ganoderma
lucidum
AKA
Ling-shi
PARTS USED
body and stem
The mushroom known
in Japan as Reishi and China as Lingzhi
- an Asian form of
ganoderma lucidum
is a polypore mushroom.
They have no gills but instead pores
that release their seed (spores)
hence the name polypore.
Reishi is a large, dark, very tough,
woody /corky mushroom.
Most mushrooms are around 90% water,
while reishi is around 75% water.
Dry or wet it is inedible,
therefore it must be made into a tea or extract.
It is rarely found in nature, and has been
used as a herbal medicine for more than 4,000 years
in traditional Chinese medicine,
making it the oldest mushroom known
to have been used in medicine.
'Lingzhi', in Chinese, means "herb of spiritual potency",
and because of its multiple health benefits and
absence of side-effects, it has attained
an unparalleled reputation in the East
as the ultimate herbal substance.
Lingzhi has now been added
to the
American
Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Therapeutic Compendium.
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