Medi Mushrooms Reishi

Description

Medi Mushrooms Reishi

Reishi mushroom is a fungus that some people describe as “tough” and “woody” with a bitter taste. The fruiting body (above-ground part) and mycelium (filaments connecting a group of mushrooms) are used as medicine.

Reishi mushroom is used for boosting the immune system; viral infections such as the flu (influenza), swine flu, and avian flu; lung conditions including asthma and bronchitis; heart disease and contributing conditions such as high blood pressureand high cholesterol; kidney disease; cancer; and liver disease. It is also used for HIV/AIDS, altitude sickness, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), trouble sleeping(insomnia), stomach ulcers, poisoning, and herpes pain. Other uses include reducing stress and preventing fatigue.

In combination with other herbs, reishi mushroom is used to treat prostate cancer.

How does it work?

Reishi mushroom contains chemicals that seem to have a variety of potentially beneficial effects, including activity against tumors (cancer) and beneficial effects on the immune system.

Bioactive Properties and Health Benefits:

• Anti-tumour effect
• May boost immune system
• Can promote interferon inducing activity
• Assists in stimulating cancer cells apoptosis and cytotoxic effect reinforces membrane of cancerous cells to prevent from spreading metastasis)
• Post chemotherapy recovery
• Can reduce side effects of chemotherapy and enhances benefits of other drugs
• May inhibits thrombogenesis and Iyses thrombi on the wall of surrounding cell tissue and removes blockade of cancer medication, thus increases the effectiveness of these drugs;
• Anti-allergy effect
• May suppress over-active allergen production which inhibits histamine release
• High cholesterol level
• Can reduce HDL cholesterol in the blood and the amount of free fat
• Cardio-vascular system
• Modulates blood pressure and promotes improved blood circulation
• Improvise the diastolic level which is by far most valuable property
• Increases blood flow of coronary artery
• Lowers the side effects of anti-hypertensive drugs
• Anti-aging effect
• Improves skin tone, skin texture, contributes to the fading of skin pigmentation due to its antioxidant properties
• Prevents tissue cell and organ degeneration
• Prevents senility
• Assists in maintaining a youthful constitution
• Anti-diabetes
• adjusts insulin sensitivity
• reduces blood sugar level
• restores pancreas function
• Anti-HIV activity
• elevates the natural healing ability of the body
• allows the body to regain a strong immune system
• has a cytopathic effect, inhibits HIV-1 PR enzyme;
• Liver protection
• lowers the GOT and GPT levels
• improves the function of the liver at chronic hepatitis;
• Thromboses prevention
• inhibits platelet aggregation due to the natural anticoagulant properties.

Contra-Indications:  Do not consume Reishi if you are using blood thinning medication or if you have had an organ transplant