Ling Zhi靈芝
GanodermaGanoderma
Autres nomsReishi Mushroom · Lucid Ganoderma
- Catégorie
- Herbs that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
- Nature
- neutre
- Saveur
- doux
- Tropisme
- Cœur, Foie, Poumon
- Méridiens secondaires
- Rein, Rate, Péricarde
- Posologie
- 3–15 g
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Doses usuelles
- Posologie
- 3–15 g
- Powder
- 1–3 g
- Serious disorders
- 4–5 g
- Tincture
- 0.5–2.5 ml
Actions & indications
- Tonifies Heart Qi, nourishes Heart Blood and calms the Spirit
- Heart Blood and Heart Qi Deficiency failing to nourish the Spirit with insomnia, fright, palpitations and forgetfulness (can be used as a stand-alone herb)
- Tonifies the Lung Qi, transforms Phlegm and stops cough and wheezing
- Cough and wheezing in patients with Deficiency Cold or Phlegm Dampness (can be used as a stand-alone herb)
- Wheezing due to Lung and Kidney Deficiencies
- Tonifies Qi and nourishes Blood
- Deficiency consumption with shortness of breath, lack of appetite and either icy extremities or irritability with a dry mouth
Contre-indications
- Use cautiously in Excess conditions.
- It may produce skin rash, diarrhea, or facial flushing.
Incompatibilités
Avoid combining with Rx. Dichroae Chang Shan or Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao.
Associations
Insomnia, palpitations and forgetfulness.
- Dang Shen
- Wu Wei Zi
- Gan Jiang
- Zhi Ban Xia
Cough and wheezing from Deficiency Cold or Phlegm-Dampness affecting the Lungs.
- Shan Zhu Yu
- Ren Shen
- Sheng Di Huang
Deficiency consumption.
Notes
- According to some sources, it strengthens the Middle Jiao, tonifies Jing, sharpens vision and intelligence, inhibits tumor growth, detoxifies, and dispels accumulations.
- It is typically used on its own, prepared as slices, syrup, tincture, or injectable fluid.
- It is known as “the food of the immortals.”
- It is classified by some sources as a Qi tonic.
- One source states that it removes toxins.
- Being a dense, woody fungus, it must be sliced before decoction to release its constituents, and soaking it in warm water beforehand also helps.
- Purple Ganoderma has a sweet, Warm, non-toxic nature. It addresses deafness, eases joint movement, calms the Spirit, boosts Yuan Qi, strengthens sinew and bone, and improves complexion.
- Crimson Ganoderma is bitter, neutral and non-toxic, addressing chest clumping, tonifying the Middle, and sharpening intelligence to guard against forgetfulness.
- Taken over the long term, it lightens the body and slows aging.
- It builds immune function over time while also stimulating it immediately, helping prevent cancer and treat it in early stages.
- It stands as perhaps the foremost — possibly the only — anti-allergic remedy capable of addressing the full spectrum of type I-V hypersensitivity disorders.
- It offers protection against unproductive stress.
- It has served as an aid to journeying and meditation.
- Used alone, it tonifies Qi and Blood.
- More recently it has been applied to chronic fatigue, angina pectoris, hepatitis, high cholesterol, hypertension, bronchitis, altitude sickness, forgetfulness, immunodeficiency, and leukopenia.
- For chronic Stomach disorders, 1.5g is cut into pieces, soaked in wine, and taken daily.
- Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao is said to act as a guiding herb for Ling Zhi.