Reishi spores

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering if I could please get any opinions on Reishi

spores.

Yesterday, my TCM practitioner suggested that I take them, but at

$36 for a 10 day supply (taking 3 a day), I'd like some second

opinions. I've read the web sites and they seem like miracle

cures

for everything from cancer to a shen imbalance, both of which

I've

had. I've been in TCM treatment for 15 months, and my diagnosis

is

spleen and kidney qi deficiency with phlegm. I currently take a

powdered herb formula three times a day, with 21 herbs.

 

This was the first visit to a new doctor, and while she seemed

concerned about strengthening my immune system, I'm primarily

concerned about my emotional issues with depression, and the shen

disturbance. I know they all interrelate, but I can't afford too

much more on top of what I'm paying now for acupuncture and

herbs.

I'm not sure of the potency (I know it can vary), or the brand of

the Reishi spores she suggested, but if any of you think they are

truly valuable, would you mind writing in a bit about them, and also

if you have any ideas where I might order them at a lower price.

 

Thanks as always!

Linda

[Guest guest]

" Bob Linde,AP, Herbalist " wrote:

> Well Reishi (Ling Zhi) is a great herb and one that can be

> used as a single. It calms the shen, transforms dampness

> /phlegm and improves sleep and the immune system.....

> but $36 is a bit much for a ten day supply.

 

Does the whole mushroom (Ganderma lucidum) have the same benefits as

just the spores?

or are the virtues you mention specific to just the reishi's spores?

 

Penel

whose visual imagination of the collection of mushroom spores is much

more boring than her visual imagination of the collection of flying

squirrel dung,

but that's another story ;-)

[Guest guest]

those are for the whole processed mushroom, I have never seen research specific

to the spores of any mushroom

b

 

Penel <hyldemoer wrote:

" Bob Linde,AP, Herbalist " wrote:

> Well Reishi (Ling Zhi) is a great herb and one that can be

> used as a single. It calms the shen, transforms dampness

> /phlegm and improves sleep and the immune system.....

> but $36 is a bit much for a ten day supply.

 

Does the whole mushroom (Ganderma lucidum) have the same benefits as

just the spores?

or are the virtues you mention specific to just the reishi's spores?

 

Penel

whose visual imagination of the collection of mushroom spores is much

more boring than her visual imagination of the collection of flying

squirrel dung,

but that's another story ;-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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