A mushroom with a shiny cap which typically grows on dead or dying timber, found in Asia and North America. Preparations made from it are credited with various stimulant and health-giving properties.
灵芝
Ganoderma lucidum, family Ganodermaceae, class Hymenomycetes
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Boil 2-18 gm of chopped or powdered reishi mushroom in a quart of water.
Many mushrooms, especially reishi, contain substances that inhibit the activation of cytokines and their by-products.
In clinical studies, maitake, reishi and shiitake mushrooms have demonstrated anticancer activities.
Studies with substances from reishi mushrooms have been shown useful in lowering both cholesterol and blood pressure.
Shiitake and reishi mushrooms, both used and studied in China, knock cholesterol levels almost in half.