Table 3 Traditional pharmacological efficacy of REISHI (data from an investigation by Y. Naoi, 1971 - 1981)

 


REISHI is known to have the following functions, in addition to the composite and synergistic effects of sluch function: blood purification, diuretics, intoxication, liver function control, intestinal function control, cardiotonics, blood pressure control, robustness, anti-cold, anti-fungi, anti-inflammation, sedatives, analgestics, etc.

 

 

Reaction System

Recorded “Honzokomoko”

Cases to be improved

Cerebral nerve system (the brain)

 

Insomnia, mental uneasiness, neurasthenia, amnesia, sequela of cerebral concussion, cerebral hemorrhage

Sense system (an eye, a nose, an ear, the mouth, the skin)

 

Astigmatism, presbyopia, cataract, glaucoma, retinal hyperemia, empyema, hearing loss, otitis media, toothache, stomatitis, alveolar pyorrhea, pimple, stain, rash, dry skin

Respiration system (the throat, the lungs)

 

Headache, tracheobronchitis, asthma, an allergic disease, pneu­monia, arthritis, pulmonary tuberculosis.

Circulation system ( the heart, blood)

 

Headache, cold-sensitive, shoulder tightness, a rush of blood to the        head, tinnitus, palpitation,

hypertension, hypotension, anemia, hypoleukocytemia, myocardial in­farction, arteriosclerosis, seque­la of cerebral hemorrhage, heart failure, insomnia, mental uneasi­ness, menstrual disorder, sterili­ty, gynecological disease, nephro­sis, feeling of residual urine, low back pain, neuralgia, hemorr­hoids, gangrene.

Digestion / absorption system (the stomach, the intestines)

 

Headache, inappetence, indigestion, swell in the abdomen, suspension of water in the stomach, diarrhea, a loose passage, constipation, gripes, cold-sensitive, shoulder-tightness, languor, allergic disease, gastrointestinal weakness, gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric hyperacidity, enteritis, enteritis ulcer, digestive cancer, insomnia, heart acceleration, bed wetting, climacteric, alopecia, hangover, peritonitis, ischialgia.

Digestion/ab­sorption system (the spleen)

 

A sense of fatigue, jaundice, gas­tritis, enteritis, hepatitis, nephritis, sychnurio, abdominal dropsy, peritonitis.

 

Metabolic sys­tem (the liver, fresh, a bone)

 

Headache, cold-sensitive, shoulder-tightness, stain, pimple, nausea, dropsy, night sweat, a rush of blood to the head, tinnitus, a sense of fatigue, languor, anemia, hypertension, hypotension, con­gestion, palpitation, weakness, insomnia, hysteria, neurosis, gynecological disease, low back pain, neuralgia, menstrual pain, menstrual disorder, frequent abor­tion, acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirhosis of the liver, abnormal fatness, abnormal lean, effusion of blood on the brain, osteomyelitis.

Metabolic sys­tem (the, gall blader, the pancreas)

 

Dropsy, shoulder-tightness, palpitation, insomnia, a sense of fatigue, languor, mental un­easiness, neurosis, hysteria, neurasthenia, cholecystitis, gallstone, beriberi, hepatitis, effusion of blood on the braina, arteriosclerosis, pleuritis, rheumatism, low back pain, a menopausal disorder, epilepsy, pancreatitis, diabetes.

 

Excretion system (the kidney)

 

Headache, dropsy, cold-sensitive, urination disorder, sychnuria, hypertension, hephritis, renal insufficiency, priostatic hyper­trophy, bed wetting, abdominal dropsy, nephrosis, neuralgia, low back pain, apareunia, urinary stone, congestion, heart break­down, energy reduction.

 

Excretion system (the bladder)

 

Dropsy, cold-sensitive, little urination, feeling of residual urine, low back pain, cystitis, inflammation of urinary bladder, pulmonary, rheumatism.

 

Reproduction system (organs, hair)

 

Menstrual disorder, menstrual pain, dysuria, gynecological disease, sexual appetite reduction, apareunia, a, alopecia.