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Fantastic Fungi

There are mushrooms that have been usedin Western medicine

There are mushrooms that have been used
in Western medicine

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There are mushrooms
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that have been used in Western medicine.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:02
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Artemis Rising,Diamond Docs,Moving Art

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Fantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
Penicillin, for example, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Penicillin, for example,
Before it was synthesized, during the Civil War, - Fantastic Fungi 00:14
Before it was synthesized, during the Civil War,
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1927. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1927.
The problem was that - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
The problem was that
We fast forward, - Fantastic Fungi 00:20
We fast forward,
Penicillin literally saved - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
Penicillin literally saved
The Brits had this, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
The Brits had this,
It's been suggested that the discovery - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
It's been suggested that the discovery
Alexander Fleming then received the Nobel Prize in 1945, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Alexander Fleming then received the Nobel Prize in 1945,
Here's how medicinal mushrooms are thought to work: - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Here's how medicinal mushrooms are thought to work:
In order to fight off competition for food, - Fantastic Fungi 00:10
In order to fight off competition for food,
That's what makes antibiotics work. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
That's what makes antibiotics work.
Chemicals that are produced by fungus, - Fantastic Fungi 00:14
Chemicals that are produced by fungus,
There's a long tradition of using mushrooms - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
There's a long tradition of using mushrooms
They appear to be able to enhance - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
They appear to be able to enhance
The uses for them fill niches - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
The uses for them fill niches
In Western medicine, all of our effort - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
In Western medicine, all of our effort
That has its place, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
That has its place,
Shamans would treat patients - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Shamans would treat patients
Well, physicians today treat infections, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Well, physicians today treat infections,