Reishi Mushroom Powder

Smoothie Recipes with Reishi Mushroom Powder

About Reishi Mushroom Powder

Also called “Lingzhi Mushroom”, Rishi is native to China and has been used in Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years.  This makes Reishi Mushroom one of the oldest mushrooms known to have been used medicinally.  It was known in Ancient Chinese medicine as the “mushroom of immortality; elixir of life”.

We use Reishi Mushroom Powder in Ancient Delight.

Nutrition Benefits of Reishi Mushroom Powder

Reishi Mushroom powder has been linked to numerous potential benefits, but especially tied to anti-inflammation, anti-allergen, anti-convulsant (anti-seizure), and anti-cancer (tied to taking with chemotherapy treatment).  Other potential benefits may include cardiovasular helath, blood pressure lowering, diabetes support, gastrointestinal health, and immune system

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Reishi Mushroom Powder scores well for 18 health goals

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The Research

Herpes: Score 98

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Human: It has therapeutic activity against herpes genitalis and labialis. It reduces pain in patients with herpes zoster. It reduces pain from postherpetic neuralgia.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Score 96

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Human: Reishi is safe and efficacious as an analgesic for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In Vitro: Reishi suppresses the production of proinflammatory cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis synovial fibroblasts.

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Cancer: Score 94

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Human: Reishi improves the condition of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy/radiotherapy. Animal: It ameliorates the colon precancerous lesions induced by AOM and the small intestinal injury caused by 5-FU. It inhibits the development of lung tumors. It could inhibit cancer cell survival and induce apoptosis, also there were fewer and smaller colonies than the untreated cells. Reishi has anti-tumor effects in inflammatory breast cancer. Reishi extracts inhibit leukemia cells and promote an immune response. In Vitro: Reishi in combination with other ingredients is safe and therapeutic against myelogenous leukemia. It is cytotoxic to both drug sensitive and drug resistant small cell lung carcinoma cells and can reverse resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. It contains polysaccharides, which reverse multidrug resistance in leukemic cell lines. It induced programmed cell death in NB4 human leukemia cells. Medical mushrooms and phytochemicals represent useful approaches to target tissue invasion and metastasis as well as other hallmark areas of cancer. It has anti-cancer activity in human urothelial cells. Reishi induces apoptosis in metastatic lung tumor cells. It inhibits growth of human bladder cancer cells. Reishi causes apoptosis in leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma cell lines. It protects against radiation and chemotherapy associated toxicity. It inhibits proliferation and induces programmed cell death in human prostate cancer cells. It inhibits cell proliferation and growth cycle in human liver cancer cells. It suppresses growth of breast cancer cells through the inhibition of NF-KappaB signaling. Reishi suppresses the proliferation of ovarian cancer cells.

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Prostate: Score 92

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Human: Reishi Mushroom safely improves lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia. In Vitro: It contains a compound that inhibits 5-alpha reductase, suppressing prostate growth in rats. It inhibits proliferation and induces programmed cell death in human prostate cancer cells.

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Inflammation: Score 90

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Human: It inhibited pro-inflammatory cytokines. In Vitro: It suppresses the secretion of tumor necrosis factor and other pro-inflammatory substances.

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Liver: Score 90

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Animal: Reishi Mushroom could be a potential candidate for the prevention of chronic hepatic disorders. It inhibits tumor formation and metastasis of liver cells. It inhibited liver cancer proliferation. It reduces chemically induced liver fibrosis. In Vitro: Rishi Mushroom spores inhibit cell proliferation and growth cycle in human liver cancer cells.

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Lung Cancer: Score 90

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Animal: Reishi mushroom inhibits the development of lung tumors. In Vitro: Reish is cytotoxic to both drug sensitive and drug resistant small cell lung carcinoma and can reverse resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. It induces apoptosis in metastatic lung tumor cells.

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Breast Cancer: Score 90

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Animal: Reishi has anti-tumor effects in inflammatory breast cancer. In Vitro: Reishi inhibits proliferation of human breast cancer cells. It suppresses growth of breast cancer cells.

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Leukemia: Score 90

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Animal: Reisi inhibits leukemia cells and promotes an immune response. In Vitro: A combination containing Reishi mushroom is safe and therapeutic against acute myelogenous leukemia. It contains polysaccharides, which reverse multidrug resistance in leukemic cell lines. It induced programmed cell death in NB4 human leukemia cells. It causes apoptosis in leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma cell lines.

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Parkinson's: Score 88

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Animal: Reishi protects dopaminergic cells in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease.

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Look Younger: Score 88

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Animal: Reishi Mushrooms contain polysaccharides that have lifespan-promoting activity in the nematode. In Vitro: It contains compounds, which exhibit anti-aging activity in yeast.

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Brain: Score 88

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Reishi Mushrooms are found in the Ancient Delight Superfood Mix Protects dopaminergic cells in an animal model of Parkinsons disease. It protects dopaminergic neuron degeneration.

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Heart Attack: Score 88

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Animal: Reishi mushroom extract demonstrated cardioprotective properties through antioxidant effects.

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Erectile Dysfunction: Score 88

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Reishi mushroom has cardioprotective properties due to its antioxidants.

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Circulatory System (Cardiovascular): Score 88

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Reishi mushroom has cardioprotective properties due to its antioxidants.

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Diabetes (Type 2): Score 86

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Animal: Reishi mushrooms have anti-diabetic effects.

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Stroke: Score 86

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Animal: It exerts moderate but significant protective effects against induced brain infarction and neurological deficits in type 2 diabetic mice.

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HIV: Score 84

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In Vitro: Reishi contains compounds with inhibitory activity against HIV-1 protease.

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How Our Scoring System Works

For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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What we consider when creating your scores:

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