Not so long ago, a unique medicinal plant Ganoderma appeared on the domestic market. There are negative reviews about drugs made on its basis, but there are not many of them. Basically, consumers are delighted with the effect produced by Ganoderma. That she just does not heal! Some patients say that with its help they even got rid of birth defects of the body. What is actually this Ganoderma? How and to whom does she help?
Correct name
Ganoderma, or the mushroom of immortality. So the Koreans and Chinese call this miracle. The first mention of him is associated with the almost mythical Shen Nong, born with the head of a bull. As far back as 3200 BC, he compiled Ben-Tsao, his famous herbalist, in which he called ganoderma a remedy donated by the gods. After a millennium and a half, he wrote about the beneficial properties of ganoderma and Li Shizhen, a famous Chinese scientist. There is a legend about Emperor Shi Huang, who ruledChina in the 3rd century BC. He ordered 250 young men and the same number of girls to find for him a plant that gives immortality. They brought him Ganoderma. The Japanese called this same mushroom “reishi”, or “mannentake”, which in Japanese means “mushroom of ten millennia and spiritual strength”. In Russia, it is better known as a tinder fungus. The scientific world calls it Ganoderma lucidum.
Biological Description
There are many types of mushrooms called ganoderma. Negative reviews about him may be due to the fact that the wrong plants were used. These mushrooms belong to the Ganoderma family, which means "growing on stumps and trees." All of them are divided into two subfamilies - with shiny and ordinary hats. Ganoderma lucidum is one of the former. It is almost impossible to confuse it with other tinder fungi, since it is the only one that grows not on the tree trunk itself, but on a stem, sometimes reaching 25 cm in length and 3 cm in diameter. The cap of ganoderma is oval or ovoid with an approximate size of 8 x 25 x 3 cm, but smaller or larger specimens are also found. From above, it, like tree trunks, is streaked with multiple annual growth rings. Outwardly, the hat is brown (maybe purple-brown, even black), with a light edging, smooth, shiny, for which many people call the mushroom varnished. Its pulp is almost like wood in hardness. It has no taste or smell. From below, the hat is light, tubular. This is a hymenophore of a fungus. Its spores are small, like powder, brown in color.
Habitat
Many marketing companiesclaim that Ganoderma grows only in China and Japan. The negative reviews of some consumers are caused by distrust of such “experts” and products in general, because you can meet a miracle mushroom not only in advanced countries in terms of philosophy and alternative medicine, but on almost all continents except Antarctica. There is one in Russia as well.
Ganoderma grows mainly on dead deciduous trees in the lower part of the trunk. On conifers, he also occasionally comes across. If the fungus begins to grow on a living he althy tree, it dies quickly, since the tinder fungus is a saprophyte, that is, a wood destroyer. It is very rare to see Ganoderma directly on the ground. This happens when the fungus begins to sprout on the roots of the tree. It is harvested from the beginning of July until frost. The therapeutic properties of the fungus, as well as its appearance, are very dependent on what substrate it grows on. Now Ganoderma has begun to be cultivated, like oyster mushrooms.
Biochemical composition
The Ganoderma plant, which, unfortunately, has negative reviews, is not a panacea for all ailments, but a unique chance to improve he alth. The composition of the fungus is well studied. Carbohydrates, proteins, alkaloids, vitamins, amino acids, triterpenes (steroids), peptides, glycosides, essential oils, a lot of trace elements (potassium, magnesium, molybdenum, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, germanium, zinc) were found in his body and mycelium. and others). Each of them is immensely important for the functioning of the human body. But the most valuable are the groups present in the Ganodermapolysaccharides that provide us with energy, strengthen the immune system, perform many other important functions, and triterpenes that affect the functioning of almost all systems of the human body.
Scope of application
The chemical composition determines a wide range of diseases and negative conditions, in the treatment of which Ganoderma (mushroom) helps. Reviews of people who used it indicate a significant effect in many diseases. In folk and alternative medicine, ganoderma is recommended for:
- heart disease (ischemia, myocardial infarction and others);
- hypertension;
- problems with the gastrointestinal tract;
- asthma;
- neurasthenia;
- epilepsy;
- cirrhosis;
- oncology;
- diabetes mellitus;
- allergies;
- skin diseases (eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis);
- colds;
- sore throat;
- bronchitis;
- reduced immunity;
- overweight;
- pancreatitis;
- insomnia;
- increased fatigue and others.
It is difficult to list all diseases. Among other things, Ganoderma restores body cells and restores their youth.
Drugs
Now various preparations are produced from the ganoderma fungus. It can be capsules, coffee, tea, chocolate, toothpastes, creams, shampoos. Some use only the mycelium of the fungus and its body, while others add auxiliary elements, such asginseng, sea buckthorn, vitamins.
All of them have a different intensity of therapeutic effect. In Russia, on the packages you can see the names "Reishi", "Linzhi", "Ganoderma". It's all the same mushroom. There are also preparations of ganoderma with cordyceps. This is another type of fungus (not a tinder fungus) that parasitizes insects. Despite the extraordinary popularity and high cost, scientific studies have not confirmed the value of this product as a medicine. In China, Cordyceps is used more as an aphrodisiac, added to dishes, but some patients who took it as a medicine noticed an improvement in well-being.
Features of the impact on the body
Many expect a quick effect by starting to take the coveted drug with the names "Reishi", "Ganoderma Lucidum". Consumer reviews depend on the correct use of the product, because this mushroom works like a small life-giving laboratory. Once in the body, at first it seems to scan it, determining where and what is wrong. This process takes up to 30 days. Some patients may develop skin rashes and problems with the digestive system.
After scanning, the fungus begins to remove toxins and cleanse the cells. Depending on the contamination, the process can take from 1 week to 3 months. And again, unpleasant symptoms are possible (rash, cough, irregular or loose stools, increased sweating). The third stage is recovery. Sometimes it lasts a year. In the next 2 years, the fungus will continue to treat all diseased body systems and will “work” forconsolidation of the achieved result.
In the future, patients taking the drug without interruption note the rejuvenating effect produced by the drug and the restoration of many lost functions. So don't expect instant recovery from Ganoderma treatment.
Tea and coffee
The most controversial reviews are found among consumers who drank coffee with Ganoderma. Some note the good taste of the product, and after using it - an increase in strength, improved sleep, reduced fatigue, increased efficiency. Another part of consumers in their comments, on the contrary, point to the low taste of the product at a fairly high price, as well as the development of adverse reactions in the form of rashes, nausea, pain in the stomach and the absence of even a minimal therapeutic effect. Coffee is sold in packs of 20 bags. It comes with and without sugar.
Ganoderma tea is recommended for body cleansing and weight loss. There are many good reviews here. Consumers like both the taste of the product and the result of its use. True, weight is reduced very gradually and slightly, but at the same time sleep improves, fatigue is removed, vigor and good mood appear.
Ganoderma extract Ganoderma extract
Extracts are the extraction of useful substances from medicinal raw materials in a high concentration. They can be liquid and powder, on water, alcohol, ether and other extractants. extractsGanoderma is most often cooked in water. It is a thick liquid-like substance (in bottles) or powdery (in capsules). There are also products with various additives - with an extract from ginseng roots, with spores of Ganoderma itself, and others. All of these drugs can be used for prophylactic or therapeutic purposes. The difference lies in the doses of the drug at a time. So, for the prevention of diseases, it is recommended to drink one capsule (bottle) per day, and for the treatment of 1-2 capsules daily. Duration of admission - from one month, and then according to indications.
Ganoderma: reviews, instructions, composition
As mentioned above, there are many companies that make Ganoderma products. In some preparations, only powder from the body of the fungus and its spores are present, in others - variations of several medicinal additives and ganoderma fungus in various proportions. Most often, the composition is indicated on the packaging of the product. It can be assumed in advance that excipients are necessarily present in coffee, tea, cocoa, such as cocoa powder, tea leaves, coffee bean powder, sometimes sugar, and ganoderma in them - from 5% or more, depending on the manufacturer. That is why reviews of such products are not always favorable and mainly boil down to the fact that the therapeutic effect is not pronounced or you have to wait a long time for its manifestation.
Ganoderma in briquettes and capsules
With or without additives, all preparations with Ganoderma are classified as dietary supplements, not medicines. This must be clearly understood beforecourse of their use. The pure product is available in 2 gram briquettes (mushroom body) and capsules (crushed fungus body and spores).
Briquettes are used like this:
2 pieces pour a glass of hot water (about 100 degrees), leave for 15-20 minutes, strain, drink with meals.
Capsules "Lingzhi Mushroom Ganoderma" are also consumed with food, without opening. In general, any drug with ganoderma should be drunk with food.
Despite the widest scope of this Chinese miracle product and its significant therapeutic effect, which is noted in most cases, the "mushroom of immortality" also has contraindications. It should not be taken orally by pregnant and lactating women (creams and shampoos can be used), infants, people with individual intolerance to this drug.
