[Product]Reishi Mushroom Extracts [English Name] Reishi Mushroom Extracts [Chinese Name] Ling Zhi [Latin Name] Ganoderma lucidum [Property] Sweet,cold. [ingredients] polysaccharides, detected by UV triterpenes detected by HPLC [Specification] content: polysaccharides, 10%, 20%, 30% triterpenes: 4%, 8% appearance:Fine powder color:Brown Particle Size:NLT100%80mesh order:characteristic taste: characteristic Moisture: 5%max Heavy metal:10ppm max Pesticides:Negative Total Plate Count:1000cfu/g max Yeast / Mold:100cfu/g max E.Coli:Negative Salmonella:Negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa:Negative [Medicinal Functions] Reishi Mushroom, also known as Ling-Zhi (Chinese), has shown in recent studies to be helpful for heart health, including normal cholesterol, blood pressure, and circulatory system support. Reishi mushroom contains a high amount of polysaccharides which are essential for proper functioning of the immune system. Reishi Mushroom is used as a tonic and a sedative. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, reishi was thought to "mend the heart." Reishi is a cardio tonic that supports normal blood and oxygen flow to the heart. Reishi Mushroom is one of the most valued plants in the Chinese pharmacopoeia. Reishi has been used for over thousands of years as a miraculous remedy for a variety of diseases from traumatic wounds, inflammation, various ulcers. Reishi mushroom extracts have been shown to exert many beneficial effects which seems to support Reishi historical use as an "adaptagen". An adaptagen is defined as a substance which increases the resistance to stress and improves the general tone of the body and mind. Reishi mushroom has been used to treat: *Normal sleep *High altitude stress *Cardiac and liver tonic *Immune system health The immune enhancing effects of reishi mushroom are thought to be largely due to the polysaccharides. The polysaccharides are composed of individual sugar molecules, chained together to form a sugar layer. Recently, researchers at Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai Tumor Hospital, and Shanghai Chung San Hospital have independently isolated from the Reishi mushroom a few species of polysaccharides which have subsequently been shown in clinical studies to