Herbal Update; Reishi Mushrooms

Good morning this is Rosana rich. Your local herbalist for a healthier main while the middle of winter is not exactly the mushroom season. It is a great time to think about fortifying the body and the immune system. Medicinal mushrooms are superb way of doing just that. A variety of mushrooms have been used as a valuable part of folk medicine in China and Japan for over 4000 years. Over the millennia fungi have played an important role in diet as well as the healing arts. A number of medicinal mushrooms such as Rishi SUNO and deer fungi along with the herbs Jin Singh and a straggle us are thought to be the highest class of medicines. These chief order fires were thought to impart strength vigor and longevity. She is the Chinese word for life force. The deep energetic force that exists in all of us and essentially keeps us alive. Herbs or substances that fortify the CI are called tonics.

This substance may fortify the vital force of the entire body or the energy of a particular organ. Danno derma Lucinda or Rishi mushroom as it is known in Japan is the topic of today's Irbil update. Rishi is one of the most famous medicinal mushrooms used in the Orient. For thousands of years it has been used to treat liver and kidney diseases. High blood pressure arthritis insomnia bronchitis asthma and gastric ulcers. Historically we see mushrooms were very expensive because they were only found in the wild. Today they are much more accessible and affordable because of cultivation techniques that have been developed over the past 20 years. Today this great sage of the fungi is used for age related and degenerative conditions such as cancer and as an immune stimulant. Let's take a closer look at this infamous herbal remedy. The Chinese call

the Rishi mushroom Ling SI which means plant spirit. Other common Chinese names for Rishi are plant of immortality or herb of spiritual potency. This gives you some idea of how highly esteemed this plant is held in the chinese healing arts. Rishi is our delicate looking and their caps range from a reddish orange to black in color. Again a derma Lucinda species grows exclusively on hardwood especially oak trees in 1079. A study reported that 99 percent of the Rishi is growing in Japan at the time were found on old Japanese plum trees and they were so rare that only a few were found provided thousand plum trees because of the scarcity and the great value every she's medicinal use. Mushroom cultivation techniques were developed these are high in carbohydrates and

amino acids while containing a relatively small amount of protein minerals fat and vitamin C in a number of studies. Rishi mushrooms have been found to have a direct effect on the immune system by stimulating the immune system to produce macrophages. The white blood cells that attack and engulf foreign substances in the body Ricci's have demonstrated anti tumor activity. Despite this tumor property receipts have the ability to enhance protein synthesis which is germane to building a strong constitution. Other studies have shown to have anti-hypertensive qualities and anti allergic properties. The number of pharmacological effects of Rishi determined by laboratory studies seems endless. Here is a partial list anti-viral anti-bacterial anti-inflammatory antioxidant Hib liver protective and detoxifying lowers blood pressure

enhances bone marrow and acts as a tonic for the heart. In traditional chinese medicine Rishi is considered a warm astringent that acts to nourish tone and remove toxins. It is especially calming to people with weak adrenals who report symptoms of anxiety sleeplessness or nervousness. Rishi comes in a variety of forms but one of the safest is simply to add the whole mushroom to soups or stews. It is also available in tablet tincture or syrup in animal testing. Rishi has been found to have very low toxicity. There is very little reported on the long term adverse effects. Tune in next week for more information on the ship talkee mushroom. Another well-known Oriental medicinal if you would like a bibliography of today's herbal update send a self-addressed stamped envelope to me. Rosana rich. Are you the hen house Blue Hill falls. 0 4 6 1 5.