The TV series "The Legend of the White Snake" is estimated to be rarely known by young people nowadays, but the post-70s and 80s generations must be no strangers. One of the plots in this TV series is that in order to save the life of her lover Xu Xian, the white snake Bai Suzhen took the green snake Xiaoqing to steal the divine grass Lingzhi from a cliff, and this divine grass is Ganoderma lucidum.
Ganoderma lucidum, eucommia ulmoides and gastrodia are known as the "Three Treasures of Guizhou".
Ganoderma lucidum was first published in the "Shennong Materia Medica". According to reports, there are 6 kinds of Ganoderma lucidum, including Ganoderma lucidum, Qingzhi, black Zhizhi, Baizhi, Huangzhi and Zizhi. According to ancient documents, traditional medicinal habits and specimens seen, the representative species of "Zizhi" in the six mushrooms is the fungus Zizhi of the genus Ganoderma lucidum of the family Polyporeaceae, while the representative species of "Ganoderma lucidum" is Ganoderma lucidum (Ganoderma lucidum) of the same genus. These two fungi are widely distributed in the mainland, and they are also the medicinal resources of Ganoderma lucidum included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Because the fruiting body of this product is shaped like the word "zhi" and is born in the grassland, it is called "zhi". For example, Li Shizhen: "Zhiben is made, and the seal text is like the shape of grass on the ground." "According to legend, this product can cure all kinds of diseases, bring the dead back to life, and the divine grass is also; Tao Hong Jingyun: "The six zhizhi are all fairy grasses and the like, which are rare among the common people. "Shennong's Materia Medica" is also known as "light body, prolonging life", so the name "Ganoderma lucidum", referred to as "Ganoderma lucidum", also known as "Ruicao". Reizhi is also known as "Danzhi", and Zizhi is also known as "Muzhi", "Mulingzhi", "Purple Ganoderma lucidum". The ancients also called this product "Sanxiu" and "Gao". According to the modern botanical classification, this product belongs to the fungus, so it is also called "fungus Ganoderma lucidum".
Chinese medicine
The traditional Chinese medicine Ganoderma lucidum is the dried fruiting body of the fungus Ganoderma lucidum in the family Polyporaceae. It is produced in most parts of the country. Reishi is mainly produced in Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places; Zizhi is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Harvest throughout the year, remove impurities, cut off the lower stipe with rotten wood, sediment or culture medium, and dry in the shade or at 40 °C ~ 50 °C. Ganoderma lucidum has a slightly fragrant smell and a bitter taste. It is better to have a thick, hypertrophied fruiting body and a shiny skin shell. Raw.
This product is sweet and flat. Return to the heart, lungs, liver, and kidney meridians. It has the ability to replenish qi and calm the nerves, relieve cough and asthma.
Note: Intramuscular injection of reishi can cause anaphylactic shock. Before intramuscular injection, a 1:10 dilution was used for skin testing, and the observation was 10 minutes, and then intramuscular injection was performed if it was negative [Intermediate Medical Journal, 1983, (10): 46].
Modern pharmacology
Traditional Chinese medicine Ganoderma lucidum mainly contains polysaccharides: dextran A~G, Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides; Triterpenoids: ganoderic acid A, B, C, C, D, E, F, K, M, oleanolic acid, etc.; Alkaloids: betaine, ganodene A, ganoderine B; Diol components: ergosterol, ergosteryl palmitate, ergosterone 4, 6,8, (14)22 tetraen-3-one, etc.; Nucleoside components: adenosine, adenine; It also contains a variety of amino acids, peptides and organic acids.
Traditional Chinese medicine Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides have a wide range of immunomodulatory activities and can improve the immune activity of the body. Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body, Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides, and triterpenoids isolated from Ganoderma lucidum spores all have antitumor effects. The proteoglycans in Ganoderma lucidum have antiviral activity, acid-bound Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (APBP) have anti-herpes virus (HSV)-1 and HSV-2 activities, and Ganoderma lucidum triterpenoids can also be anti-HIV. The phenolic compounds obtained by methanol extraction of Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma lucidum aminopolysaccharide G009 have antioxidant and anti-aging effects. Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides have liver protection and improve the ability to tolerate hypoxia. In addition, Ganoderma lucidum can reduce blood viscosity, increase myocardial contractility, increase coronary blood flow and cardiac output, and improve heart rhythm; It can also resist the damage of radiation and toxic chemicals to the body, has sedative, analgesic effects, prolongs sleep time, improves sleep quality, can relieve asthma, cough, expectorant and treat chronic bronchitis.
Time: 2024