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Chapter 1 Mystery and Culture of Lingzhi 1

Lingzhi in myths 2

Lingzhi in ancient poems 3

"Catholicon"according to Taoism 4

Auspicious symbol for Chinese 6

Guo Mo-Ruo's poem on Lingzhi 8

Chapter 2 Lingzhi as Described in Shennong Materia Medica 10

Shennong Materia Medica on Lingzhi 11

Scientific understanding on Lingzhi by scholars in early years 13

Criticism on misinformation regarding Lingzhi in the old time 14

Current understanding of the six kinds of Lingzhi 16

Interpretation of Shennong Materia Medica using the traditional Chinese and Western medicine principles 18

Chapter 3 Understanding Lingzhi 20

Lingzhi fruiting body—a Chinese medicine 21

Life cycle of Lingzhi 22

Morphological characteristics of hyphae,fruiting body and spores 24

Cultivation of Lingzhi for its fruiting bodies 26

Submerged fermentation for Lingzhi mycelia 29

Lingzhi's"genealogy"revealed by DNA fingerprinting 29

Organic cultivation of Lingzhi 30

Lingzhi's active components and pharmacological effects 31

Chapter 4 Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis with Lingzhi 34

Chronic bronchitis 35

Therapeutic efficacy of Lingzhi on chronic bronchitis 35

Immunoregulating nature of Lingzhi 38

Chapter 5 Prevention and Treatment of Hyperlipidemia with Lingzhi 41

Hyperlipidemia 42

Therapeutic efficacy of Lingzhi on hyperlipidemia 43

How does Lingzhi regulate blood lipid? 43

Chapter 6 Anti-Hypertensive Effects of Lingzhi 46

Hypertension 47

Clinical reports on Lingzhi's efficacy for hypertension treatment 47

Why can Lingzhi effectively treat hypertension? 52

Chapter 7 Preventive and Therapeutic Effect of Lingzhi on Diabetes Mellitus 53

Diabetes mellitus 54

Clinical reports on Lingzhi for adjuvant treatment on diabetes mellitus 55

Mechanism of adjuvant therapeutic effect of Lingzhi on diabetes mellitus 57

Chapter 8 Prevention and Treatment with Lingzhi for Neurasthenia 62

Neurasthenia 63

Rejuvenation of nerve-endocrine-immune system with Linzhi 63

Clinical reports on neurasthenia treatment with Lingzhi 64

Clinical reports on memory improvement by Lingzhi 73

Chapter 9 Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis with Lingzhi 75

Therapeutic efficacy of Lingzhi on hepatitis 76

Clinical reports on Lingzhi's efficacy for hepatitis treatment 77

Mechanism of Lingzhi's liver-protective effect 80

Chapter 10 Adjuvant Therapy for Cancers with Lingzhi 84

Lingzhi as an adjuvant therapy for cancers 85

Clinical reports on Lingzhi's adjuvant treatments for cancers 85

Mechanism of anti-tumor activity of Lingzhi in adjuvant therapy 96

TCM therapeutical theory of"strengthening health to ward off invading pathogens"and Lingzhi's adjuvant therapy for tumors 98

Chapter 11 Care for Health of the Sub-Healthy,Middle-Aged and Elderly 102

TCM emphasizes health and well-being 103

"Sub-health"and homeostasis regulation disorder 103

Health effect of Lingzhi on sub-healthy populations 106

Anti-aging effect of Lingzhi 106

Reports on the health effects of Lingzhi 110

Chapter 12 Lingzhi Minimizes Poisoning Effect of Poisonous Mushrooms 120

Mushroom poisoning 121

Clinical reports on Lingzhi for Amanita mushroom poisoning 122

Clinical reports on Lingzhi for Russula subnigricans poisoning 124

Mechanism of therapeutic efficacy of Lingzhi on mushroom poisoning 125

Chapter 13 Lingzhi for Treatment of Other Diseases 127

For nephrotic syndrome 128

For multiple sclerosis and myotonia atrophica 132

For scleroderma 132

For alopecia areata 134

For chloasma 135

For the acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS) 137

Chapter 14 Recommendations in Choosing and Using Lingzhi Products 139

Lingzhi products 140

Quality of Lingzhi products 141

Misconception on quality of wild Lingzhi 142

Ways to distinguish good from bad Lingzhi products 143

Polysaccharide content in Lingzhi products 145

Side effects or"vertigo-like therapeutic"? 146

Misdiagnosis of Lingzhi spores as parasite eggs 147

Chapter 15 Processing Technology for Lingzhi Products 149

Preparation of Lingzhi fluidum extractum 150

Cultivation of Lingzhi for its fruiting bodies 153

Making of Lingzhi capsule products 153

Making of Lingzhi granular products 153

Making of Lingzhi syrup products 154

Making of Lingzhi tincture products 154

Making of Lingzhi vinum 155

Manufacturing of Lingzhi injection ampoules 155

Processing technologies associated with Lingzhi spore products 157

Appendix 159