Bert Sagum, Co-Founder of the World Famous Society of Seven

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Healthy CoffeeUSA, Inc., the marketing arm of Healthy Coffee International, Inc. (PinkSheets: HCFE), is proud to announce that Bert Sagum, co-founder of theworld famous Society of Seven, Hawaii's premier show band, has joinedHealthy Coffee USA as a member of its Founders Club. The Society of Seven, or SOS, are the only Asian performers to receivea star on the Walk of Fame in Las Vegas, in the company of famouscelebrities like Sammy Davis Jr., Wayne Newton, and Bobby Darren. Bert andthe SOS perform daily at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, with LaniMisalucha and special guest Martin Nievera. He was introduced to HealthyCoffee by Dr. Merle Yaneza, a prominent dentist in Whittier, CA, also amember of the Founders Club. Mr. Sagum said: "I've been drinking coffee all my life, and I'm soexcited about a coffee that tastes great and at the same time has ginsengand reishi because I need my energy level to be at its peak so I can be ontop of my game in every show. I'm glad we now have Healthy Coffee." "With Mr. Bert Sagum as a member of our Founders Club, we're expectingmore famous celebrities to join our Team in Healthy Coffee USA shortly,"said Mr. Rick Aguiluz, Founder and CEO of Healthy Coffee International,Inc. About Healthy Coffee International HEALTHY COFFEE INTERNATIONAL, INC. is focused on bringing health to theworld's largest and most popular drink, coffee. The secret is to combinethe health benefits of Ginseng and Reishi in a delicious instant gourmetcoffee drink, making its Healthy Coffee the most powerful Healthy Coffee inthe world. About Healthy Coffee USA, Inc. HEALTHY COFFEE USA, INC. adds the business opportunity component toHealthy Coffee by providing an opportunity for the average person to own acoffee distribution or coffee house business without the big capital andoverhead, and be able to market globally via the internet. Its website ishttp://www.healthycoffee.com. Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press releaseincludes forward-looking statements concerning the future performance ofour business, its operations and its financial performance and condition,and also includes selected operating results presented without the contextof accompanying financial results which are not yet available. Theseforward-looking statements include, among others, statements with respectto our objectives and strategies to achieve those objectives, as well asstatements with respect to our beliefs, plans, expectations, anticipations,estimates or intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on ourcurrent expectations. We caution that all forward-looking information isinherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from theassumptions, estimates or expectations reflected or contained in theforward-looking information, and that actual future performance will beaffected by a number of factors, including economic conditions,technological change, the integration of acquisitions, regulatory changeand competitive factors, many of which are beyond our control. Therefore,future events and results may vary significantly from what we currentlyforesee. We are under no obligation (and we expressly disclaim any suchobligation) to update or alter the forward-looking statements whether as aresult of new information, future events or otherwise.

The Power of Japanese Red Reishi (Linghzi): The Real Magic Mushroom

The real magic mushroom is not a hallucinogen. It's an adaptogen--a phenomenon in nature that transforms decaying logs into life-enhancing compounds that provide immune enhancement, sustained energy, and anti-cancer properties.Exciting new scientific discoveries prompted a joint international effort by an American medical anthropologist, Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, and a Canadian nutritionist, Brad King, MSc, MFS, to educate the public about the way Japanese Red Reishi mushrooms are changing lives around the world in dramatic ways.The findings are reported in a new book "The Power of Japanese Red Reishi: The Real Magic Mushroom," available at online retailers such as amazon.com.Regarded as the monarch of medicinal mushrooms, Japanese Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is "unknown to most people in the West," explains Dr. Jordan, "even though it's been considered the preeminent immune system support and overall health and longevity botanical for thousands of years in Asia."Over the past 30 years, labs from Japan to Germany have been confirming what ancient herbalists have purported for centuries. The potent immune modulator, beta-glucans, a polysaccharide that is non-toxic and can be taken on a daily basis, exerts an effect on natural killer cells, T and B cells, macrophages, and seems to "train" the immune system to perform its cytotoxic clean up more effectively.The Japanese Red Reishi also has the highest amount of ganoderic acid of any plant, which provides cardiovascular benefits such as decreasing cholesterol, reducing platelet stickiness, reducing triglycerides, and lowering high blood pressure.Research also points to liver protection, correction of blood sugar, and reduction of the myriad ways in which stress and chronic inflammation take a toll on the body."We are excited by what we have uncovered regarding the amazing and numerous health benefits associated with Japanese Red Reishi," said Dr. Jordan, "and our intent with this collaborative, international publishing effort was to increase awareness in the West about what has been revered in the East for many years."

Nutrition secrets

Today we know more about vitamins, minerals and nutrition in general then ever before, but at the same time there are various elements of the media and medical community that want to keep everyone in the dark about the true role and power that vitamins play in our health and life.
As many who study natural health, nutrition and those who subscribe to various newsletters such as this, the pharmaceutical companies are a major front in the war against nutrition. That’s because it’s been known since the turn of the last century that the cause of nearly all degenerative diseases as well as the weakening of the immune system that makes one susceptible to communicable diseases are deficiencies of various key nutrients or total lack of them altogether.
Of course this knowledge has been carefully and cleverly hidden from the public for over one hundred years now since they can’t have people learning that they can be healthy merely by taking the right nutrients and the right amounts of each. That’s why as is the case with vitamin C and many other vitamins, the RDA for most nutrients is pathetically low and barely enough to keep you alive, let alone for you to be healthy and strong.
Since the mid 1800’s, the naturopathic doctor has ceaselessly and constantly come under attack by the MD’s and organized medical community. As the mechanized view of the body and the germ theory of disease began to become more accepted along with the belief that chemicals and drugs were the way of the future, the attacks became more frequent, bold and progressed to outright lies at times. That’s because the MD, with his surgical procedures, chemical drugs, fancy concoctions and useless medical terminology had much more potential for financial gain than did the naturopath or “country doctor”. They saw the country doctor as a threat to their growing influence and livelihood as well. In fact the medical terminology that doctors use was created precisely to make the average person feel ignorant and stupid and to keep people from ever trying to diagnose or cure themselves.
The AMA was formed in 1847 specifically to protect the profits and practices of doctors, the MD, not the “country doctor” who they came to view as backwards and outdated. Of course they know that the methods and cures of the country doctor were far better, cheaper and safer than the drugs and surgery approach of the “medical doctor”, also known as the “Slash and Burn” method, but it was all about the profits, so if the AMA was going to represent any group they knew that the MD’s offered them the greatest chance at profits, growth and power. The AMA is a union created specifically for doctors, NOT patients, not to find cures, not to prevent disease, but to protect the profits of doctors. Just like any union, its job is to protect the jobs and income of its members. The AMA is not the wonderful, benign or righteous agency that it tries to convince the world that it is.
The western allopathic medical establishments knows that nutrition prevents disease and cures most non-communicable and even many communicable diseases as well. That’s why they work so hard to suppress this knowledge and why they keep trying to get nutrients like vitamin C labeled as a “drug”. They haven’t yet, but they’re not giving up on this either.
In the book “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration”, Dr. Weston A. Price details his discoveries in the 1920’s of primitive tribes and cultures around the world that were models of health and free of dental caries and degenerative diseases. Since he was a dentist searching for the cause of cavities (caries), that was the main focus of his book. However, he also discovered in his research and travels that a solid and irrefutable link existed between those who had cavities, crowded teeth, and “malformed” faces, and those that lacked nutrition. When the native peoples began to eat the modern processed foods devoid of real nutrients and loaded with chemicals and artificial ingredients, they too suffered the same dental and health problems as those raised on such diets. When the native peoples went back to their traditional whole foods diet, cavities that were progressing ceased and the next generation of children were born with perfect teeth and greatly improved immunity as had the previously untouched generations.
Knowledge such as this is powerful, and it’s this kind of knowledge that the “powers that be” don’t want too many people knowing about. The less real knowledge and truth that you have about how to prevent and eliminate disease and degenerative conditions with the power of nutrition, herbs, exercise, deep breathing, meditation, relaxation and many other natural and alternative methods, the more people will suffer needlessly while the people who control these organizations, including pharmaceutical companies, doctors and hospitals all get richer. The rest of us will continue to get poorer while trying to pay for this system of useless, dangerous and deadly so-called “medicines” and procedures.
The inexpensiveness and effectiveness of natural cures and the cultures that practice them, such as the Chinese, are a direct threat to the stranglehold that the western medical system has on this country and most of the world. That is one of the main reasons why many aspects of Chinese medicine were so strongly suppressed, laughed at, made fun of, ridiculed and ignored in the past thirty or so years.
It was through the actions of the patients themselves, who kept going to Chinese doctors and other natural doctors and spreading the word of how effective these methods were, that finally got the western medical establishment to start taking notice of Chinese medicine and other natural treatments. They realized that since they couldn’t suppress this any longer, they might as well admit how well it works so that they can control it, regulate it, license it and at least make some money off of it. This is especially the case with acupuncture. Even though they reject the Chinese explanations of Chi flow and balance and prefer to believe that it’s just effecting the nerves of the body or it’s an out of control placebo effect, they still allowed it to be practiced and covered by insurance as a valid and effective cure for certain illnesses.
Getting proper nutrition is vitally important, which is why I juice several times a week to make sure that I’m getting plenty of vital nutrients into my body and I can feel this as I drink the life in the juice down. What’s also interesting is that this is also a great way to help one lose weight, since juicing delivers tons of nutrients into the body; hunger often disappears for several hours or more afterward and it seems to also raise metabolism since the body is getting tons of nutrients and enzymes to function with greater efficiency and at a higher level.
I lost over twenty pounds when I started juicing about five times a week. As my appetite decreased and my taste for carrots, celery, broccoli, spinach and such increased, I no longer wanted to put pastries, pizza and doughnuts or other junk food into my body and certainly not fast food. After juicing at lunch time each day at one of my jobs, I often ate my last meal at 3 pm in the afternoon, had no dinner and was not even hungry till about 8 am the next morning. Even then I was not ravenous at all and could have easily gone till lunch without eating anything at all. That’s because when you’re hungry, your body is not so much craving the solid matter. . . it’s craving the nutrients in foods, real nutrients from natural, whole foods. Since juicing delivers large amounts of these nutrients to the body in liquid form, your body has plenty of nutrients in reserve to produce what it needs, so hunger simply goes into a stand-by mode until the cells tell the liver and brain once again that more nutrients are needed, at which point you start to feel hungry again.
You’re also getting these nutrients in a more readily bioavailable form since the nutrients are also being delivered with tons of natural plant enzymes, which again take a great load off the pancreas since the body does not have to produce large quantities of enzymes to digest solid matter. Of course juicing is never a long term substitute for real, solid whole foods, but doing short term juice fasts and juicing daily or at least several times a week is a vital and fantastic way to ensure that you’re getting large amounts of necessary nutrients in an unadulterated form each time you juice.
I mentioned above a little about the liver and brain receiving signals from the cells. The cells communicate with the rest of the body using energies very similar to light. A physicist by the name of Popp has demonstrated this in his many experiments with cellular communication. He started this work because the modern idea that the cells are all communicating via chemical messages simply did not hold up. Cells were receiving various signals far too quickly to be explained by chemical reactions. His research showed that in fact the whole body is communicating via energy in the light spectrum and that this communication goes on at nearly the speed of light. We are indeed all “luminous beings”. This is also why getting out into the sun for 10-15 minutes a day is absolutely vital, not only for the production of vitamin D, but so that your cells can properly communicate with each other and especially the brain. The Chinese and particularly the Taoists practice visual exercises called “Administering Sunbeams” early in the morning and late in the afternoon to ensure that the brain and body get adequate amounts of UV rays from the sun. I’ll talk more about this in a later article. The body does talk and has its own language of communication, it’s absolutely amazing!
In regards to the liver, in Chinese medicine it’s been known for centuries that the liver and spleen are very important for digestion. They are given a special relationship in the five element theory of Chinese medicine which teaches that each organ has solid ties with the others and that there is a definite cause and effect relationship at work. For example, the Chinese have known that the stomach and spleen are linked pairs. This is one of the strongest inter-organ relationships in the body. When the body needs nutrients and even more then just nutrients, but Chi, the liver, which is the vitamin storehouse of the body, sends a signal to the spleen (and stomach by extension) that it requires energy. The spleen, which gives its energy to the mind and is responsible for concentration and faith in Chinese medicine, then signals the stomach and brain that nutrients are needed and the brain interprets this and starts to send out a signal back to the stomach. We feel this as the beginnings of hunger. So naturally, we grab something to eat. When we were all eating real foods from nature, we got lots of nutrients, fiber, bulk matter, sunlight and earth energy in those natural foods and the various physical and energy systems of the human body were satisfied. This kept intense foods craving and bingeing to a minimum because those cravings simply never manifested themselves to the degree that we see today. This is precisely because so many people are consuming nutrient-, energy- and enzyme-dead foods, that the body is in a constant state of nutritional and energy deficiency. Because of this, the liver is not being given the nutrients, enzymes or bio-energy (chi) that it needs, so the feeling of hunger or of never feeling satisfied is nearly always “on” to some degree in most people today.
When you follow a whole foods diet, which includes juicing with lots of fresh vegetables that are nutrient and enzyme dense, you’re giving your body not only the physical nutrients and enzymes that it needs, but because such foods are alive, there is also the vital and indisputable non-physical element of Chi present in the foods that the body also requires to convert all those nutrients into other chemical compounds, hormones and enzymes to carry out all its functions. When we eat processed foods such as sugar, which leeches calcium from the bones and teeth and nutrients from the liver, we’re stripping away the nutrients needed and not giving the body what’s truly needed for us to be healthy, feel great and live long and happy lives.
See, the body is very smart. It knows what is natural and good for it and what is not. It knows that real foods have nutrients, vitamins, minerals and energy present in them. Most other man-made garbage is treated as a toxin by the body. The liver takes care of the nutrient part and the spleen extracts the Chi or energy from foods. But when we consume man-made junk foods and useless stomach fillers such as doughnuts, cakes, candies, cookies, refined white breads, pastries and more, the body senses the various non-organic and foreign chemicals in these foods and the almost total lack of nutrients. The body must have nutrients to digest those foods, so it must somehow “borrow” the nutrients that it needs to digest this “food” from the liver, because the body can’t digest them without these nutrients present.
Chemicals that the body cannot digest are considered foreign and toxic by the body and are moved to the eliminatory organs for excretion and elimination from the body. If it can’t eliminate it, it does the next best thing, which is to “isolate” it away from the vital internal organs. It mostly does this by storing such foreign matter in the fatty tissues, the fascia between the muscles and the joints. In the case of the latter, this becomes one of the main causes of arthritis which is the body’s attempt to store dangerous crystalline structures formed from the consumption of dangerous and unnatural chemical compounds away from the organs. Interesting that your computer anti-virus software also does the same thing when it can’t eliminate a virus from the system, it “quarantines” it away so it does not damage the operating system or other critical files.
Getting proper amounts of vitamins, minerals and nutrients is absolutely vital for health, regeneration, strength, happiness and longevity. Just as a lack of vitamin C causes rickets and scurvy, just as a sufficient lack of the “B” vitamins can cause severe illness and eventually death, so too the lack of nutrients in our bodies causes slow degeneration of the body and eventual premature death. Very famous fitness gurus of the 1950’s once said “If man makes it, don’t eat it” and “It’s not what you do some of the time that counts, it’s what you do all of the time that counts.”
We have to be aware of our nutrient intake every day, not just some days and not others. In this modern, fast-paced world it’s hard to make sure we’re getting all that we need. That’s why taking a good multi-vitamin on a daily basis is very important. A good multi is not your “once a day” vitamins popularly advertised. I recommend the “Alive-Whole Food Energizer” as my number one multivitamin. That’s because this product, made by Nature’s Way is a whole food vitamin, meaning its not synthesized by man, but merely whole natural foods compressed into a tablet form. Some of the ingredients are even organic. It has tons of great stuff such as all the main vitamins and minerals in very good amounts for most, plus the following: “Green food/Spirulina blend, Digestive enzyme blend, Amino Acid complex, Garden Veggie blend, Orchard fruit blend, Myco defense mushroom blend with about a dozen mushrooms known to increase immunity including Reishi and Shiitake, Omega fatty acid blend and a vitamin C complex all from natural sources”. Always remember that it’s never a substitute for consuming real, healthy and preferably organic natural raw foods from nature, untouched by man.

Morel Mushrooms

Mushroom hunting can be a wonderful, healthy outdoor experience to share with family and friends. But the thrill of the hunt is only half the enjoyment. Its deliciously earthy, nutty, steak-like flavor makes the morel mushroom the No. 1 target of wild mushroom hunters across North America.
The two dozen choicest wild mushrooms on this continent have a range of flavors—light, sweet apricot (chanterelle), eggplant (puffball), meat like (several)—but the morel is king. Thousands of people scour fields and forests annually in North America in search of morels.
Not only is it the best-tasting, the morel is also the easiest to identify and safest to eat of all wild mushrooms. Generally, if you find a sponge-like protuberance, 1 to 6 inches tall pushing skyward among fallen forest leaves and grasses on spring days between 60 and 80 degrees, you're in luck. The stems and caps of morels are hollow, and the stem is attached at the base of the cap. It makes a great first mushroom to learn because its spongy shape is so distinctive and easy to identify.

WHEN AND WHERE

Morels appear throughout the continent in spring. Trees are just beginning to bud, so relatively unfiltered sunlight warms the earth directly. This triggers the appearance of a number of wildflowers: trillium, phlox, trout lily, Dutchman's breeches, violets, wild strawberries and many more. These flowers, along with temperature, are indicators of when to look for morels.
The "where" isn't quite as simple. Where the spores fall, cross pollinate and germinate is basically where morels will grow—after a five-year cycle of nutrient-gathering and storage. Black morels (which appear first) tend to be more exclusively in hardwood forests, but not around any particular type of tree. Finding them is often like a connect-the-dots game. When you find one, be still and look nearby. When the spores that created the morel you just picked were jettisoned years ago, there likely was a wind pattern that blew the spores in a particular path. There may have been a nutrient source or environment (soil type, moisture, pH, etc.) that was conducive for growth. Look for the patterns.
White morels, which appear later than the blacks Forests, fields, orchards, fence rows, hedgerows, islands, railroad tracks, floodplain's and grown-over strip mines are just some of the places the white and giant morels can be found. Unlike the blacks, the whites sometimes tend to congregate around certain types of tree usually ones that are in some stage of dying. Elm, ash, sycamore, cottonwood. Bigger, older trees. As the trees die the root systems break down and are desirable and readily available food sources for morels. This availability of nutrients may allow the growth cycle to advance, shortening the five-year cycle. Good results occasionally can be found in consecutive years in the same location.

WHAT TO WEAR, WHAT TO BRING

When you head out to the woods, wear long pants and a long-sleeved shirt for protection. There can be brambles and poison ivy, the occasional spider web and weather elements to consider. Make sure your clothes and your walking shoes are comfortable. A compass, whistle (for hailing), drinking water and snack are all good accompaniments for your walk.
The most important item, however, is your collection bag. Do not use paper or plastic bags, even though they're handy and inexpensive. These bags don't allow mushroom spores to return to their natural habitat. A mesh bag will keep your mushrooms fresh and let those thousands of spores fall back to the ground. The numbers of morels (where they've previously existed) have steadily dwindled over the past 30 years. Deforestation and pesticide use are partial culprits, but the biggest factor has been human beings removing the "seeds" from the woods in nonporous bags. So use mesh and tell other people why it's important.
The spores are microscopic. The cap of each morel contains 250,000 to 500,000 spores. These spores must become airborne and then find adequate nutrients, soil and moisture. The odds of successful reproduction are slim, but people can help the process by using mesh bags for their "catch."
Recycled orange and onion bags are OK but can abrade the edges of your mushrooms. Some people use well-vented baskets. Over the years I've developed an ideal collection bag, the Spore Boy bag, made of soft-yet-sturdy nylon mesh with belt loops, comfortable handles and a self-storing pouch. It doesn't matter which type of collection vessel you use, as long as the spore gets spread.
Though many other mushrooms (shiitake, buttons, reishi, oyster, etc.) can be grown predictably in one's house or yard from kits, morel technology is elusive. I have purchased, analyzed and tried every kit I have found, and my success rate for growing morels is zero. Over the years I've talked to thousands of people who bought and tried the kits. Only a fraction had any success, and most of those results were questionable. A mesh bag while you're picking is the best kit. Plant as you walk; the spores are free.
Finding morels in nature is challenging, rewarding fun. Get out there with your family and friends, enjoy the sights, sounds and flavors of the outdoors in spring—and happy hunting.
Hunting the Mighty Morel
•The "mushroom walk" is a low, Groucho Marx-like walk that gets the mushroom hunter closer to the ground. Crouch down and look 10 to 20 feet ahead—not around your feet and look for the (tiny) Christmas-tree shapes in the distance. Keep moving and investigate the shapes. You'll cover more ground and find more morels.
•It's a fallacy that pulling a mushroom out by its roots will prevent another from growing there next year. The "root" system that brings the mushroom to the surface is a one-time, one-way system. It deteriorates through winter and spring thaw, and is replaced each year. Cut or clip the morels at the base to keep them clean.
• Mushroom hunters never tell where their favorite spots are. Don't bother asking.

Save Some for Later

The easiest, longest-lasting method of preserving morels is drying. Place your unwashed, young, healthy specimens (whole or cut in half) on a nonmetal screen directly in the sunshine and raised off the ground for air flow. Hard or reflective surfaces (like a deck or driveway) below your screen will help dry the mushrooms more quickly. Set them out early in the morning. Remove mushrooms before sundown. The process usually takes eight to 10 hours, depending on conditions. Place completely dry morels in paper bags to store. If you keep them dry, they'll last for years.
Rehydrate in cool water for at least two hours. Use the caramel-colored water for soup, stock and gravy. Two ounces of dried morels will rehydrate to 1 pound.• Do not leave drying or dried mushrooms outdoors overnight or allow rain to get on them. • Do not wash the mushrooms before drying. The moisture can change the chemistry, making the morels hard and dark. • Morels can also dry indoors on screens, but the process takes longer. Provide heat and air if possible. If you're concerned about bugs inside the mushrooms, cutting the mushrooms in half and placing them on a screen in the sun will eliminate critters.Morels also can be frozen. In a frying pan, saute onions or garlic in butter or oil. Add mushrooms and sweat or half-saute them over high temperature. The liquid from the morels will create a soup. Remove from heat, cool, put in plastic, resealable bags and freeze. To re-use, put the frozen mixture into a hot frying pan and finish the sauté.
More about Morels
Morel expert Larry Lonik loves to share his passion and expertise with mushroom hunters, cooks and lovers of the great outdoors. His latest book is Basically Morels: Mushroom Hunting, Cooking, Lore and Advice. You can order it from MOTHER's Bookshelf, Page 120. On his Web site, www.morelheaven.com, he offers mesh bags for collecting and an entertaining 35-minute video about hunting for morels.Other Web sites for more about morels include:www.morelmushroomhunting.com www.morelmania.comwww.morelsandmore.com
Author of four books about mushrooms, Larry Lonik has been featured on "CBS News Sunday Morning," quoted in The Wall Street Journal and interviewed on National Public Radio. You'll find two morel recipes from Lonik on Page 71.

Principles of Lingzhi Growth

Lingzhi (Reishi) contains no chlorophyll, and cannot obtain necessary nutrients from photosynthesis. Instead, it must decompose existing organic matter to obtain the wherewithal for growth. Wild Lingzhi (Reishi) is typically found growing on tree roots, where it decomposes and absorbs nutrition from the tree. To grow Lingzhi (Reishi) in large quantities under artificial conditions, it is first necessary to understand what types of nutrients are needed, and in what quantities. These nutrients must then be blended and mixed with the Lingzhi (Reishi) culture medium.
Growing Lingzhi (Reishi) under Artificial Conditions
Culture medium containing the special nutrients needed for Lingzhi (Reishi) growth is first packed in heat-resistant bags (so-called "sawdust medium packaging bags"). Afterwards, the bags are filled with cotton on the top and sealed -> subjected to high-temperature sterilization -> cooled -> inoculated with spawn -> placed in Lingzhi cultivation cottages. The Lingzhi (Reishi) fruiting bodies may be harvested after they have grown for two to three months (During this time mycelia running and fruiting body growth take place. If the Lingzhi (Reishi) is not harvested in time, its active constituent content will fall and the fruiting body will gradually toughen.). The Lingzhi (Reishi) is cleaned, dried, packed in bags for warehouse storage, and sent to the plant we utilize for the manufacture of Lingzhi products.

History

In ancient time, Lingzhi (Reishi) in medicine was considered so auspicious that its medical efficacy has been attested to in the oldest Chinese medical text (presumed to be over 2,000 years old). The books, which are known in Japan as "Shinnoh Honsohkyo", are now accepted as being the original textbook of Oriental medical science. In it, 365 kinds of medicines are classified and explained. Of the superior medicines (highest rating) listed in the text, Lingzhi (Reishi) was rated number one. You can see how important and powerful Lingzhi (Reishi) was considered in ancient times. It achieved its ranking in the Chinese text not because of its symbolic importance as a good omen but because of its medicinal properties. Centuries ago, Lingzhi (Reishi) was said to be a medicine that would grant you eternal youth and longevity. But after 2,000 years, Lingzhi (Reishi) has jumped into the spotlight as a specific medicine for cancer. Lingzhi (Reishi) is a basidiomycete, lamellaless fungus (mushroom) belonging to the family of polyporaceae. In nature, it grows in densely wooded mountain of high humidity and dim lighting. It is rarely found in nature since it flourishes mainly on the dried trunks of dead plum, guercus serrata or pasonia trees. Out of 10,000 such aged trees, perhaps 2 or 3 will have Lingzhi (Reishi) growth; therefore it is very scarce indeed. The spores of Lingzhi (Reishi) have such tough outer husks that germination is next to impossible and this accounts for its rarity. It was said that in the old days when one discovered Lingzhi (Reishi), it had to be kept a secret even from one's closest relative and there was big celebration upon fruitful return. The herbaceous history of Lingzhi (Reishi) had long been documented in the oldest Chinese pharmacopoeia written in about the first or second century B.C. In it Lingzhi (Reishi) had been recorded as having the most extensive and effective healing powers. It is because of this recognition that there is diligent research for methods of Lingzhi (Reishi) cultivation feasible for commercial productions. Circa 1972, the cultivation of Lingzhi (Reishi) became successful in natural farming environments. As a result, what was once only attainable by the privileged, powerful and super wealthy is now available to everyone. A number of countries are now conducting sophisticated research in Lingzhi (Reishi) hoping to further its practice in science and medicine.

Nutritional Elements

Carbohydrates
PolysaccharidesPolysaccharides are composed of several 100,000's to several millions of glucose units. Everyday starch also has the same composition. It is possible to extract different types of polysaccharides with extremely heavy molecular weights from Lingzhi (Reishi). But because the bonding of the polysaccharides in Lingzhi (Reishi) is very different from that in starch, it is difficult for human digestive enzymes to break them down into the small molecular glucose. Consequently, Lingzhi (Reishi) polysaccharides are able to have a number of important physiological effects in humans and animals, and are beneficial to human health.
Glucan
Ganoderan
TriterpenoidsTriterpenoids are the main cause of Lingzhi (Reishi)'s bitter taste. To date more than 200 triterpenoids have been isolated from Lingzhi (Reishi). While other plants also contain triterpenoids, Lingzhi (Reishi)'s triterpenoids (known as "Lingzhi (Reishi) acids") are unique and not found in other plants.
Ganoderic acidLucidenic acidGanodermic acid
ProteinsLing Zhi-8: Discovered in 1989, this molecular protein found in Lingzhi (Reishi) can regulate the human immune system. It is now known that the molecular weight (15,000~29,000) and amino acid composition of this protein are similar to those of a human immunoglobulin, so it certainly possess an immune function.
Glycoprotein
Nucleic Acid DerivativesRNAAdenosine:Adenosine is the main substance found in Lingzhi (Reishi) capable of suppressing the coagulation of platelets in the blood, and thus preventing the formation of embolisms. Adenosine is also one of the molecules the body uses to transmit genetic information. The other nucleic acids adenine, uracil, and RNA also possess important physiological activity.Adenine,,Uracil
ElementsCa, K, Ge, P and Mg

Linghzi (reishi)

Lingzhi (Reishi)

The herbaceous history of Lingzhi (Genoderma Lucidum) has long been documented in the oldest Chinese pharmacopoeia written circa the first or second century B.C. In it Lingzhi (Reishi) had been recorded as having the most extensive and effective healing powers of all Chinese herbs.