The efficacy and function of pine needle ganoderma

Ganoderma lucidum, also known as the spirit of the forest, has been regarded as the best by doctors since ancient times. Wild pine needle Ganoderma lucidum is such a top-quality product, and it gets its name because it grows on the trunks or rotten wood of coniferous trees such as larch, spruce, and hemlock. The flesh of the pine needle Ganoderma lucidum tastes bitter. The bacterial tube has multiple layers, is light yellow in color, and the tube opening is white or milky white. So, what are the effects and functions of pine needle Ganoderma lucidum, one of the species of Ganoderma lucidum?

Pine needle pore fungus, also known as pine wood pore fungus, belongs to the Polyporaceae family. The fruiting body is perennial, corky, without vesicles, and the cap is flattened to horseshoe-shaped, 4-14 cm to 7 × 24 cm, rarely up to 23 cm × 40 cm, and 2.5-18.5 cm thick or larger. The lid initially has a reddish-brown gelatinous skin, which gradually becomes keratinized and becomes gray to black, with wide ridges and blunt edges. It is nearly white at first, and then gradually turns light yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. There is no fruiting layer on the lower side. The flesh is nearly white to light yellowish brown, with ring marks, and is corky to woody. 0.5-2 cm thick, bitter in taste. The bacterial tubes are multi-layered, each layer is 3-5 mm thick, light yellow, and the tube mouth is white to milky white. Spores are oval or elliptical and colorless. It grows on the trunks or rotten wood of coniferous trees such as pine, spruce, fir, hemlock and larch. Occasionally it grows on dead wood of broad-leaved trees.

It is used for various cancers, including esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, uterine cancer, etc. It can improve patients' symptoms, such as increasing appetite and weight, reducing pain, and sometimes even shrinking tumors and reducing pleural and abdominal fluid. It can significantly enhance the cellular immune function of patients, prolong the survival of cancer patients, and significantly improve the quality of life. The fruiting body contains active substances such as porphyric acid, and is the best variety of fungi in treating cancer. The inhibition rate of the fruiting body extract on mouse sarcoma 180 and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma is 100%.

It is used to treat esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, uterine cancer, etc. It can improve patients' symptoms such as increasing appetite and weight, relieving pain, and sometimes even reduce tumor size and reduce pleural and abdominal fluid. It can significantly improve the patient's cellular immunity function, prolong the patient's survival period and improve the quality of life.