Ganoderma lucidum
Name: Boletus lucidum; Polyporus lucidus; Ganoderma sessile.
Reishi, spirit plant.
Content: Carbohydrates, amino acids, steroids, triterpenes, lipids, alkaloids, coumarin glycoside, riboflavin, ascorbic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, ergosterol, tetracosane, behenic acid, acid protease, fungal lysozyme, lucidenic acid.
General: Anti-tumour and immunostimulating activities, inhibits platelet aggregation, reduces plasma sugar level, anti-allergic and anti-hypertensive effects, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti - HIV activity, protection against ionizing radiation, anti-ulcer activity.
General: progressive muscular dystrophy, leukaemia, diabetes, environmental stress, high altitude sickness, myotonia dystrophica.
Nervous: central depressant, peripheral anti-cholinergic action, maldeveloped brain, Alzheimer's disease, sedative.
Eye: Retinal pigmentary degeneration.
Nose: recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinomas.
Glands: improves adrenocortical function.
Lungs: bronchitis, rhinitis, bronchial asthma, expectorant, anti-tussive.
Mind: Anxiety, sleeplessness, nervousness, neurasthenia.
Heart: antihypertensive, cardiotonic, inhibits cholesterol synthesis, coronary heart disease, arrhythmias.
Abdomen: anorexia, duodenal ulcers, gastric ulcer, laxative.
Abdomen: liver intoxication, failure; hepatitis B.
Urinary: Nephritis, diuretic.
Limbs: bones osteogenic hyperplasia.
Skin: leukopenia.