.384g
   38.4mg

Non-active ingredients: Excipients colloidal anhydrous silica, leucine, vegetable capsules (purified water, hypromellose)

Sourcing & Extraction:

Each mushroom is carefully sourced from traditional herb-producing regions of China and always grown on wood, with the exception of our Cordyceps Cs-4 which is produced via liquid fermentation.

Systems

In ancient Taoist medicine, tonic herbs and medicinal mushrooms were used to nourish and tonify specific systems within the body. These systems correlate with the natural elements, and their direct effect can be classified as either Major or Minor.

Major | Liver Wood | Spleen Earth

Major | Heart Fire | Kidney Water

Treasures

When there is harmony between the body systems and elements, we cultivate the expression of health known as our Treasures.

Major | Qi

Minor | Yin and Yang Jing | Shen

Contraindications:

Not suitable for those with culinary mushroom allergies. If you are on blood thinners or blood pressure medication, please check with your prescribing doctor if a medicinal mushroom formulation is appropriate for you.

About the Company

In 2011, Mason Taylor’s passion for health and his desire to access the world's best supplements, herbs and medicinal mushrooms led to the creation of SuperFeast.

From humble beginnings in his mum’s garage, SuperFeast has grown into Australia’s leading supplier of Dì Dào (地道) tonic herbs and mushrooms.

Mason founded the business in the family home in suburban Gladesville, Sydney. In those days, the dream to become a mushroom and tonic herb company was so huge that it seemed impossible. Drawing inspiration from the herbalists that Mason adored, alongside his experience with longevity-enhancing supplements, SuperFeast began offering a range of obscure health products.

Six months into the birth of SuperFeast, Mason’s mother Janesse suffered a debilitating stroke. The months following involved emergency care, rehabilitation and the slow adjustment to a new way of life.

SuperFeast would never have existed without Janesse.

To this day we ensure that the charitable spirit and love for life that Janesse has is always preserved in SuperFeast’s business operations and message. Janesse remains an ongoing inspiration to all of us at SuperFeast - she is still recovering but maintains a zest for life and a great sense of humour, and is a daily consumer of SuperFeast’s offerings.

After his mum’s aneurysm, Mason made a conscious decision to become thoroughly dedicated to SuperFeast and its mission to prevent as much degeneration and illness as humanly possible while promoting flourishing health. It was with this new energy that the tonic herbs and mushrooms were included in the SuperFeast range.

To this day SuperFeast is 100% family owned and we pride ourselves on being a family business. This allows us to move forward with the same grassroots values that were presented on day one.