Reishi

Reishi

Reishi the Lingzhi mushroom...Ganoderma lucidum enjoys special veneration in Asia, where it has been used as a medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 4,000 years, making it one of the oldest mushrooms known to have been used in medicine... 

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Reishi Ganoderic acid

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Used as a decoction, extract, tincture, food additive and supplement.

Lingzhi, Ganoderma lucidum is the most widely used variety of the most famous Chinese medicine

Reishi is a traditional tonic mushroom for well being.

Reishi (Gonaderma lucidum) is a mushroom traditionally used to increase longevity and well-being and is also suggested to enhance immune response, balance blood sugar, inhibit tumors, enhance cardiovascular health, balance cholesterol levels, tone kidneys and liver, reduce stress, provide antioxidant protection and may be beneficial in the treatment of HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, nephritis, arthritis, bronchitis, asthma, ulcers, insomnia, allergies, tumors, high blood pressure, and bone marrow disorders.

Echinacea purpurea supports the immune system, while Astragalus and Reishi are two of the most important traditional Chinese medicinal herb tonics.

Echinacea, Astragalus & Reishi supports immune response, tones the system, aids adrenal function, supports chronic respiratory diseases, and other immune related illnesses.

Reishi Ginseng and Yeongji sold in bottles, Seoul.

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There is a difference:

The black or violet varnish polypore Ganoderma lucidum, var sinense, also called Ganoderma sinense, or violet Lingzhi (Zhao, Xu, and Zhang) is very closely related, but this is Red Ganoderma. 

This is the black or violet varnish polypore Ganoderma lucidum, var sinense, also called Ganoderma sinense, or violet Lingzhi (Zhao, Xu, and Zhang).

Reishi can be carefully grown on organic millet to nurture its level of polysaccharides.

Reishi Ganoderma lucidum growing

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Asian cultures have also used Reishi, rendered in jade, as a talisman worn around the neck.

Sometimes, whole dried Reishi are placed in the home to ward off evil.

Most research on the cultivation, pharmacology, and clinical use of Lingzhi has focused on Red (Ganoderma lucidum ) and Violet (Ganoderma lucidum, var sinense) Lingzhi, which are considered two varieties of the same mushroom.

Reishi Young Sporocarp

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Reishi is a traditional tonic used to nourish, tonify, and supplement the whole body as it removes toxins and disperses accumulation.

It calms and nourishes the nervous system, strengthens the lungs, protects and stimulates the liver and helps the body adapt to stress.

The reishi mushroom is classified botanically as a polypore, a group of hard, woody, bracket-like mushrooms that decompose wood.

Because of this hard and woody nature, reishi is not eaten, but cut into pieces and made into a thick, boiled tea, a decoction.

This traditional water decoction involves boiling reishi at low temperatures for 2-6 hours. The water soluble compounds are left in the decoction and the mushroom pieces are discarded. A water decoction will contain most of the polysaccharides and some, but not all of the triterpenes.

An alcoholic tincture, that is, an alcohol decoction, or, more properly, an aged alcohol soak, will contain both the water-soluble and most of the water insoluble elements.

Considered among the most powerful natural healing herbs in Asia, Red Reishi was very rare and expensive to obtain until recently.

Reishi is rich in active organic compounds such as polysaccharides, amino acids, proteins, triterpenes, ascorbic acid, sterols, lipids, alkaloids, a glucose, a courmarine glycoside, volatile oil, riboflavin and more.

These compounds are being studied for their positive effects on the immune system, including anti-tumor activity.

William B. Stavinoha & Neera Satsangi University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio: http://www.kyotan.com/lectures/lectures/Lecture4.html: Prospective and retrospectively collected data on men and women suggest that use of non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs is associated with reduced risk of Alzheimers disease.

This research heightens the importance of the ancient reports where Ganoderma lucidum was praised for its effect of increasing memory and preventing forgetfulness in old age reported in Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing vol. 1 as early as 456-536 AD.

Research on mice using orally or topically administered Ganoderma lucidum provides evidence that Ganoderma lucidum has anti-inflammatory activity.

This pharmacological activity may provide the basis for its activity on memory in old age...

Medicinal Mushroom Lapista nuda

Has shown anti tumor qualities

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Research on mice using orally or topically administered Ganoderma lucidum provides evidence that Ganoderma lucidum has anti-inflammatory activity.

This pharmacological activity may provide the basis for its activity on memory in old age, although we do not know as yet that Ganoderma lucidum can enter the brain and exert antiinflammatory activity.

In clinical studies Chang (1994) at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reported that applications of Ganoderma should be studied and considered for (1) chemoprophylaxis of cancer in individuals at high risk for developing cancer (2) adjuvent use in the prevention of metastasis or recurrence of cancer (3)...

Medicinal Mushrooms Cantharellus cibarius

Has shown anti tumor qualities

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Super Reishi Broken Spore --- (immunity, side-effect of chemo & radiation).

The antitussive, expectorant, hypotensive, antihepatic and antibacterial effects of Reishi are well known.

Research found Reishi broken spores are even more potent than Reishi.

They are rich in proteins, 18 amino acids, polypeptides, polysaccharides, nucleosides, terpenoids, alkaloids, carbohydrates, germanium, vitamins and minerals and may speed up T lymph cell transformation, enhance phagocytosis of macrophage and increase white blood cell, promote serum agglutination, raise activation of glutathione peroxidase in blood, inhibit metastatic tumor, increase resistance to hypoxia, reduce cholesterol, etc, without side-effects....

Medicinal Mushrooms Hericium erinaceus

Has shown anti tumor qualities

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The anthocyanin-rich biomass provides the perfect foundation enhancing the level and activity of Reishi's protective anti-aging properties.

Organic Purple Kculli Corn Extract is the cornerstone component in The Purple Corn Reishi Antler Formula...Organic Purple Kculli Corn is an ancient, non GMO, heirloom strain of corn.

An exceptional Traditional Food, found in the mountains and coastal valeys of Peru...

Purple Kculli Corn provides an antioxidant -rich Growth Medium (substrate) upon which the rare Reishi Antler thrives...

The use of Purple Kculli Corn as the growth Medium produces abundant yeilds of Reishi Mushroom Antler in its nutritionally superior form...

The Reishi Antler is the rarest form of the fruiting body and is highly prized in the orient...

The Reishi Antler is traditionally considered the most potent form of the mushroom..

.Research reveals the antioxidant activity of the Reishi Antler displays superior antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties when compared to the common fruiting body...

The Reishi Purple Kculli Corn Optimized Biomass contains the complete life cycle of the "mushroom of immortality"..

.The premier fruiting body, the Antler, and the mycelia biomass are delivered in their most active and bioavailable form...

Medicinal Mushrooms Polyporus umbellatus

Has shown anti tumor qualities

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Reishi Mushroom is a scientifically and technically advanced herbal extract collected from the whole fruiting body and standardized to 10 % polysaccharides...

Tsugae Reishi is a traditional tonic mushroom for well being.

It has been a folk remedy in China for thousands of years and was considered an "elixir of life".

Medicinal Mushrooms Piptoporus betulinus 

Has shown anti tumor qualities

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Reishi Mushroom The oldest Chinese Pharmacopoeia described Reishi as a superior medicine..

These medicines are used for perpetuating youth and longevity and Reishi leads this list...

The harvest time is very important because this allows us to maximize Reishi's medicinal values, or traditionally its life force...

Its primary functions are to: Increase disease resistance...Normalize bodily functions...Lower blood pressure....Decrease LDL cholesterol levels...Promote increased circulation...Combat viral and bacterial infections...Help to reduce side effects of cancer therapies...

Medicinal Poisonous Mushrooms Amanita muscaria

or "death cap"

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Reishi Mushrooms grow wild on decaying logs and tree stumps in coastal provinces of China...

It grows in six different colors, the most common being red...

It is cultivated in North America, Taiwan, China, Japan and Korea..

.It has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for over 4,000 years...

They generally treated fatigue, weakness, asthma, insomnia, and cough...

Common uses for it today are: altitude sickness, fatigue, hepatitis, high triglycerides, and HIV support..

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