Functions and Effects of Ganoderma Lucidum

Ganoderma lucidum can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, which mainly has the effects of tonifying qi and tranquilizing the mind, relieving cough and calming asthma (stopping coughing and calming wheezing), and has the function of treating symptoms such as restlessness of the heart and mind, insomnia and palpitation, cough and asthma due to deficiency of the lungs, deficiency of fatigue and shortness of breath, and inability to think about food and drink. 1. Qi and blood deficiency: Ganoderma lucidum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and enters the heart meridian, which can replenish the blood of the heart, benefit the heart qi, and reassure the mind, so it can be used to treat the heart and blood insufficiency, the heart is not nourished (the heart loses its nourishment) due to the heart and mind uneasiness, insomnia, palpitations, tiredness and fatigue (lack of mental energy), and poor appetite. It can be used in conjunction with Angelica sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Ziziphi jujube nut. 2. Phlegm drink (pathological products formed by water metabolism disorders): Ganoderma lucidum is sweet in taste and warm in nature; it enters the lung meridian, tonifying the lung qi, warming the lung and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, and can often treat phlegm drink, coughing and phlegm asthma, especially for phlegm-dampness or deficiency-cold type with better curative effect. 3. Deficiency labor evidence: Ganoderma lucidum has the function of tonifying qi and blood, so it can often be used to treat short-term deficiency labor, not thinking about food, cold hands and feet or irritability and dry mouth, etc. It is often used with Cornus officinalis, ginseng, dihuang and other deficiency tonic medicines. If you need to take ganoderma lucidum, it is recommended that you follow your doctor’s instructions.