Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)

Reishi is one of the most powerful medicinal mushrooms with multiple applications when it comes to immune health.  Considered a non-edible mushroom simply due to its unpleasant texture, its intake in supplement form has become one of the fastest growing trends in the UK supplement market.

 Despite the more recent interest in medicinal mushrooms, both ancient texts and images go back centuries depicting goddesses offering mushrooms to each other and use for royalty.  Anecdotal use has now been updated with scientific studies looking at the potential benefits of medicinal mushrooms with reishi being one of the most well studied.

 Reishi is rich is polysaccharides and beta glucan hence its classification as ‘medicinal’.  With over 200 compounds isolated from reishi, its use had become well established in modern nutrition.  Reishi is one of the most researched medicinal mushrooms and these not only relate to immune health, but also to cardiovascular health, hepatic health and nervous system health.  Beta glucan found in reishi also acts as a natural prebiotic to naturally support YourGut health and in turn, your immune health.

Featured in Defence, reishi is combined with synergistic ingredients to support your natural immune defences.