04-18-2022, 02:40 PM
1. Ganoderma
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Latin Name: Ganoderma
Common Name: Ganoderma, lucid ganoderma, reishi mushroom
Scientific Name: Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. Ex Fr.) Karst / Ganoderma japonicum (Fr.) Lloyd
Nature and Taste：Sweet and bitter in tastes, neutral in nature, and manifests its therapeutic actions in the heart, lung, spleen and kidney meridians.
Drug actions in TCM: Nourish the heart, calm the spirit, enrich qi (vital energy) and blood, relieve cough or breathing difficulty, and general tonification.
Traditional Uses in TCM: In TCM practice, ganoderma is used for conditions like general weakness, cough, breath difficulty, insomnia, forgetfulness, poor appetite and indigestion:
1. Heart dysfunction causing restless spirit will have signs like insomnia, forgetfulness and fatigue. The condition can be relieved by ganoderma combined with angelica root, sour jujube seed and longan aril.
2. Spleen deficiency leading to poor appetite and fatigue can be relieved by ganoderma combined with pilose asiabell root, largehead atractylodes rhizome and astragalus root.
3. Lung deficiency leading to cough and breath shortness can be relieved by ganoderma combined with cordyceps and tokay.
4. Ganoderma used alone promotes the production of blood and qi, which is benefit for signs like indigestion, poor appetite, fatigue, loose bowels, dizziness and soreness in the lumbar.
Latin Name: Ganoderma
Common Name: Ganoderma, lucid ganoderma, reishi mushroom
Scientific Name: Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. Ex Fr.) Karst / Ganoderma japonicum (Fr.) Lloyd
Nature and Taste：Sweet and bitter in tastes, neutral in nature, and manifests its therapeutic actions in the heart, lung, spleen and kidney meridians.
Drug actions in TCM: Nourish the heart, calm the spirit, enrich qi (vital energy) and blood, relieve cough or breathing difficulty, and general tonification.
Traditional Uses in TCM: In TCM practice, ganoderma is used for conditions like general weakness, cough, breath difficulty, insomnia, forgetfulness, poor appetite and indigestion:
1. Heart dysfunction causing restless spirit will have signs like insomnia, forgetfulness and fatigue. The condition can be relieved by ganoderma combined with angelica root, sour jujube seed and longan aril.
2. Spleen deficiency leading to poor appetite and fatigue can be relieved by ganoderma combined with pilose asiabell root, largehead atractylodes rhizome and astragalus root.
3. Lung deficiency leading to cough and breath shortness can be relieved by ganoderma combined with cordyceps and tokay.
4. Ganoderma used alone promotes the production of blood and qi, which is benefit for signs like indigestion, poor appetite, fatigue, loose bowels, dizziness and soreness in the lumbar.