User:Herb5902/Reishi

Ganoderma lucidum

β-glucan and arabinogalactan

Benefits:

• can increase the ratio of CD4+ to CD8+ T cells
• diarrhea
• Cancer
• Blood Sugar (possibly by inhibiting an enzyme that produces glucose)
  • protects pancreatic beta-cells apoptosis
  • Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides improve insulin sensitivity
• may prevent or halt kidney complications
• stimulates natural killer cells
• increase the number of lymphocytes
• allergy-fighting potential
• Antibacterial
  • staph
  • strep
• possible antiviral:
  • herpes,
  • influenza,
  • EpsteinBarr,
  • (HIV)-1 protease activity

• reduces the severity of colitis
• significant suppression of IL-6
• May increase the relative abundance of the beneficial bacteria such as:
  • Lactobacillales,
  • Roseburia and
  • Lachnospiraceae.
• Bones

Side Effects:

• may be hepatotoxic