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Ganoderma Research
Often used as an immune stimulant by people with cancer (as well as HIV), ganoderma
has been shown to strengthen immunity as well as combat cancer-cell proliferation. In a
2003 study of 34 people with advanced-stage cancer, for instance, taking ganoderma in
supplement form three times daily for 12 weeks led to a significant increase in T-cells
(known to play a central role in immune defense).
Lab tests on breast cancer cells, meanwhile, found that combining extracts of
ganoderma and green tea heightened the mushroom's ability to slow cancer-cell growth.
2) Antioxidant Benefits
Several studies have suggested that regular use of ganoderma supplements increase
your levels of antioxidants, compounds thought to protect against disease and aging.
3) Relief of Urinary Tract Symptoms
In a 2008 study of 88 men with urinary tract symptoms, researchers found that
ganoderma was significantly superior to placebo in providing symptom relief.
. Since the mushroom might interact with certain medications (such as anticoagulants
and some chemotherapeutic agents), it's important to tell your physician if you're
currently taking or considering the use of ganoderma.
As you grow older, you'll first face problem with your circulatory system. The increase of
blood viscosity slows down your blood circulation. Fatty substances such as cholesterol
and triglyceride slowly increase and accumulate on your blood vessel wall.
As the deposit on blood vessel wall gets thicker, it leads to circulation diseases such as
arteriosclerosis, hardening of coronary artery and thrombosis.
The narrowing of blood vessel and increase of circulation blockage reduces blood flow.
Therefore, it prevents good blood supply from reaching the heart. This in turn leads to
• pectoris attack
• angina
These are common aging problems most of us face. Can you improve this condition
with Ganoderma herb?
Ganoderma Lucidum as herbs for circulation contains Triterpenes which can improve
blood circulation and significantly reduce the amount of fatty substances such as
cholesterol and triglyceride.
• heart disease
• hypertension
Studies on mice given intravenous injection of Ganoderma Lucidum herb shown that it
can indeed improve blood circulation of cardiac muscle.
Pharmalogical research shows that Ganoderma Lucidum herb has a calming and
sedative effect on nervous system.
• improves memory
As recorded in Sheng Nong Herbal Classic "Ganoderma can calm one’s mind, enhance
wisdom and has no side effects. It is moderate and non toxic"
Herbs for Immune System
The active components of Ganoderma Lucidum herb can strengthen Lymphocyte and
Macrophage to destroy abnormal cells like cancer cells.
Besides, Organic Germanium, Triterpenes and Polysaccharides can also enhance the
composite of Lymphocyte and Macrophage cells individually to release Tumor Necrosis
Factor (TNF) and interferon, which further destroy cancer cell.
Research proved that Ganoderma Lucidum herb effectively increase alpha interferon
and gamma interferon level in human body to further strengthen and regulate immune
system, improving cancer.
Other health benefits
• Diabetes
• Headache
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease
• Insomnia
• Asthma
• Acne
• Menopause
One of the causes for hypertension is the accumulation of fats and cholesterol in blood
vessel wall. In adapting to narrowed blood vessels, the heart pumps harder resulting in
higher blood pressure.
The Triterpenes in Ganoderma Lucidum herb effectively clears blood vessel blockage
by reducing accumulated fatty substances such as cholesterol and triglycerides.
Ganoderma Lucidum herb makes the blood flows smoother, reducing the stress on your
heart. Thus it helps in lowering high blood pressure naturally.
Sometimes your heart may pump too hard and too fast because of substances like
alcohol and chemicals found in cigarettes. This is another reason for hypertension.
Ganoderma herb can stabilize the pumping force of your heart. As an adaptogenic herb,
it has unique ability to:
• reduce high blood pressure when your heart pump too hard
Your body operates on these major systems. If not properly regulated, you may fall ill.
Ganoderma herb helps to regulate your various body systems, maintain stability and
ensure a balance between internal and external body conditions.
Besides this, Ganoderma also has other important functions in your body...
Detoxify and energize your body
Ganoderma can also eliminate toxins accumulated in your body through intake of
various western medication, antibiotic, pain killer and anti inflammatory medicines. It
thus achieves a strong detoxification effect to maintain your body balance.
And in this fast paced modern world, people are subjected to extensive pressure
resulting in tension, insomnia, giddiness, fatigue and loss of appetite.
The Organic Germanium in Ganoderma helps to enhance your blood stream ability to
take in oxygen by more than 1.5 times. It also increases your metabolism rate and slow
down your aging.
With this, Ganoderma Lucidum herb obviously help to slow down your aging process.
And this is the essence of ancient medical classic that states, "continuous consumption
of Ganoderma makes your body light and young, lengthening life and making you like
an immortal who never dies".
WHY SHOULD I USE GANODERMA?
6) Elevates natural healing ability of the body, allowing the body to established a strong
immune system
10) Prevents allergy caused by antigens because this herb inhibits the histamine-
releasing mast cell
11) Prevents cancer, treats cancer and inhibits cancer cell metastasis
Ganoderma is known among Chinese people as a "magic Herb" that can cure hundred
kinds of diseases, and it is also applied for longevity. With selected and high quality of
Ganoderma pulverized as raw material, Ganoderma Coffee is produced by modern
technical process in a hygienic manner that assures each batch meets high standards
of quality and purity. The nutrient ingredients and biological activity ingredients are easy
to be absorbed by human body, which can improve the immunity, help in combating
against tumor, confront irradiation as well as improve circulation and lower the blood
lipid
In Malaysia, Ganoderma was initially cultivated in the 1980's. More recently, hybrid
cultures of Ganoderma. lucidum were used for mass production which only required 40
to 45 days of incubation. The basidiocarps are sliced and brewed as a tonic or as
Ganoderma coffee and tea. They may also be powdered or extracted with solvent to
yield the finished product which is then made into capsules. Ganoderma nutriceuticals
are used as a remedy to treat more than 20 different illnesses which include migraine
and headache, hypertension, arthritis, bronchitis, asthma, anorexia, gastritis,
haemorrhoids, hypercholesterolaemia, nephritis, dysmenorrhoea, constipation,
hepatitis, leukopenia, cardiovascular problems and cancer including leukemia.
Active ingredients, which include polysaccharides, organic germanium, triterpenoids,
adenosine, LZ-8, and an array of amino acids besides numerous mineral types.
Effect on Hepatitis B
Effect on Diabetes
Extract of Ganoderma lucidum has also been found to be effective in reducing the blood
glucose level after two months of treatments). Ganoderan B was considered to enhance
glucose utilization because it increased the plasma insulin level in normal and glucose
loaded mice, but did not affect the insulin binding to isolated adipocytes). The
hypoglycemic activity of Ganoderma lucidum is thus due to an increase of the plasma
insulin level and an acceleration of glucose metabolism occurring not only in the
peripheral tissues but also in the liver.
Effect on Hypertension
Acute myeloblastic leukemic patients were treated with high doses of Ganoderma
lucidum (6 capsules 3 times a day) prior to chemotherapy and continued for a period of
three months. The chemotherapy regimen consisting of cytarabine and daunorubicin
was given on a monthly basis in order to induce remission. CNS prophylactics was
given with cranial irradiation. All the patients had a subjective response when
Ganoderma lucidum was included in their treatment regimen. Changes in their NBC,
hemoglobin and platelet counts were either significant or very significant after 3 months
of treatment. Despite the remission for the past 3 years, the long term prognosis seems
encouraging.
Five patients with stage III nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) were given 6 capsules of
Ganoderma lucidum 3 times a day for 1 week before radio-and chemotherapy and
continued for a course of 8 months while they were given a complete course of
irradiation lasting for 6 weeks. The chemotherapy regimen consisting of
cyclophosphomide, lomustine, dannorubicin and vincristine was administered every
month for a period of 4 months. Objective response occurred in all the NPC patients
with very significant tumor shrinkage after 40 days of treatment with Ganoderma
lucidum in concurrence with radio-and chemotherapy. The tumors were completely
regressed after 90 days of combined treatment and were in remission for the last three
and a half years. It is conceivable that Ganoderma lucidum plays an important role in
combination with radio- and chemotherapy, thereby rendering the complete regression
of the tumors. Since both polysaccharides' and organic germanium derived from
Ganoderma lucidum are not cytotoxic to tumor cells, the anti tumor effect is attributable
to induced immunopotentiation. As an immunopotentiator, Ganoderma lucidum
accelerates the production of interlukin from helper T cells and potentates the induction
of different types of anti-tumor cells, such as NK cells and cytotoxic macrophages, in
addition to the induction of interferon production. The patients felt more energetic, and
had a better appetite and slept better. Nausea and vomiting were mild whereas
stomatitis and sore throat were transient. Their pain was alleviated, and no other side
effects were observed.
Three patients with diabetic wounds were healed between 15 to 22 days. This might be
due to the glucan from the cell walls of Ganoderma lucidum that could activate the
fibroblast migration in order to achieve wound healing and tissue proliferation.
Considering all these effective findings, further research on Ganoderma lucidum as a
potential nutriceutical for similar illnesses or other ailments seems warranted.
Ganoderma also adjusts the immune system to prevent viral diseases and to prevent
and fight tumor, protects and detoxifies the liver, prevents and cures heart diseases,
slows the aging process, has a positive effect on insomnia, is a cure for high blood
pressure and to treat diabetes, is a treatment for chronic bronchitis and asthma, has
effect on hyper susceptibility and is used as a beauty care medicine for the skin.
The spore capsules are the traditional "Emperor's medicine" against cancer.
Ganoderma the ‘Universal food which acts like Medicine’ the savior of modern diseases.
“Is Ganoderma really a universal medicine?” “Let’s not talk about the diseases prevalent
in history, but of modern diseases. In order to find answer, we have investigated its
functions over and again for thirteen years. Satisfactory results have been obtained.
The first issue is whether Ganoderma can be effective on all kinds of diseases. Our
reply is ‘Yes’, because it is able to maintain the health of a modern person. For an
unhealthy person, Ganoderma can effect the most feeble parts of his body. To a patient,
it can root out the source of the sickness and allow recovery.
If the patient’s constitution conforms to Ganoderma, the patient achieves the drug’s
highest effects. In fact, we have not found any person who obtained negative effects or
inefficient results.
Some outstanding results obtained recently are simply analyzed below, in order to
evaluate the efficacy of Ganoderma.
Reported by Mr. Isao Tani of the Medical Research Institute of Kinki University.
Some patients have hypertension with headache and shoulder pain. Their blood
pressure dropped from 151/78 to 118/72 in one month, and headaches were eliminated.
Of a number of patient who had blood pressure and pain problems, both conditions
improved.
Based on the above results, we may see that Ganoderma is useful to hypertension
patients. Using anti-hypertensive to lower blood pressure can lower the systolic
pressure, but not the diastolic pressure. Ganoderma can lower both. This is its
outstanding quality.
Dr. Shigere Yuji of Kinki University gives six explanation why Ganoderma is
effective for cardio-vascular diseases.
Treats hypertension
Taking Ganoderma can reduce the serious symptoms of the above diseases, without
traditional treatment. Among these cases, was a patient with a right cerebral arterial
obstruction which occurred twice. He received the best result after taking Ganoderma
and Urokinase, together. Complete mobility finally returned.
A patient suffering from cerebral vascular obstruction, who was partially paralyzed,
could move freely after taking Ganoderma. His free fat and B–lipo protein value
returned to normal.
Taking Ganoderma together improve the condition of cardiac patients. This proves that
taking Ganoderma together with other drugs, may result in better result. By the way,
since the above diseases are difficult to cure, it is better to take Ganoderma regularly to
prevent their occurring in the first place.
At the present time, hepatitis is still a disease, which cannot be treated with any specific
method. If Ganoderma is effective, it would be a meaningful medicine for its treatment.
Six capsules per day were prescribed to some patients with hepatitis. Three months
later, all patients were recovering, their GOT and GPT values decreased from 200-300
to 100.
In addition, one patient who used Ganoderma together with some Chinese herbal
medicines resulted in a decreased GOT and GPT. There was one case of hepatitis
combined with hypertension. After taking Ganoderma, satisfactory results were
obtained.
The above conditions cannot be conclusive, but positive results of taking Ganoderma on
hepatitis can be expected.
When liver function is declining, the patient may get tired. Taking Ganoderma can help
ease fatigue.
The liver is the most important organ for health. Liver function is quite complicated.
Therefore, liver diseases are considered difficult to treat, and dietetic treatment is the
only method adopted by Western physicians.
However, Ganoderma is able to make the complicated organ function, and bring back to
normal. Based on our practical investigation, Ganoderma can contribute a very positive
effect. Dr. Shigeru Yuji reported that 10% of liver disorders could be cured after taking
for two months. 40% of the patients were relieved of their symptoms, and their liver size
was reduced. 50% of the patients felt their symptoms diminished.
1. Pain from gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, etc., can be relieved immediately.
We used Ganoderma in gastritis. Gastric ulcers, and duodenal ulcer treatment. The
most interesting case was of a man, who had developed a gastric ulcer when he was
young and which had recently returned. Other medicines were in effective, but one
week after beginning treatment with Ganoderma, his pain was significantly reduced.
When the dosage was reduced, he felt pain once a day or almost no pain at all. He
usually used an analgesic, but it seemed useless. This treatment is also effective for
gastritis and duodenal ulcer patients who suffer from chest pain, loss of appetite, and
gastric ulcer patients who are fatigue and feeble. It can also help gastric cancer post-
operative pain. Some patients’ color improved and they put on weight, little by little after
taking Ganoderma.
2. Ganoderma protects the patients who overeat, or eat only one kind of food, or who
are poisoned by food.
It has surprising results in dysentery, constipation, gastric hyperacidity, and peptic ulcer.
Its effects are equal to that of medicines now in common use. Dr. Shigeru Yuji also
reported its high efficacy in treating gastritis and ulcers.
The main function of the stomach and the intestines is to absorb the required nutrients
in food, then excrete the wastes before fermentation. People usually eat too much, or
eat an imbalanced diet, or eat toxic foods, then their digestive organs are damaged.
Ganoderma cannot only protect the organs but can improve the functioning of the
digestive tract.
After World War II, people were poor and did not have enough food to eat. It was
needless to care about obesity, for most people were very lean. Due to medical
progress and improved economic conditions, contagious diseases and poverty are
much less of a problem, while chronic diseases and different kinds of adult diseases are
increasing.
It was found in our investigation that thin people who take Ganoderma can gain weight,
and overweight people can lose weight. No matter how old or young, whether male or
female, whatever one’s constitution is, Ganoderma can allow a person to maintain the
optimal body weight and figure. Ganoderma will adjust the constitution and equalize
biological functions if one takes it steadily.
Since Ganoderma can eliminates obesity, overweight people do not need to worry
about their obese figures and the figure – conscious women do not need to suffer the
pain and ill effects of starvation diets and weight loss drugs.
1. Taking Ganoderma together with chemotherapy may have significant results for
patients who have had surgery for breast cancer, colon cancer or gastric cancer.
The experimental subjects were patients who were treated improperly after surgery, and
patients who were suffering from the side effects of chemotherapy.
After a mastectomy, and chemotherapy, one patient’s face become very dark. After
using Ganoderma for two months, her colon improved.
One patient’s limbs became paralyzed and swollen after a mastectomy. After using
Ganoderma for one month, the numbness significantly improved.
Some patients used Ganoderma together with some herbal medicines for ten days after
a colostomy. Night sweats disappeared and appetite improved.
Some patients who have had a gastric cancer operation lose their appetites. When six
capsules of Ganoderma were taken each day, their appetites improved.
In view of the above results, we can see that ganoderma taken with chemotherapy can
treat only valuable auxiliary, but also reduce side effects of chemotherapy.
2. Prevents cancer metastasis, relieves pain, and can improve the chances for
longevity.
It can strengthen stamina, elevate the immune system, and restrain cancer metastasis.
It can eliminate cancerous ascites, increase appetite, and relieve the pain of late stage
cancer.
It can be used together with other cancer treatments, such as surgery, radiation, or
combined with chemotherapy. It has no side effects and is effective.
Based on the above clinical reports, we may see that it possesses cancer preventing,
suppressing, and curing qualities.
Most of us may have dental carries, myopia or cancer tendencies when we are young,
or they may developed at any time. We should try our best to prevent them from
occurring. If we want to prevent tooth decay, we should eat more calcium and avoid
sweets. If we want to avoid myopia, we should eat more vitamin A and avoid eye
fatigue. If we want to prevent cancer, we should eat Ganoderma and avoid imbalanced
diet.
Ganoderma is aloes effective in treating varicose veins, on the waist and shoulders, and
rheumatism of the hands and knees. It can also treat sciatica.
Ganoderma can be used to treat low back pain, and pain of the hands, shoulders, and
knees. There is one case of varicose veins which improved a little.
Treating pain which results from some structural factor, such as low back pain caused
by herniated intervertebral disk is ineffective.
There were three cases, which had positive results. A 46-year old woman, took
Ganoderma for one month when her dizziness and shoulder pain was relieved. A
pregnant woman had tightness in her chest and no appetite. After treatment with
Ganoderma her condition improved. One woman with a physiological disorder, was
married for many years, but could not conceive. After taking Ganoderma for three
months, she became pregnant. There are two cases where positive results were
obtained from combining Ganoderma and herbal medicines. In the first case, abdominal
pain was reduced.
2. Ganoderma is a required medicine for the pregnant woman and parturient woman.
When a daughter becomes pregnant, her parents may wonder if it is safe to give
Ganoderma. The expectant mother may become moody, especially if it is the first
pregnancy. During pregnancy, women are quite sensitive to outer stimulation, both
mentally and physically. Though it is a natural phenomena, most women have difficulty
adapting.
During this period, taking Ganoderma may act as a hemocatharsis, a diuretic and as a
detoxicant and will allow the fetus to develop normally. It is said that Ganoderma may
help the woman who is uneasy to get pregnant, or who has had habitual abortion
before. Prof. Kanata of Tohoku University believes that taking Ganoderma can
strengthen sexual ability of both the male and the female intensifying the activity of
spermatozoa and regulating ovulation of the female.
Information from the different sources reveals that Ganoderma may be thought of as the
‘friend of the female'. It should be considered a required medicine for women,
Kidney disease is also one of the difficult diseases to cure. They include acute or
chronic nephritis, diabetic renal syndrome, nephrosis, and rheumatic fever. These may
be due in part to a high cholesterol count and a high blood sugar level. The kidneys are
overloaded and blood cannot reach renal capillaries. Nephrosis results in, with edema,
fatigue and possibly serious uremia.
Prof. Fumio Tsurudani of the Nagoya University Medical Institute, Japan, did an
experiment with patients suffering from renal disease to check the effectiveness of
Ganoderma. It was found that it could not only lower proteinuria and cholesterolemia,
but could maintain renal proper function.
Based on our experimentation results, renal disease can be cured 100% by taking
Ganoderma. It is indeed a surprising achievement.
It is said once you have diabetes, your life will be tangled with it. However, we cured a
number of cases with Ganoderma.
As we know, insufficient insulin secretion is the cause of diabetes and this results in
some serious complications. Currently, Western physicians use insulin injections as the
only treatment. Though insulin is able to lower blood sugar level, the symptoms recur
very soon. Furthermore, it is just like a cortisone hormone injection, with many side
effects. Insulin is unable to recover pancreas function, and it speeds up the aging of the
organ.
The Medical Research Institute of Kinki University found in yearly experiments that
Ganoderma has the same function as insulin. Accordingly, after taking Ganoderma, not
only can insulin deficiency be supplemented, but it can also make the pancreas regain,
its original function. In addition, it does not have any side effects like injections do.
Many kinds of hereditary diseases have high occurrence rate. If you are healthy at this
moment, you want to maintain this condition all your life. Ganoderma can help you
reach this goal. Ganoderma’s outstanding feature is that “it can adequately reflect slight
symptoms of diseases, keeping the human body in harmonious condition”. This
expression is the conclusion obtained from experiments on thousand of people.
Ganoderma is a kind of medicinal food with over two thousand years of human
experience. After long term experiments, its pharmacological nature has been further
clarified, and it is widely used to maintain the health of human beings. Its position in the
medical field has been firmly established.
Time passes too quickly. Won’t you regret it if you have this world without taking it?
Ganoderma is also effective in the treatment of difficult and mysterious diseases such
as:
No cause can be found.
Even if the cause can be found, it is untreatable with drugs. For example, blood
pressure disorders are caused by many factors, but it is too complicated to understand
the source and eliminate it. Even though anti-hypertensive drugs can relieve the
symptoms, the source cannot be eliminated.
For diseases that cannot be treated adequately with medicine, cannot be diagnosed, or
cannot be cured by Western drugs, Ganoderma can be considered a precious panacea.
Only Ganoderma can treat these diseases successfully, eliminating the root cause of
various puzzling diseases.
Malignant tumor
Cerebrovascular disease
Accident
Cardiac disease
Hypertension
Bronchitis
Diabetes
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For thousands of years Ganoderma has been considered by the Chinese to be a high
quality herbal medicine. The so-called 'A-one Medicine' is the best medicine which does
not have any side effects, even after using it for a long time. It can improve one's
constitution, increase the body's healing ability to help maintain a healthy body, and
have a long life.
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……………………8. It is also effective for P.C.B. poisoning (Polychlorobenzene)
When chloric and benzenyl groups combine to form organic chloride, they will be toxic.
If dissociate chloric and benzenyl become inorganic compounds - the toxigenicity will be
lost and be discharged. There are many methods to separate chloric and benzenyl,
using current molecular chemistry techniques - for instance, use radiation, or radiation
of specific rays. Since organic germanium compounds also have special effects in
electronic chemistry, during chemical experimental processing, chloric dissociating
phenomena may be found. On another side, organic germanium may get into the
intestinal blood vessels, to combine with blood cells to form a circulation system. This
fact has been proven by pathological theory. Accordingly, it is specially effective in the
treatment of liver, lung, and cerebral cell disease, for those organs are rich in blood.
The heavy metals and P.C.B.s in the body, will cause disease at the place where the
blood quantity is large. (P.C.B.s accumulate in subcutaneous fat, and are discharged
with sweat). Organic germanium can get rid of heavy metals and decompose P.C.B.'s
until it is poison less. In other words, it may flow through the blood stream to eliminate
harmful substances from the body.
GANODERMA AND CANCER
Ganoderma belongs to the Polyporaceae group of the Fungi family - Reishi and some
formulas contain other mushrooms.
Ganoderma works in the treatment of cancer because it helps cleanse the body from
toxins and it helps strengthen the immune system. It enhances liver detoxification, thus
improving liver function and stimulating the regeneration of liver cells - making it a very
important supplement for those who have liver cancer.
The anti-cancer agents in Ganoderma are the polysaccharides and Germanium. The
polyshaccharide fraction of Ganoderma is largely responsible for its anti-tumor efficacy.
Indications for Ganoderma use in cancer include supplementation a) to reduce side-
effects during chemotherapy or radiotherapy, b) to prolonging survival and minimize
metastasis, c) to improve quality of life, and d) to prevent occurrence or recurrence.
• It enhances and helps regulate the immune and endocrine system, prevent
tumors, improving the circulation and eliminating harmful free radicals.
• Inhibits DNA synthesis of the cancer cells, destroys the terminal enzyme activity
of the tumor cells, promotes macrophages and regulates T and B lymphocytes,
thus restraining the spread of cancer cells.
• It can also reduce the toxic and side effects and mitigate the pains during
chemotherapy and radiotherapy
• Enhances liver detoxification, thus improving liver function and stimulating the
regeneration of liver cells.
• Helps with cancerous ascites, increases appetite and help relieve the pain of late
stage cancer.
• It is especially effective with kidney diseases.