Ganoderma lucidum is the whole plant of Zizyphus or Ganoderma lucidum of the family Polyporaceae. Ganoderma lucidum contains ergosterol, organic acids, amino acids, glucose, polysaccharides, resins, mannitol, alkaloids, endocannabinoids, coumarins, water-soluble proteins, and a variety of enzymes.
Ganoderma lucidum is sweet and flat in nature, and has the effect of curing deficiency, cough, asthma, insomnia, indigestion, etc. It is commonly used in Chinese medicine to replenish the lungs and kidneys, stop coughing and wheezing, replenish the liver and kidneys, calm the nerves, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and strengthen the tendons and bones.
Modern medical research, Ganoderma lucidum has sedative and analgesic effects on the nervous system; on the cardiovascular system, it has cardiotonic, antihypertensive, increase coronary artery blood flow, hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption and other effects; it can reduce transaminase and protect the liver; it has antitussive, expectorant and asthma effects; it can adjust the immune system and enhance the human body's resistance to disease and anti-aging ability.
Applicable Lingzhi to treat conditions such as neurasthenia, mental fatigue, insomnia, tinnitus, chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, hypertension, coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, high cholesterol, hepatitis, weak spleen and stomach, diabetes, lumbar and knee weakness, since the reduction of cells, and so on.