Reishi Mushroom - also know as - Red Reishi Mushroom, Ling-Zhi, Reishi, Ganoderma lucidum

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 from traumatic wounds, inflammation, various ulcers to the treatment of many other ailments.

Reishi mushroom extracts have been shown to exert many beneficial effects which seems to support reishi historical use as an "adaptagen". An adeptogen is defined as a substance which increases the resistance to stress and improves the general tone of the body and mind. In addition to the reishi mushroom immune enhancing properties, reishi mushroom has been used to treat: insomnia, bronchitis, high altitude sickness, high cholesterol, chronic hepatitis, cancer, immune system problems and stress.
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. The polysaccharides appear to activate macrophage, a type of white blood cell, viruses, bacteria and other large particulate matter.

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 have anti-tumor activities.

Other Chinese researchers have also found in animal studies, that Reishi can increase immunoglobulins and enhance the phagocytotic activities of macrophages.

In pharmacology, Reishi mushroom is actually the powder inside the spores of the fungus Lingzhi which are formed as Lingzi matures. The powder collected from these spores, the essence of Reishi, consists of 18.5% high quality protein, with all 18 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.

Reishi - Max is a proprietary extract of Reishi mushroom that has been standardized for potency and effectiveness.
Most reishi products only use one extraction process, which results in a product with lower concentrations of active ingredients, and often lacks the triterpene compounds. This exclusive technology detaches additional polysaccharides from the cell walls. The resulting product, ReishiMax GLp, is standardized to 6% triterpenes and 13.5% polysaccharides, which is the highest level of actives currently available in a Reishi product.

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