Coffee Ganoderma Lucidum ; Ling Zhi ; ethnopharmacology

TCS newswire : medicinal plants ; ethnopharmacology ; In China, the average Ganoderma Lucidum or Ling-zhi dose is 3 to 5 grams a day. Other popular forms of delivery are the water/alcohol extracts and powders. Ganoderma Lucidum mushrooms and its relations, and mushroom extracts are generally analyzed for specific triterpenoids called Ganoderic acids. When buying a Ganoderma Lucidum or Ling-zhi mushroom product, check for the analysis of how much triterpenoids content/volume is present in the extract or powder. "There is no standardization yet, either Canada wide or in Asia for Ganoderma Lucidum or Reishi or Ling-zhi or related mushrooms. You have to look for high ganoderic acid-A levels, which indicates high levels of other ganoderic acids,"