The Lingzhi Reishi mushroom is a supernatural mushroom that has been used as a medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2,000 years Ganoderma lucidum is a medicinal mushroom that stands out as one the most valuable of all polypore mushrooms in nature for the benefit of our health.
Many naturopaths and doctors prefer organically-grown reishi from pristine environments because they are more pure. Lingzhi mushroom contains a number of valuable nutrients, including protein, enzymes, B vitamins (especially niacin), and vitamin D2. Increasing vitamin D levels through your diet by consuming dried Lingzhi button mushroom is an effective means of taking supplemental vitamin D2 or D3 for increasing vitamin D levels (25-hydroxyvitamin D).5 .

Recent studies suggest it also has potent anti-inflammatory characteristics that may be helpful for those suffering from:

• Asthma
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Renal failure
• Stroke damage

Lingzhi in China, or "spirit plant." It's also been called "Mushroom of Immortality" — a nickname that kind of says it all. Reishi has been used medicinally in Asia for thousands of years. One of its more useful compounds is ganoderic acid (a triterpenoid), which is being used to treat lung cancer,20 leukemia and other cancers. The list of Reishi's health benefits includes the following

• Antibacterial, antiviral (Herpes, Epstein-Barr), antifungal (including Candida) properties

• Anti-inflammatory, useful for reducing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
• Immune system up-regulation
• Normalization of blood cholesterol levels and blood pressure
• Reduction of prostate-related urinary symptoms in men

  Lingzhi Reishi constituents

  Polysaccharides: Beta-D-Glucan, FA, F1, F1-1a, D-6, A, B, C-2, D,
  G-A Betaglucan, G-Z
  Organic Germanium (6000 ppm in the Ganocelium or GL)

  Anti-Oxidants (very high - around 23,000 I.U's.)
  Adenosine
  Vitamin C, D and B Vitamins + Other Vitamins, Minerals,
  Various Enzymes and Essential Fatty Acids

  Complete Proteins and Glycoproteins
  Selenium, Iron, Calcium, zinc, magnesium, copper, potassium

  110 Amino Acids - including ALL Esssential Amino Acids

  Triterpenes and Triterpenoids - up to 137 types including six types of cytotoxic triterpenes. .
  Ganoderic acids: B, D, F, H, K, Mf, R, S, T-1O, Y
  Ganodermadiol, Ganoderiol F, Ganodosterone,
  Ganodermanontriol, Ganoderic acid B, Ganodermadiol,
  Ganodelan A and B, Lanostan,
  Lucidadiol, Lucidenic acid B, Applanoxidic acid G.
  
  Plant Sterols, Ergosterol, Alkaloids, Nucleotides,

  Lingzhi 8, Uridine, Urasil, Pantothenic acid.
  
  Canthaxanthin, lipids, protein, fibre, carbohydrates, volotile oil , Riboblavin,
  
  Coumarin, Mannitol , Oleic Acid, RNA, Cyclooctosulphur
  
  Rich in a number of complex phyto-chemicals; including Ergosterol, Ergosteroids, Fumaric acid, Aminoglucose and Lactones.

  Ganoderma lucidum is the only known source of a group of triterpenes, known as ganoderic acids, It is a source of biologically active polysaccharides with presumed medicinal properties, and it also contains:
  ergosterol
  coumarin
  mannitol
  lactones
  alkaloids
  unsaturated fatty acids

  Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for Vitamin D

  19–50 years	600 IU (15 mcg)	600 IU (15 mcg)	600 IU (15 mcg)	600 IU (15 mcg)
  51–70 years	600 IU (15 mcg)	600 IU (15 mcg)

  >70 years

  800 IU (20 mcg)

  800 IU (20 mcg)