Name: Pyropolyporus fomentarius; Boletus igniarius.
English: True tinder polypore, Amadou, Surgeon's fungus.
Content: Ergosterol, fungisterol, isoergosterone; synthesizes prostaglandins from linolenic and arachidoneic acids.
General: tumour inhibiting properties (sarcoma), inhibits the growth of herpes simplex virus in cultures.
Throat: oesophageal cancer.
Stomach: cancer, indigestion.
Urinary: bladder complaints.
Female: uterine carcinomas.
Limbs: rheumatism, arthritis.
Skin: bleeding wounds.