Ganoderma

A wonderful "herb"

Ganoderma - also called "Reishi" and "Lingzhi" is a kind of mushroom which has high ranking in the world of fungi. For centuries, the Chinese talked about it as "the king of Herbs" for its outstanding effect in aiding, assisting or helping in the maintenance or improvement of general well-being.

Ganoderma contains more than 200 active elements which can be categorized as water soluble, organic soluble and volatile compounds. The major elements includes polysaccharide, Adenosine and Triterpenoids.

Successful cultivation

Wild Ganoderma is quite rare and is difficult to collect. Even if someone finds it by chance, its effects are always lost because of aging. It becomes hard like leather. They may also be toxic. Since they are haphazardly collected, quality control is impossible.
In 1970, a technician of Kyoto University Foodstuff Scientific Research Institute. Mr. Yukio Naci, used, 'Spore Separation Cultivation Method' to successfully cultivate Ganoderma. This method was introduced in the Republic of China in 1975. Since the climate, and soil conditions are ideal, this technique has been widely adopted.

The magic effects of ganoderma:

Ganoderma has always been shrouded with a mysterious curtain for more than a thousand years. People only know ''Ganodermas can keep one young and give one a long life if taken continuously", but no one had ever scientifically investigated why it is so effective.
Under the attentive research done by both Chinese and foreign scholars in recent years, and the cooperative analysis and clinical experiments done by hospitals, colleges, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, its extensive efficacy has finally been discovered. It is a hemocatheresis, detoxicant, diuretic, liver protector, intestine regulator, cardiotonic, blood pressure adjustor, a cold tonic, antitussive and expectorant, a tranquilliser and anti-tumour drug.