Comments | brightlotusmoon: Reishi mushroom

brightlotusmoon

Reishi mushroom

Nov 03, 2006 11:14

(Reishi is also called Lingzhi in China)

"Lingzhi has been found to strengthen the respiratory system and to have a healing effect on the lungs, and is particularly beneficial for individuals with asthma, cough and other respiratory complaints. At least one population study conducted in the 1970s confirms this claim. When more the 2,000 Chinese ( Read more... )

reishi, alternative medicine, herbs

Comments 6

faire_damsel November 3 2006, 18:31:21 UTC

Thank You For Sharing This! *Hugs* It's Something I Could Also Really Use! {I'm Also Asthmatic And Have Reactive Airway.}

brightlotusmoon November 3 2006, 18:40:27 UTC

*hugs back* Glad to help!
I'd also recommend Black Seed extract:
http://www.sweetsunnah.com/cgi-bin/item/10003

faire_damsel November 3 2006, 20:40:19 UTC

Thank You, Luv!

nicked_metal November 5 2006, 01:43:07 UTC

My herbal textbook notes that ling zhi is good for 'deficiency conditions' but is not recommended for 'excess conditions'. This means that it's more appropriate for most forms of chronic illness than for the breathing difficulty you get with a nasty cold or other short-term infection.

The person who fits the profile for getting the most benefit from Lingzhi would be a stressed-out, tired person who has difficulty sleeping, poor appetite and shallow breathing.

brightlotusmoon November 5 2006, 01:50:13 UTC

That would be me, then... Thank you for this. I didn't know. :)

nicked_metal November 5 2006, 02:02:28 UTC

NP :) The main reason I looked it up is because I developed this fear of people using herbal remedies when they don't know about the side effects - information on side effects for any kind of medicine tends to be poorly publicised.

These mushrooms 'very rarely' cause dehydration and nausea. So medicine doesn't often come safer.