Tropical Ganoderma is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the fruiting body of the fungus Ganoderma tropicum (Jungh.) Bres., belonging to the Polyporaceae family. It is distributed in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Yunnan. It has tonic, fortifying, and antitumor effects. It is commonly used to treat coronary heart disease and tumors.
Tropical Reishi
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Tropical Ganoderma is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the fruiting body of the fungus Ganoderma tropicum (Jungh.) Bres., belonging to the Polyporaceae family. It is distributed in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Yunnan. It has tonic, fortifying, and antitumor effects. It is commonly used to treat coronary heart disease and tumors.
Chinese Name : 热带灵芝
Nature, Flavor & Meridian Tropism : Slightly bitter in taste; neutral in nature
Benefits & Efficacy
Benefits
Tonic, fortifying, and antitumor.
Indications
Used for coronary heart disease and tumors.
Usage and Dosage
Oral use: Decoct 3–9 g; or grind into powder and dissolve in water.
Processing & Preparation
Harvesting & Processing
Harvest in fall and winter; sun-dry for later use.
Crude Drug Identification
Properties of Crude Drugs
Cap: Kidney-shaped or semicircular, 10–20 cm in diameter, about 3 mm thick. Surface reddish-brown or purplish-reddish-brown, with a lacquer-like luster, featuring concentric rings or wrinkles; margin bluntly rounded, wavy, or shallowly lobed.Pores are white or light brown; pore openings are oblong or polygonal, with 4–5 per millimeter. The stem is usually lateral, 5–10 cm long, up to 4 cm in diameter, and reddish-brown. Corky texture. Slight odor; bland taste.
Botanical Information
Botanical Classification
A tropical Ganoderma species in the Polyporaceae family.
Morphological Characteristics
The cap is kidney-shaped, semicircular with a posterior margin, and sometimes circular, 10–20 cm in diameter and 1–3 cm thick; the surface is reddish-brown to purplish-reddish-brown, with a lacquer-like luster and concentric rings or wrinkles; the margin is rounded and blunt or thin and sharp, and is yellowish-white or reddish-brown when fresh.The stem is lateral, rarely central, oblique or erect, 5–10 cm long, thicker at the top and tapering toward the base, up to 4 cm in diameter, reddish-brown to date-brown.The pore surface is white when fresh, turning pale brown when injured; the pores are oblong to nearly angular, with 4–5 per 1 mm; the tubes are pale brown, 2–5 mm long. Spores are seed-shaped, flat-topped, brown, with spiny grooves on the inner wall, (5–8) μm × (4–5.5) μm, containing oil droplets.
Distribution Area
Found in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, and other regions.
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