Lingzhi is a very popular fungus, but also one of the most valuable Chinese medicinal herbs, now known to be documented around the world as many as 200 kinds of Ganoderma lucidum, varieties are very much in China are cultivated all over the world.
Reishi is generally divided by color, and can be divided into six types: red, black, green, white, yellow, and purple, all of which are of very good quality.
1, red ganoderma
Red ganoderma lucidum, also known as danzhi, is the most widely planted ganoderma lucidum, red ganoderma lucidum is bland in nature, non-toxic, and enters the heart, liver, lungs and kidneys via the meridians, so nourishment of the most extensive, with the effect of replenishing qi and tranquillizing the mind, relieving coughs and wheezing, and strengthening the body to fight inflammation and other effects. Red ganoderma lucidum is the most widely consumed and the most thoroughly researched ganoderma lucidum in China, with safe and obvious effects.
2, purple ganoderma
Purple ganoderma lucidum, also known as wood ganoderma lucidum, is second only to the red ganoderma lucidum, purple ganoderma lucidum is warm, taste and sweet, non-toxic, mainly into the spleen and stomach meridian, able to replenish the middle of the qi, and replenish the spleen and stomach. With a purple-brown appearance, Zi Zhi is second only to Chi Zhi in terms of application and is closer in color, but not as nourishing as Chi Zhi in a more comprehensive way.
3, black ganoderma
Black ganoderma, also known as Xuanzhi, is bland and non-toxic, with a grayish-brown surface, darker in color, with fine fuzz, and with a radial, deep wrinkled cap, with a sharp edge. Black Chi is mainly beneficial to the kidneys, consolidate kidney qi, diuretic, more suitable for patients with chronic nephritis.
4, green ganoderma
green ganoderma lucidum, also known as Longzhi, acidic and non-toxic, sweet taste and flat, mainly produced in Shandong Jiaodong Peninsula region , other kinds of ganoderma lucidum grows mainly in the forest on the trunk. Qingzhi, on the other hand, grows in moist rock crevices and is mainly used to benefit qi and replenish blood, for women's anemia and menstrual cramps.
5, white ganoderma
White ganoderma lucidum, also known as white flesh ganoderma lucidum, Tibetan ganoderma lucidum, mainly produced in China's plateau region, mainly the Tibetan Plateau, the Tibetan region, is a kind of Ganoderma lucidum endemic. The flesh of the fungus is milky white, shaped like a horseshoe, mainly into the lung meridian, can be the main treatment of asthma can be reversed, can benefit the lung qi, the mouth and nose, so it is also used for the plateau hypoxia, the number of scarce.
6, yellow ganoderma
Yellow ganoderma lucidum, also known as gold ganoderma lucidum, golden yellow in color, sweet taste, non-toxic, the main tonic spleen and stomach.