Ganoderma-Lingzhi (China), Reishi (Japan) and Youngchi (Korea).

What is Reishi?

Ganoderma lucidum: Lingzhi (China), Reishi (Japan) and Youngchi (Korea)

Reishi is the Japanese name for Ganoderma lucidum. In Chinese, reishi is called "lingzhi." Reishi is a large, dark, mushroom with a glossy exterior. In traditional Chinese medicine, reishi is in the most highly rated herb category because of its multiple benefits and absence of side effects. These properties are conducive to normalizing and balancing the body and as a result preempt and cure a multitude of diseases from within. Modern analysis has identified 200 active ingredients in ganoderma that can be divided into three categories.

The most important of these are:

1. Triterpenoids (THE BUILDER) Bitter in taste, this ingredient helps enhance the digestive system, reduce cholesterol, and neutralize fat in the body. It also is effective in relieving pain and removing toxic materials from the body. Triterpenoids may: Enhance the digestive system Prevent allergies caused by antigens because it inhibits histamine-releasing mast cells Reduce cholesterol and neutral fat in the body Activate the nucleus of body cells

2. Adenosine (THE REGULATOR) Adenosine lowers cholesterol and free fat levels, improves blood circulation, and regulates the metabolism. Adenosine may: Lower cholesterol and free fat levels in the blood Lower the level of blood lipid and stabilize red blood cell membrane Lower the levels of platelets agglutination and enhance thrombolysis Improve the function of the adrenal cortex to maintain healthy endocrine balance Regulate the metabolism for a youthful and energetic feeling Balance pH

3. Polysaccharides (THE CLEANSER) Facilitating the removal of toxins from the body, polysaccharides may strengthen the natural healing ability of the body; convert abnormal cells to normal cells and enhance the body's immune system. Polysaccharides may: Strengthen the natural healing ability of the body Reduce blood sugar levels and assist pancreas functions Help to cleanse toxic deposits from the body(detoxification) Strengthen cell membrane Increase oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells REISHI'S

BENEFITS: The benefits of consuming reishi are multidimensional. Its effectiveness applies to many areas making it difficult to classify each benefit. It is perhaps easiest to explain reishi's "miraculous powers" from the traditional Chinese medicine point of view. Traditional Western medicine, separates and classifies each disease meticulously, to such a degree that each disease is seemingly autonomous. Traditional Chinese medicine, on the other hand, resulting from knowledge accumulated through 4000 years of human observation, asserts that health can be maintained by sustaining the right balance within the body and that diseases can be cured by restoring this balance through nutrition (including medicinal herbs), exercise, and emotional serenity. In other words, a disease is believed to be "the tip of an iceberg," the result of an underlying imbalance in the body that must be restored. Ganoderma has five major functions:

SCANNING - Scans body organs to detect any malfunctions.

CLEANSING - Helps discharge toxins in the body.

BALANCING - Normalizes body functions.

BUILDING - Supplements the body with all the basic elements, thus strengthening the immune system and enhancing physical strength.

REGENERATING - Helps the body function at its optimum level. Ganoderma has been shown to: Lower cholesterol in the blood. Reduce blood sugar level to restore pancreatic functioning. Lower blood lipids and stabilize red cell membrane. Due to its adenosine content, lower platelet aggulation, and lyse thrombi and prevent thrombogenesis. Improve the function of the cortex of the adrenal glands to maintain endocrine balance. Improve the natural healing ability of the body by enhancing the body's ability to establish a strong immune system. Prevent tissue cell degeneration. Prevent senility by maintaining a youthful constitution. Decrease the side effects of antihypertensive drugs. Prevent organ degeneration. Prevent allergies caused by antigens, because it inhibits the histamine releasing mastcells. Prevent and treat cancer and inhibits cell metastasis. Normalizes to prevent tissue degeneration. Prevents sudden death of cancer patients caused by embolism. Inhibits thrombogenesis and lyses thrombi on the wall of surrounding tissues and removes blockade of cancer medication thereby increasing pharmiological effectiveness. Relieves pain caused by cancer.

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