Reishi

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Reishi The reishi mushroom, also known as Lingzhi, is a species of the genus Ganoderma, renown in East Asia for being a supernatural mushroom. In fact, it's been a medicinal mushroom in China for over 2000 years, where they are regarded as the king of herbs. In Chinese, Ling means sacred, divine and miraculous, while Zhi translates as "plant of longevity". In Japan, they are known as an immortality plant. The reishi mushroom is a polypore, meaning that it releases its spores through tiny pores rather than through gills on its underside. It is soft when fresh, flat, kidney shaped and reddish brown in color. It grows at the base of deciduous trees in temperate and tropical regions around the world.

Reishi Benefits Reishi mushrooms benefit health in numerous ways, mostly due to their powerful variety of antioxidants that combat the oxidative stress which causes healthy cells to die. Reishi mushrooms have an extremely unique blend of these powerful antioxidants. First, they contain polysaccharides in the form of beta-glucans, which are a strong


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