What makes Organo Gold products so special?
A
little-known ingredient known as Ganoderma. Here’s the story behind
this miraculous ingredient, and the mushroom from whence it came
Finding the Fungus
Once upon a time there was a fungus — an incredible mushroom known as Ganoderma lucidum.
But there’s nothing common about this species. Ganoderma lucidum is a
very important type of mushroom because of its extensive use in
traditional Asian medicine.
The Wonder Mushroom
Ganoderma
are a fantastic-looking mushroom, resembling something supernatural, or
straight out of a fairy tale such as Alice in Wonderland. The
mushrooms are unique in that they grow on wood, mostly out of large
trees (living or dead) in forests in the more tropical regions of Asia.
Their long brown stems and orange-colored caps make them a spectacular
sight, but in the wild they can be hard to see because they thrive in
such heavily forested areas. At Organo Gold, we source only the finest
quality Ganoderma, grown undisturbed on logs high in the Wuyi Mountains
of China’s Fuzhou region.
The King of Herbs
For
thousands of years, Ganoderma lucidum has been recognized by
practitioners of traditional Asian medicine as the highest ranked of
all herbs found in the Chinese pharmacopoeia. The Chinese name for
Ganoderma, Lingzhi, means “spiritual potency,” while the Japanese name,
Reishi, can be translated as the “King of Herbs.”
From the Ming Dynasty to Modern Chinese Medicine
Dr.
Shi-Jean Lee — the most renowned doctor of the Ming Dynasty — strongly
endorsed the effectiveness of Ganoderma in his famous book Great Pharmacopoeia
[Ban Chao Gang Moo]. In it, he wrote that “long-term taking of
Ganoderma will build a strong, healthy body and assure a long life.”
The Natural Difference
The
Ganoderma lucidium variety that produces the valuable spores so prized
in Chinese herbal medicine is unique in that it grows in wooden trees
or logs. But some companies harvest their Ganoderma using plastic bags,
which means the precious spores cannot effectively propagate, which
makes plastic bag-harvested Ganoderma much less potent.
Organo Gold Goes Organic
Organo
Gold is the only North American company who has partnered with the
largest certified organic Ganoderma plantations in the world to bring
this “treasure of life” to the Western world. In 2009, Organo Gold and
its partners celebrated the groundbreaking of their $240 million Gano
Herb Industrial Park, the largest of its kind in the world.
The Process
So
how does this amazing looking mushroom end up in our coffee, tea and
cocoa products or nutritional supplements? The agricultural and food
scientists at Organo Gold and its partners start off with only
organically grown Ganoderma. Employing the latest technologies, they
gently dry, sterilize and process the mushrooms from a tough, wood-like
cap, into a fine powder using only natural processes.
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