Tibicos mushroom or water kefir

Tibicos? When I was first introduced to this “strange” spongy transparent gelatin-like substance, I was quite confused over the many names that I came across after searching the internet. The more I searched, the more confused I became. Finally, I decided to stick to my favorite website, the Wikipedia which has two separate articles on this substance. One is tibicos and the other is kefir. From there I tried to form some sort of a logical conclusion . Asians tend to refer this substance as tibicos, more specifically as tibicos mushroom. Please bear in mind that it is definitely not the typical mushroom. Tibicos is believed to have originated from Tibet. Most people from the west call it kefir, and attribute its source from the Caucasian mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Both tibicos and kefir are considered a probiotic drink containing a complex structure of good bacteria and yeast in a matrix of proteins, lipids and sugars. Probiotics refers to the healthy bacteria which feeds on the “bad” unhealthy bacteria in our stomach and intestines.

By whatever name we may call it, I believe that they are similar, or at least from the same “family“.

So let us get the name right. And it has so many names across the globe. Here are just a few names for this “mysterious and miraculous” substance. Tibicos, tibicos mushroom, tibicos life grains, tibis, kefir, milk kefir, water kefir, kefir grains, kefir life grains, sugar kefir grains, kefir yogurt, kefir fungus, Japanese water crystals, California bees, beer seeds, ginger bees, Tibetan mushroom, and Chinese snow lotus or xuelian, or xue lian flowers (Xue Lian Hua ~ 雪莲花).

The photo showing the tibicos mushroom on the top right corner was taken by me. You would notice the brown color instead of whitish as shown in some other sites. This is due to the concentrated brown sugar used for my “special” recipe. You will find my “special” recipe at the end of this article.

Kefir comes in two “different” types. The milk kefir and the water kefir. The former is by using milk. And the latter, water. Some people consider these two as different types of kefir. I think they are similar, but I stand to be corrected. Whatever they are, we are more concerned with the efficacy of this substance, which I choose to call Tibicos mushroom. Tibicos mushroom looks like little cauliflower floret but in transparent jelly-like form. Tibicos mushroom feeds on milk or sugar solution to form a culture of bacteria and yeast. The end-product of this mixture is the tibicos mushroom drink, be it in water-base or milk-base. The alternative names are water kefir and milk kefir. In this article, it is this drink in water-base that we will focus on. Some call it “life-cultured” drink.

Tibicos mushrooms contain healthy minerals and vitamins, plus all the good bacteria. They contain phosphorous, magnesium and calcium; and the vitamins B, C and K; plus amino acids. In short, tibicos mushroom is a powerful health drink that gives vitality to the body as well as cures myriads of ailments. It is touted to be the best antioxidant-probiotic drink ever available!

The kind person who introduced me to tibicos mushroom was suffering for months of joint pain around the knees and ankles. The pain was so intense that he walked with a limp. After taking the tibicos mushroom drink the intense pain eased so much that he was able to walk properly. His bowel control also improved. His numerous trips to urinate during the night were also drastically reduced. This is perhaps the best proof of the potency of tibicos mushroom drink. It is this positive improvement in this person's health in such a short period that convinced me of the potency and effectiveness of tibicos mushroom. 

It took me many weeks of research in the internet for more information plus more weeks preparing my first tibicos mushroom drink and more weeks to complete the whole course of consuming the cultured drink, and monitoring its effects on me.  Now I am ready to share with all of you, this fantastic and effective cultured tibicos mushroom drink.

As for me, my immediate positive body reponse after drinking tibicos drink was my greatly improved bowel control.

Below is a list of the benefits and cures of tibicos mushroom:

(Certainly not exhaustive!)

• Cures migraine and headache
• Cures insomnia and dizziness
• Prevents heart related problems
• Controls cholesterol level
• Destroys gallstones
• Regulates blood pressure
• Prevent metastasis
• Strengthens bronchial tubes and the lungs
• Cures asthma, reduces phlegm and stops cough
• Regulates body weight
• Cures herpes
• Cures eye cataracts
• Heals inflammation
• Strengthens the digestive system
• Strengthens bladder control
• Strengthens bowel control
• Eliminates toxins in the digestive system
• Cures arthritis and joint pain
• Maintains healthy condition of all the vital organs
• Cures diarrhea
• Lowers sugar level
• Maintains healthy conditions of arteries and veins.
• Improves focus and mental alertness
• Cures seizures
• Prevents rapid aging
• And of course; prevents cancer

What is so special about my “special” recipe for tibicos mushroom drink? The advantage of this special recipe is that it saves you a lot of time in preparation. The usual recipes for tibicos mushroom or more often called kefir drink require you to prepare it everyday. Then you drink a glass of the drink each day. This means you need to prepare a glass of tibicos mushroom drink everyday.

My special recipe is for making a tibicos mushroom concentrate. You then take a tablespoon of the concentrate once first thing in the morning and once at night before going to sleep. This special recipe will last you more than 20 days . This is many many times more convenient than to prepare tibicos drink everyday!

Below is my special recipe, and it is very simple as well:

Ingredients :

• 1 liter of pure water, or filtered water
• 250 grams of tibicos mushroom
• 250 grams of brown sugar (choose the darker colored variety)

Never use metal utensils or metal containers. Use only plastic or glass utensils and containers.

Methods:

• Put the 250 gm of brown sugar into a 2-liter plastic or glass container.
• Pour in the 1 liter of water.
• Stir until the brown sugar dissolves in the water.
• Put in the 250 gm of tibicos mushroom.
• Gently stir the mixture.
• Cover the container with a perforated cloth. (The tibicos mushroom needs air.)
• Place the container in a cool place for 3 days. (If scum-like substance forms on the surface, gently scoop it out and discard together with the grains that are stuck on it.)
• After the third day, pour the mixture through a plastic sieve into another plastic or glass container.
• You will have about 800ml (3 cups) of the tibicos mushroom concentrate.
• Keep this concentrate in the fridge at all times.
• By now the tibicos mushroom would have increased to about 650gm!
• Keep the tibicos mushroom for another round of concentrate.

Direction for consumption :

• Each morning upon waking up, with empty stomach, take a tablespoon of the concentrate.
• Then followed by drinking at least a glass of plain water. You must remember to drink this glass of water immediately, because you have taken the tibicos culture in a concentrated form.
• At night before going to bed, do likewise as in the morning.
• Follow this instruction for the whole duration until the concentrate is finished.
• This would take you about 25 days.
• Then take a rest for about a week, and start the process again.

The tibicos concentrate taste like wine. I am not a wine drinker, but I think it tastes like wine to me. So if you are a wine connoisseur, you may specially like this concentrate. But always remember to drink plenty of water immediately after taking the concentrate.

If you have been reading my other articles on wellness, you would have noticed 3 salient principles in the information I shared with you. They are:

1. Simple and easy.
2. 100% natural and safe.
3. It's free or not costly.

Please remember to pass this good news to all your friends and relatives. Share your excess tibicos mushroom with them. This will make them happy; and you will be happy too! And so will I!!!

It is the usual practice that tibicos mushroom should be shared with others free of charge. It is with this moral responsibility and obligation in mind that I am also following this practice of free-sharing.

If you are within my area in Malaysia, I may be able to supply you the tibicos mushroom for free, with only one condition. Please give the excess tibicos for free to those who need it. In this way, together we can make this world a better place.

Just contact me for further information.

Some readers here may also have ample supply of the tibicos mushroom, and may be generous enough to share with others within their areas. Please make known in the “comments” section for the benefits of all humankind.

For those interested to obtain free supplies within your area, please go through the comments section below and I am sure in time to come, there will be others nearby who are happy to share for free.

By the way, from my experience, the tibicos mushroom becomes inactive (dead?) after being kept for more than a month. So to preserve your stock, please use them before one month.

Below are 3 Youtube videos on how to prepare the water kefir drink. Please note that they are kefir drink, and not like my tibicos mushroom concentrtate.

Kefir drink, you need to prepare everyday and drink the whole glass of the prepared solution; while you only need to take a tablespoon of my concentrated form followed by a glass of water. You only need to make the concentrate that I suggested once in about 25 days!

The videos are to give you an idea of how to prepare the kefir or tibicos mushroom drink. Hope you enjoy watching them.

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The information provided in this article is sourced from the internet, from friends and contacts, and from personal experience. As I cautioned in my article, not every remedy will work on everyone. So is conventional medical treatment. It very much depends on the constituents of the person and the conditions peculiar to that person. Whatever the reasons, this article does not claim the information provided is totally accurate and reliable and will cure everyone. The purpose of this article is merely to inform visitors that there are alternative cures for all ailments.

You are therefore advised to consult your registered medical physicians as a matter of due diligence.