Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) – Scientific Research...

Reishi extract is commonly used in Oriental Medicine as almost a cure-all. Both medical practitioners and regular people use it for things as innocent as stress and the common cold to more serious afflictions like asthma and cancer.

One of the most ardent proponents of reishi is Dr Fukumi Morishige, a Japanese medical doctor working with the Linus Pauling Institute of Science & Medicine in researching the use of reishi for cancer.

The following case reports were given by Dr. Morishige in a speech re-printed in the periodical, Chinese Traditional Medicine Part III.

Growing up in Japan as Dr. Morishige did, it was impossible not to have heard of reishi. But he dismissed it as a mild herbal remedy to be used with limited results for non-terminal illnesses, not as a viable option for treating terminal conditions such as cancer. His curiosity arose when two of his cancer patients showed signs of remission, which they themselves claimed were due to their use of reishi.

The first was a 39-year-old female with lung cancer. Several hospitals had given her the same prognosis. The condition was too far progressed; there was nothing they could do to help her. She’d also been having secondary complications to the cancer in the form of edema of the chest cavity. But by the time she came to see Dr. Morishige six months later, those symptoms had completely disappeared. The patient herself insisted the improvement was due to 4 grams of reishi per day.

After that, there was the case of the young boy with congenital liver cancer. Four years before he came to see Dr. Morishige, the boy’s original doctor had sent him home with his parents, claiming the condition was terminal and there was nothing he could do to help. But when Dr. Morishige examined the now 9-year-old-boy, he could find no trace of the tumor. The boy’s parents said they had been giving their son reishi via his naso-gastric feeding tube. This is when Dr. Morishige decided that reishi deserved a closer look.

Listed below are five of Dr. Morishige’s cases. Reishi and Vitamin C (for side effects) was used:

Case 1: A male patient, 70 years of age, had lost consciousness from a 5 cm brain tumor. Dr. Morishige put him on 6 grams of reishi daily beginning June, 1986. By September, he’d come out of his coma, after which he continued taking 3 grams of reishi per day. Six months later, brain scans revealed that the tumor had shrunk. When it had diminished to 1 cm (0.4 in.), the man left the hospital to go home and live with his family.

Case 2: A patient with lung cancer, a 50-year-old female, was coughing up blood. Dr. Morishige put her on a daily dose of 6 gm of reishi. In six months, the tumor vanished. The woman, among other things, had regained her ability to climb stairs without suffering shortness of breath.

Case 3: Patient with breast cancer that had spread to the bones was in unbearable pain and immobilized below the head. An initial dose of 9 grams of reishi daily was increased to 20 grams per day. Two months later, the woman was pain free and released after demonstrating improvement in her ability to walk.

Case 4: A man with rectal cancer metastasized to the liver was placed on 6 grams per day of reishi. Six months later, CT scans revealed that the tumor had shrunk. The patient showed improved health.

Case 5: A male patient aged 60 was diagnosed as having terminal pancreatic cancer and short life expectancy. Dr. Morishige placed him on 9 gm/day of reishi plus 30 gm/day of Vitamin C. A year later, the man was free of any symptoms and back working. After leaving the hospital, he continued taking 5 gm of reishi per day.

Note: This article is provided for scientific and informational purposes only. This product has not been tested by the FDA and should not be used for self-treatment of tumors. Never use any herb for medicinal purposes without consulting a licensed medical doctor.

Reference: Morishige, Fukumi, 1987. Chinese Traditional Medicine Part III, Page 12 – 23, ISBN4-88580-053-6 C-0077

About the author: Markho Rafael has worked in natural health since the mid-90′s, specializing in mycomedicinals such as Reishi and Cordyceps sinensis. Click FungiPerfecti Reishi Extract for more free articles about reishi and how it works individually or in combination such as in Stamets 7. You may also request free unique copy of articles for your web-site or magazine / ezine.

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Is Eating out Sabotaging Your Progress?...

If you don’t eat out when trying to get in shape, your social life is likely to atrophy. After all, eating out has become an integral part of our culture.

Unfortunately, eating out can make you store body fat very quickly.

Thus, here is how to make sure prepared food at restaurants doesn’t sabotage you:

1. Don’t let yourself get ravenously hungry: Letting yourself get really hungry beforehand so that you can eat more is a very poor strategy for your health. Instead, eat your meal with a normal level of hunger. This will prevent you from overdoing it.

2. Take half of your plate home: And stash half of it away before you start eating. This will make sure that you don’t have the opportunity to misbehave. After all, if the food isn’t on your plate you can’t eat it. And keep in mind that a single meal can have an entire days worth of calories.

3. Avoid carb loading: This mainly happens when you get served a bread basket before eating. Not only will this load your system with carbs, but it will also spike your blood sugar and by extension, insulin. So avoid bread at all costs.

4. Avoid processed meats: Things like hot dogs, hamburgers and fatty steaks are loaded with calories and saturated fats. So make sure you opt for leaner sources of protein like chicken and turkey. These will be much better choices.

5. Avoid deep fried platters: Anything that is deep fried will not only have lots of calories, but it will also have rancid fats. You see, oils exposed to high levels of heat become rancid rather quickly. So avoid these types of foods no matter what.

6. Have more roughage: Increasing the amount of roughage you eat can really help you stay full when eating out. And the fuller you get on vegetables, the less likely it is that you will overindulge with calorie heavy items.

Eating out doesn’t have to be a nail in your fat loss efforts.

Just make sure you take heed on the advice here, but more importantly, take action!

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Quit Making Excuses and Get Moving!...

by Carolyn Hansen
A Healthy lifestyle means a good diet, nutrition and exercise

If you want to get into better physical shape and improve your strength and fitness, sometimes the best thing to do is ‘quit.’ Quit? Yes, that’s right – quit. Health and Healthy weight loss starts with quitting more than just fast food. Sometimes the easiest way to make things happen in a positive fashion, for example…

* Get stronger so all of your daily activities and tasks are easier

* Lose some weight

* Slow the aging process

* Reduce your disease risk

* Feel better about yourself

* Create more energy

* Improve quality of life

…is to quit doing some of the things that are getting in the way of your progress.

Here are some healthy exercise ideas to get you quitting:

* What low return projects could you quit spending time on?

* What people who are not supportive of you could you spend less time with?

* What television shows can you quit watching?

* What websites can you quit spending time on?

* What telephone chit chat could be eliminated?

* What expenses that are not providing a good return on investment can you eliminate?

And here is one that may ruffle your feathers somewhat…

* What excuses can you quit making?

Sometimes the best motivation for becoming physically active comes from people who were once unmotivated to workout.

Any of these sound familiar?

* If I exercise, I won’t have enough energy left to do more important things.

* I get enough exercise at my job/around the house/with the kids.

* There is no time to exercise

* Exercise is hard, boring, tiring etc.

* Exercise does not work for me.

* I am too old to start now.

* I plan to start exercising when… (You fill in the blank)

Quit making excuses for not feeling good and being healthy!

There are many excuses used by individuals less inclined to look after themselves with the self care of a proper exercise program. It is a shame that many people have developed misguided notions that incorporating regular exercise into their daily lives is more burdensome than productive. As a result, they neglect the most important aspect of their life – their health.

But it is time to toss aside the excuses and make a commitment to getting more active.

You simply need to make physical activity a priority in your life and quit making excuses about why you can’t get the proper exercise that includes mostly strength training exercise that you need to stay healthy and lose weight throughout your life.

We all must take responsibility for our own health and that includes helping protect ourselves from preventable disease and premature death. Once you are active on a regular basis, you will enjoy many benefits, physically, mentally and emotionally.

So, instead of quitting the way most people do – they quit thinking big and they quit well before they even reach their lofty goals, go a different route and quit doing some of the things that are standing in your way and you might see a different outcome than you expect.

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