The Benefits of Reishi Mushroom
Reishi growing
The Mushroom of Immortality
Reishi also known as Ganoderma lucidum and lingzhi, is one of the great longevity tonics in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Reishi has a long history of use for promoting health and longevity in China, Japan, and other Asian countries. It has been recognized as a medicinal mushroom for thousands of years in traditional medicine throughout Eastern Asia.
The Healing Properties of Medicinal Mushrooms
Medicinal mushrooms are widely known and studied for their healing properties. One of the great longevity tonics of Chinese Medicine is the Ganoderma Reishi Mushroom, known as the Mushroom of Immortality. Reishi is also known as the divine fungus and the immortality plant, legendary for its medicinal benefits and spiritual or sacred properties. Reishi Mushroom is known to be powerfully antioxidant and liver-protective, helping to slow the processes of aging, thus why they are referred to as the “mushroom of immortality”.
Tincturing Reishi Mushrooms
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MAJOR BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS
Reishi mushrooms contain a wide variety of bioactive molecules, such as terpenoids, steroids, phenols, nucleotides and their derivatives, glycoproteins, and polysaccharides. Mushroom proteins contain all the essential amino acids and are especially rich in lysine and leucine. The low total fat content and high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids relative to the total fatty acids of mushrooms are considered significant contributors to the health value of mushrooms (1)
The Benefits of Using Reishi Mushroom
Modern scientific research has identified a diverse array of bioactive compounds including beta-glucans, polysaccharides and triterpenes responsible for the Reishi mushroom benefits.
These benefits include supporting: Stress, respiratory ailments, cardiovascular disease, digestive problems, allergies, low energy, diabetes, poor appetite, poor memory, cancer, or feeling sick all of the time due to a poor immune system. The adaptogenic properties of medicinal mushrooms have been shown to be immensely beneficial for an array of health issues
Reishi Tincture benefits
Improves digestive and colon health
Boosts the immune system
Helps lower blood pressure
Shows cancer fighting properties
Alleviates chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
Alleviates stress and fatigue
Has cholesterol-lowering compounds
Helps with chronic and allergic asthma.
Improves Type 2 Diabetes
Improves Liver Function
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Risks
There are several risks and considerations to keep in mind before taking reishi mushrooms. Reishi supplements may cause anticoagulants or antiplatelets to become more effective, which increases the risk of bleeding. Therefore, people whom doctors have scheduled for surgery and individuals with bleeding disorders should not take reishi mushrooms. These supplements might also lower blood pressure. People who already have low blood pressure or are taking blood pressure medication may wish to avoid reishi mushrooms. This advice also applies to those taking immunosuppressants, as reishi mushroom supplements may counteract their effectiveness. Also, women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not consume these mushrooms.
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Reishi Mushroom, Ganoderma Reishi or Ling Zhi, is also known as The Mushroom of Immortality. Medicinal mushrooms and mushroom extracts have long been known for their beneficial healing properties, their usage dating back thousands of years in ancient Chinese Medicine. Ganoderma Lucidum, or Reishi mushrooms, were used in ancient Chinese medicine for a variety of powerful healing purposes, treating many systems in the body as an adaptagenic tonic meaning they treat the body where healing is needed.
Reishi is known to be powerfully anti-oxidant and liver-protective, helping to slow the processes of aging, thus why they are referred to as the “mushroom of immortality”. Reishi is also known as the divine fungus and the immortality plant, legendary for its medicinal benefits and spiritual or sacred properties. There are wide ranging benefits to the use of medicinal mushrooms, Reishi and Chaga being two very well-studied cancer fighting mushrooms.
Reishi mushrooms have more than 400 different nutrients. This includes beta-glucans and triterpenoids, compounds that can lower blood sugar and blood pressure levels, reducing your diabetes and heart disease risk.
Studies show the mushrooms also have high antioxidant activity, which protects your body from cell damage that can increase your risk of many chronic diseases.
Medicinal mushrooms are immune enhancing, immune-modulating, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic. This means that they build and balance the immune system.
Reishi mushrooms are used for reducing cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and chronic degenerative conditions of the cardiovascular system Used for treatment of pancreatic condtions such as blood sugar and diabetic conditions, liver conditions, bile flow and good colon health, these powerful mushrooms also have a neuroprotective quality, meaning they protect the brain from toxins and degenerative conditions.
One of the most valuable uses for the medicinal mushrooms is that they are used to counteract the side effects of chemotherapy, such as nausea, and detoxify the toxic drugs and the breakdown of cancer itself.
Studies have shown that the therapeutic agents in the mushrooms are anti-carcinogenic, with potent antitumor activity. If you are suffering from the side effects of chemotherapy or radiation, this is a simple and effective remedy to help you get through the treatment.
Studies show that reishi mushrooms may reduce the severity of chronic fatigue. This effect may be due to the mushrooms’ ability to boost the immune system and fight free radical damage. Reishi mushrooms can also help regulate the body’s testosterone levels, which promotes good energy levels.Reishi mushrooms may cause complications for some people. Consider the following before adding them to your diet:
May Increase Bleeding
Reishi mushrooms may increase the risk of bleeding in people taking blood thinners like warfarin. Always check with your doctor before taking tinctures or any herbal remedies.
Because reishi mushrooms can boost the immune system response, they may worsen symptoms in people taking immunosuppressant medications to treat conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, or psoriasis.
Reishi mushrooms may decrease blood sugar, so taking them alongside blood sugar medication to treat diabetes may cause your blood sugar to go too low.
Low Blood Pressure
Studies show mixed results, but reishi mushrooms may lower blood pressure in some people. If you have low blood pressure, or use medication to lower your blood pressure, talk to your doctor before taking reishi mushrooms.
Pregnancy
There is not enough information to determine if reishi mushrooms are safe for pregnant or breastfeeding women.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-reishi-mushrooms#2
Sue harvests the Reishi in the Pennsylvania Wilds northern forests and creates a double extraction tincture with grain alcohol and pure mountain spring water.
(1)(Chang and Buswell 1996; Borchers et al. 1999; Sanodiya et al. 2009).
(2) https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326520#dosage
(3) Lindequist U, Niedermeyer TH, Jülich WD. The pharmacological potential of mushrooms. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2005;2(3):285-299. doi:10.1093/ecam/neh107
