What is Ganoderma?

Ganoderma lucidum, Chinese medicine name. It is the fruit body of Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss.ex Fr.) Karst., Ganoderma sinense Zhao, Xu et Zhang [ G. japonicum (Fr.) Lloyd], etc. Ganoderma lucidum is widely distributed in China, but it is mostly south of the Yangtze River; Zizhi is endemic to China and is distributed in high temperature and rainy areas south of the Yangtze River. It has the effects of benefiting qi and blood, reassuring, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Indications are fatigue, palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, fatigue, chronic cough, asthma, coronary heart disease, silicosis, and tumors.

Chinese scientific name: Ganoderma lucidum
nickname: Sanxiu, Yin, Zhi, Ganoderma, Wood Ganoderma, Fungus Ganoderma
boundary: Fungal kingdom
door: Fungi
Tsuna: Stratomyces

Head: Non-folding order
Branch: Poaceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species: Ganoderma, Purple Zhi
Poisonous: Non-toxic "Don't Record"
Amount: Decoction, 10-15g; ground powder, 2-6g

Ganoderma lucidum storage

Store in a dry container, keep it tightly closed in a cool and dry place.

Reishi Herbal Medicine

Fruiting body.

Reishi grass flavor

Sweet and flat.

Ganoderma lucidum

Return to the lungs, heart, and spleen.

Ganoderma lucidum effect

Yiqi blood, peace of mind, spleen and stomach.

Indications for Ganoderma lucidum

Fatigue, palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, fatigue, chronic cough, asthma, coronary heart disease, silicosis, tumors.

Ganoderma lucidum related compatibility

1. Treating shortness of breath, shortness of breath, dry lips, cold hands and feet, or irritability, cramped eyes, and pain in the abdomen. Don't think about diet: Zizhi one or two and a half, potato, Tianxiong (cracked, peeled), Bai Ziren (fried fragrant, do not research), Zhishi (reduced, bran fried yellow), Morinda (reduced heart), White Poria (removed from black peel) one and a half each, ginseng, raw dried rehmannia (washed, roasted), wheat asparagus (removed from heart, roasted), Schisandra (removed from stems and leaves, fried), pinellia (soup washed and slipped, Fried), peony skin, aconite (blast cracked to the umbilical skin) three points each, Zhishi, Polygala (to the heart) one point each, Zexie, melon seeds (fried incense) each half. The upper eighteen flavors are made with mashed Luo as the last, refining honey and pills, such as sycamore seeds, fifteen pills per serving, under warm wine, one serving on the hollow day and noon, and gradually to thirty pills. ("Shengji General Records" Zizhi Wan)

2. Treatment of accumulated stomach disease: 1.5 g of Ganoderma lucidum, chopped, and soaked with old wine. ("Hangzhou Medicinal Plant History")

3. Treatment of neurasthenia, palpitations, dizziness, restlessness at night: Ganoderma lucidum 1.5g-3g. Shuijianbi 2 times a day. ("Chinese Medicinal Fungi")

4. Treatment of chronic hepatitis, pyelonephritis, bronchial asthma: Ganoderma lucidum is dried and ground, and it is taken by boiling water, 0.9g-1.5g per serving, 3 times a day. ("Chinese Medicinal Fungi")

5. Treatment of coronary heart disease: Ganoderma lucidum slice 6g, add water to cook for 2h, take, morning and evening once. ("Chinese Medicinal Fungi")

6. Treatment of poisoning by accidental eating germs: Ganoderma 120g, decoction. ("Chinese Medicinal Fungi")

7. Treatment of silicosis (for patients with stage 1-3 silicosis, the longest working age is 22 years, the shortest 8 years): Ganoderma lucidum orally, 3 times a day, 10ml each time. ("National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine")

8. Treatment of rhinitis: 500g of ganoderma, chopped, decoction in low heat 2 times, 3-4h each time, combine the decoction, concentrate and filter with multi-layer gauze, add filtrate to 500ml of distilled water, drip nose 2-6 Drop, 2-4 times a day. ("National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine")

9. Treatment of mastitis: Ganoderma lucidum 30-60g. Decoction. ("Hunan Medicine Journal")

10. Treatment of aphthous ulcers: Ganoderma lucidum crushed, tung oil applied to the affected area. ("Hunan Medicine Journal")

Ganoderma lucidum dosage

Oral administration: Jiantang, 10-15g; ground powder, 2-6g;

Use of Ganoderma lucidum

Empirical caution.

Ganoderma lucidum preparation

Ganoderma lucidum collection and processing

Before the fruit body begins to release spores, it can be bagged to collect spores. When the outer edge of the fungus cover no longer grows, the tube holes under the fungus cover begin to spray basidiospores outward, indicating that it is mature and ready to be harvested. Unscrew the entire sprout from the bottom of the fungus Store in a solid, dry or low-temperature oven (temperature not exceeding 55 ° C) and store it in a ventilated place to prevent mildew.

Processing method of ganoderma lucidum

Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, and sieve away sand.

Morphological characteristics of Ganoderma lucidum

Ganoderma lucidum, also known as "Red Book" of Red Zhi and Danzhi, "National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine" of flushing Ganoderma. Basilicus is annual, stalk-shaped, and septic. The cap is semicircular or kidney-shaped, with a diameter of 10-20cm, the thickness of the cover is 1.5-2cm, the surface of the cover is brownish yellow or reddish-brown, the edge of the cover gradually becomes yellow, with concentric ring patterns, slightly wrinkled or smooth, and has a bright lacquer Glossy, slightly dull edges. The fungus is milky white and light brown near the tube. Bacterial tubes are 1cm long, 4-5 per 1mm. The nozzle is nearly round, white at first, and pale yellow or tan later. Stipe cylindrical, lateral or partial, occasionally mesophyllous. It is 10-19cm long and 1.5-4cm thick, similar to the color of the cap. The mycelia of the crust are stick-shaped and the tips are swollen. The mycelium system is three-body type, the reproductive mycelium is transparent and thin-walled; the skeleton hyphae is yellow-brown, thick-walled, almost solid; the twined hyphae is colorless, thick-walled and curved, all branched. The spores are ovate, double-walled, the top is truncated, the outer wall is transparent, the inner wall is light brown, and there are small spines. Winter matures.

Zizhi, also known as Muzhi "The Book". The difference from the previous species is that the cap of Zizhi is mostly purple-black to nearly brown-black; the flesh is uniformly brown, dark brown to chestnut brown; the spores are umbilical at the top, the small spines protruding from the inner wall are obvious, and the spores are larger. Size (9.5-13.8) m × (6.9-8.5) m.

Ganoderma lucidum growing environment

Ganoderma lucidum: Born on the rhizosphere or dead tree stumps of the family Fagaceae and Pinaceae in Xiangyang. China is widely distributed, but it is mostly south of the Yangtze River.

Zizhi: Born on a stump of a broadleaf tree or Pinus pine. Causes white decay of the wood. Endemic to China. Distributed in high temperature and rainy areas south of the Yangtze River.

Ganoderma lucidum identification

Medicinal properties: Ganoderma lucidum: fruiting body is umbrella-shaped, hard cap (bacillus cap) hard wood suppository, semi-circular or kidney-shaped, 12-20cm wide, about 2cm thick, the skin is hard and firm, early yellow, reddish brown, Glossy, with ring-shaped ribs and radial wrinkles, thin and flat edges, often slightly curled. The flesh is almost white to light brown; the surface of the fungus is white to light brown under the cover, which is composed of countless fine tubular holes (bacteria tubes). The stipe is lateral, up to 19cm in length and about 4cm thick. The surface is reddish brown to purple brown with lacquer-like luster. Light-hearted and light.

Zizhi: The fruit body of this product is similar to Ganoderma lucidum, the main difference is that the skin of the cap and stalk is purple-black or brown-black; the tube under the cap and the cap is rusty brown.

Ganoderma lucidum herbal action

1. Effect on the central nervous system

2. Effect on the cardiovascular system

3. Antiplatelet aggregation and antithrombotic effect

4. Effect on the respiratory system

5. Effect on metabolism and endocrine function

6. Hepatoprotective effect

7. Effect on experimental muscle rigidity

8. Antioxidant and anti-aging effect

9. Anti-inflammatory effect

10. Antitumor effect

11. Anti-radiation effect

12. Immune regulation

Ganoderma lucidum modern research

1. Treating chronic bronchitis

2. Treating Bronchial Asthma

3. Treat Leukopenia

4. Treatment of coronary heart disease

5. Treatment of Keshan disease

6. Treatment of hepatitis

7. Treating Neurasthenia

8. Treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children

9. Treating atrophic muscle rigidity

10. Treating Visceral Hyperactivity Disorder

Ganoderma lucidum related discussion

"Don't record": "Red Zhizhi gives birth to Huoshan." "Zizhi gives birth to Gaoxia valley. Liuzhi is non-toxic. Picked in June and August."

"New Compendium of Materia Medica": "Wu Zhi," The Book of the Clouds ": All were born in Wu Yue in five colors. Contributed by all parties, Bai Zhi may not be Huashan, Black Zhi is very Yue, and Zhi Zhi is yellow and white, rare black green. At most, it is not a five-bath category. But it is rare for Chi to get one or two.
"Outline": "The Clouds of the Shennong Scripture: Clouds of mountains and rivers, four and five elements, the essence of yin and yang, day and night, to produce five-colored god Zhi, as the Holy King Hugh." Ruiying Map "cloud: Zhi Cao often born in June, spring Green in summer, purple in autumn, white in winter and black in black. Ge Hong's Baopuzi said: 'Shiba has Shizhi, Muzhi, Caozhi, Meat Zhi, Fungi, and hundreds of other species.' Shizhi Stone Elephant, born in Heishan Shishan The island's edge. Meat-like shape is like meat. It is attached to big stones and has head and tail, but also creatures. Red is like coral, white is like cut fat, black is like lacquer, green is like green feather, yellow is like purple gold, Both Guangmingdong is as strong as ice. The big one weighs more than ten pounds, and the small one weighs three or four pounds. Anyone who wants to make zhicao and become famous in the mountain must use the month of March and September as the mountain of magic medicine ... Shizhen doubts: Zhinai Born of decay, just like a tumour in life, but in ancient and modern ages, it is thought that the grass is swallow, and it can be used to eat immortals. It is sincerely absurd. In recent reading, the prophet first got what I wanted to say. . And the alchemist used the wood to accumulate the wet place, and used the medicine to make Fuzhi, that is, to produce five-colored Zhi. King Jiajing in Jinjing tasted his life to dedicate King Sejong. Those who have never said this before must not know. "

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