Ganoderma
| Pinyin: Ling Chi | Latin: ganoderma lucidum |
Description:It is known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that Ling Zhi and other mushrooms (Shiitake and Maitake) can lower cholesterol and thin the blood by reducing platelet stickiness, resulting to lower high blood pressure in humans. Many East Asian TCM medical practitioners have found the benefit of this mushroom in its ability to calm the human mind and treat disease.*
In TCM, this mushroom is consumed purely for its medicinal properties including: strengthening the immune system, improving kidney function, strengthening the body for a variety of diseases including viral hepatitis, allergies, insomnia, neurasthenia (fatigue due to exhaustion of the nervous system) as well as improving overall health.*
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Properties:
Fruitbodies are bracket-form or stalked, 5-30 cm wide, semicircular to fan-shaped, smooth, azonate to concentrically grooved, yellowish near margin, red-brown to mahogany in older parts, with a laquered surface. Pores are white to cream, ochre in age, 4-6 per mm, round, and have only one layer.
Fruitbodies are bracket-form or stalked, 5-30 cm wide, semicircular to fan-shaped, smooth, azonate to concentrically grooved, yellowish near margin, red-brown to mahogany in older parts, with a laquered surface. Pores are white to cream, ochre in age, 4-6 per mm, round, and have only one layer.
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