Complaint drawer
What is the body asking for?
Type a complaint — cough, sleep, skin — or tap chips. Matching plates and cups rise by how many of those traditional uses they carry. A folk index, not a diagnosis.
12 plates for low immunity
Almond mushroom
Agaricus subrufescens
A Brazilian button mushroom that smells of almond — food first, immune-glucan folklore second.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Astragalus
Astragalus mongholicus
A northern Chinese milkvetch root simmered for months of recovery — not an acute cold rescue.
low immunity
1/1OpenCaution
Cordyceps
Cordyceps militaris
Orange cultivated cordyceps used for stamina and lung Qi — buy militaris, not mystery 'Himalayan gold'.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Enoki
Flammulina velutipes
The needle mushroom of hot-pot — food first, with a modest winter immune tradition in East Asia.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Garlic
Allium sativum
The original kitchen antimicrobial — crushed raw for punch, roasted for daily food medicine.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
King oyster
Pleurotus eryngii
The steak of the oyster clan — a fat stem you sear, with the same gentle glucan bonus as its cousins.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Maitake
Grifola frondosa
Hen-of-the-woods — a clustered oak fungus eaten for flavor and immune tone.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Oyster mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus
The easiest gourmet mushroom — food first, with a modest immune-supporting glucan bonus.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Prairie coneflower taken at the first scratch of a cold — immune-modulating, not a daily tonic.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Reishi
Ganoderma lucidum
The lacquered 'mushroom of immortality' — a bitter decoction for recovery, sleep, and immune tone.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Shiitake
Lentinula edodes
The farmable forest mushroom — food first, immune-modulating lentinan as a bonus.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
Turkey tail
Trametes versicolor
Zoned fans on dead wood — the best-studied medicinal polypore for immune support beside treatment, not instead of it.
low immunity
1/1OpenGentle
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