Meanings of reishi in English

Try shiitake or reishi mushrooms with your veggies-theChinese use them to bolster the immune system.

Medicinal mushrooms such as shiitake, mai-take, and reishi have long been revered for their immunity-boosting effects.

Chinese medical texts dating back to as early as 206BC describe reishi as a tonic against ageing.

Consumption of reishi mushroom has been reported to prevent colon carcinogenesis in rodents, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

Those studies have found that, as with turkey tail and shiitake, components found in reishi mushrooms may strengthen the immune system to fight cancer.

Reishi mushrooms have been recommended as a general tonic in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years.

The popular edible mushroom Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) has been widely used for the general promotion of health and longevity in Asian countries.