Lingzhi belongs to a kind of Ganoderma lucidum, which is sweet and bitter in flavor, flat in nature, and belongs to the liver, heart, spleen and lung meridians. It has the effects of tonifying the lungs and benefiting the qi, nourishing the heart and calming the mind.
1. Nourishing the lungs and benefiting qi: Ganoderma lucidum belongs to the lung meridian, with sweet taste and flat nature, it can nourish the lungs and benefit qi, and it is often used to treat phlegm and drink (the pathological products formed by the obstacle of metabolism of water and liquid) cough and cough of deficiency and fatigue and other illnesses.
For long illness and deficiency labor, phlegm and asthma, form cold (body cold) cough has a good therapeutic effect.
2. Nourishes the heart and calms the mind: Ganoderma lucidum belongs to the heart meridian, is flat in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and can nourish the heart and calm the mind. It has a better therapeutic effect on insomnia caused by deficiency of qi and blood, and lack of nourishment of the heart and the mind, and it is often used in the treatment of insomnia with excessive sleepiness, restlessness and insomnia, and amnesia and fatigue of the mind (lack of mental clarity) and other diseases.
3. Adverse effects are less common in people who take ganoderma lucidum orally, but it is important to be wary of ganoderma lucidum-based proprietary Chinese medicines that can lead to allergic reactions, in addition to pregnant women and children should be used under the guidance of a physician.
Lingzhi is effective in many ways, but it should be used under the supervision of a physician.