Lingzhi and Sanghuang, when taken together, can relieve cough and asthma, tonify qi and calm the mind, invigorate blood circulation, stop bleeding, harmonize the stomach and stop diarrhea, and soften and disperse hard lumps, so that the two medicines must be taken together under the supervision of a doctor.
Ganoderma lucidum enters the heart meridian and can benefit heart qi, replenish heart blood, and calm the mind, so as to alleviate the symptoms of insufficient qi and blood, lack of nourishment of the heart and spirit, such as nighttime dreaming and insomnia, restlessness of the heart and mind, and forgetfulness and palpitations. It also enters the lung meridian and is good at warming the lungs and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, and is effective in treating phlegm-dampness and phlegm-beverage (a pathological product of impaired metabolism of water and liquids) of deficiency and cold. Attention to the beginning of external infection and solid evidence of people avoid using this drug.
Sanghuang is bitter and cold in nature, has the effect of softening and dispersing knots, harmonizing the stomach and stopping diarrhea, activating blood circulation and stopping bleeding. It is used in decoction or in pills and scattering, and is effective in treating traumatic hemorrhage, gastric fever and vomiting, damp-heat diarrhea (diarrhea caused by feeling damp-heat), leakage of menstruation (menstruation cycle, menstruation period and menstruation amount are seriously out of order), diarrhea of the belt, vomiting of blood in the heart and lungs when they are subjected to heat or summer heat, and phlegm nuclei (nodule swollen up under the skin, such as a nucleus).
Although Lingzhi and Sanghuang have no obvious contraindications, they should not be used indiscriminately, and if they need to be taken together, the condition must first be diagnosed by a professional doctor to avoid the risk of medication.