Armillaria mellea

English: Honey mushroom, honey cap, oakroot fungus.
Content: Aromatic esters like armillaricin, armillarigin, armillasin; antibacterial and antifungal esters; organic acids like propionic, valeric, butyric, isobutyric.
General: nutritional value of proteins, carbohydrates, crude fibre, calcium, phosphorus and potassium; antibiotic action against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis.
Action: anti-tumour.
Cardiac and vascular - Decreases heart rate, reduces peripheral and coronary vascular resistance, increases cerebral blood flow, increases coronary vascular efficiency without altering blood pressure.
Nervous: sedative, anti-convulsant, neurasthenia, dizziness, epilepsy, numbness of limbs, insomnia.
Eyes: ophthalmia, night blindness, improves vision.
Ears: tinnitus.
Stomach: gastritis, painful digestion.