Symmetry Products with Reishi Mushroom:
Bio-Infinity, Immunity
Reishi mushroom, also known as Ling-Zhi
(Chinese), has been shown in recent studies to be helpful for heart
health, including normal cholesterol, blood pressure, and
circulatory system support. Reishi mushroom contains a high level of
polysaccharides which are essential for proper functioning of the
immune system.
Reishi mushroom is used as a tonic and a sedative. According to
traditional Chinese Medicine, reishi was thought to "mend the
heart." Reishi is a cardio tonic that supports normal
blood and oxygen flow to the heart.
Reishi mushroom is one of the most valued plants in the Chinese
pharmacopoeia. Reishi has been used for over thousands of years as a
miraculous remedy for a variety of diseases including traumatic
wounds, inflammation and various ulcers.
Reishi mushroom extracts have been shown to exert many beneficial
effects which seems to support reishi's historical use as an "adaptagen".
An adaptagen is defined as a substance which increases the
resistance to stress and improves the general tone of the body and
mind.
Reishi mushroom has been used
to treat:
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Sleep issues
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High altitude stress
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Cardiac and liver tonic
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Immune system health
The immune enhancing effects of
reishi mushroom are thought to be largely due to the
polysaccharides. The polysaccharides are composed of individual
sugar molecules, chained together to form a sugar layer.
Recently, researchers at Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai Tumor
Hospital, and Shanghai Chung San Hospital have independently
isolated from the reishi mushroom a few species of polysaccharides
which have subsequently been shown in clinical studies to support
normal cell division.
Other Chinese researchers have also found in animal studies that
reishi can increase immunoglobulins and enhance the phagocytotic
activities of macrophages.
In pharmacognosy, reishi mushroom is actually the powder inside the
spores of the fungus Lingzhi which are formed as Ling-zi matures.
The powder collected from these spores, the essence of Reishi,
consists of 18.5% high quality protein, with all 9 essential amino
acids included, plus a combination of natural vitamins and critical
trace elements essential for the proper functioning of the immune
system, the remainder being polysaccharides.
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