Reishi and Myth

By Brandon Gilbert

So in this piece we're going to talk of and find out about one of my fave herbs ever, and in fact probably the biggest herb on the planet. And why I say that, why I make that claim, is that this herb is the most scientifically researched of any herb ever known, ever studied, etcetera. On top of that, it's one of the most revered, if not the most respected, herb of all of ancient China. And naturally that herb is none other than reishi mushroom. Again, it is one of my favourite herbs and an herb that I have worked with a lot during the last 8 or so years. It is one herb that I've gotten lots of truly solid feedback about and I've heard just plenty of great success stories.

So now that we've had sort of a decent introduction to Reishi Mushroom, lets take a look at some of the history and lore of this herb and see how revered it was and how special it was in traditional times. Now the names by which reishi is understood give a concept to a big degree about the way in which the traditional Chinese and Japanese respected this herb.

To the traditional Chinese, reishi was called ling-chi, that means spirit plant. The Chinese character for ling-chi is actually composed of 3 characters. One for shaman, one for praying for, and one for rain. So just from those tiny examples right there, we will see just how religious and just revered this herb was. And reishi has additionally been called the 10,000 year mushroom and the mushroom of immortality, because it is alleged to help promote longevity. And in fact the word reishi, which is the name that we know it by here in the west, actually comes from the Japanese, so the Japanese word for reishi is essentially reishi. And the Latin name is really ganoderma lucidum, which essentially means ganoderma essentially means shiny skin, and lucidum means brilliant. And if you've ever seen a reishi mushroom, you just about know what that implies. If you don't know what that means, just look up reishi on Google photographs and you’ll see exactly why it’s called glossy skin and brilliant.

So reishi has been basically considered to be the king of herbal medicines. With many herbal specialists basically ranking it above ginseng. And personally, that's, I fit into that class also. And there had been a professor called Hiroshi Hakino from the Varsity of Tahoku in Japan, and he was essentially a premier authority on herbs and plants and medicinal substances. And he essentially called reishi one of the most significant elixirs in the Orient. So from those examples, we will get a pretty good idea about how respected reishi was. Also, reishi was found ubiquitously all though traditional Chinese culture and paintings and artwork, in woodwork, on clothing, in poetry, in mythology, and just a quite ubiquitously across the ancient Chinese culture.

And I've essentially seen that reishi symbol, the reishi emblem in Chinese movies and Kung Fu movies. In one of my other courses called the Immortal Mushroom course where I fundamentally went super detailed on reishi, which you can find that course on this hyperionherbs.com site as well , and if you want to just get the entire download on reishi, I seriously recommend that. But the explanation Why I bring it up is that contained inside that course is a video tour of lots of the numerous artifacts which contain reishi, and on top of that, there’s basically a reishi museum in Taiwan. There’s an official museum devoted to this one herb. So just with all of that alone, I could wrap up this podcast and just that would give you an idea about how revered and how special and wondrous this herb is.

Brandon Gilbert is an Herbal teacher, and positive blogger who has dedicated his to continuing learning and education. You can discover more about reishi mushroom heading off to http://hyperionherbs.com .

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