A Closer Look at Natural Killer Cells In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Three Natural Ways to Boost Them
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- May 2014
Summary
Maitake mushroom was credited by a commenter, in a discussion of natural killer (NK) cell counts in chronic fatigue syndrome, with helping raise her NK cell count a bit; no dose, duration of use, prior illness duration, or severity is given. The improvement described is limited to this one lab marker rather than any described change in symptoms. No follow-up on whether the effect lasted is given.
What they credit
Credits AHCC and medicinal mushrooms (reishi, shiitake, maitake).
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