Since ancient times, there has been a theory of "homology of medicine and food" in China. According to this theory, many foods are medicines, there is no absolute dividing line between food and medicine, and food cures better than medicine.

In 2020, the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the "Notice on the Pilot Work on the Management of 9 Substances such as Codonopsis pilosula, Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma sinense, which are both food and traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition" with food safety as the main content for evaluation.

Being officially included in the list of "Medicine and Food Homology (MFH)" substances means that it is safe to eat these substances according to the usual eating habits and recommended dosage. Then traditional Chinese medicinal materials such as Codonopsis pilosula, Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma sinense will cross the border into daily health food.

As one of the first batch of MFH pilot production enterprises in Fujian, GanoHerb has developed a variety of lightweight and snack products such as Ganoderma & Ginseng Solid Beverage, Ganoderma Coffee, Ganoderma & Spine Date Seed Beverage, and Ganoderma & Grifola Frondosa Solid Beverage, which are increasingly winning the favor of consumers.

As early as in the ancient book Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen classified Ganoderma lucidum into the section "vegetables", which means that Ganoderma lucidum can be eaten as a vegetable. As a top-grade medicine, Ganoderma lucidum is mild in nature and not harmful to the body if eaten for a long time, which is very in line with the connotation of medicine and food homology.

Today, Ganoderma lucidum has been officially included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia as a medicine, and it has the effects of tonifying qi, soothing the nerves and relieving cough and asthma. It is commonly used to treat symptoms such as restlessness, insomnia, palpitations, consumptive fatigue, shortness of breath and loss of appetite.

Ganoderma lucidum, which can be used as medicine and is edible, has long been integrated into the daily diet of Chinese people, and it has gradually become a healthy necessity for daily recuperation of body and mind.

Products made from any part of Ganoderma lucidum like fruiting bodies and spores can be called Ganoderma products. What is the difference between these raw materials? How to eat them?

1. Ganoderma slices can be paired with food.

The health-medicated diet made of Ganoderma slices stewed with different foods has an unexpected nourishing effect. For example, Ganoderma soup cooked with enoki mushrooms, bean sprouts and lean meat can boost the immune system and Increase appetite.

2. Ganoderma slices can be used to make a healing tea, soup or wine.

The tea made by brewing Ganoderma slices with boiling water has the health benefits of invigorating Qi and improving immunity.

In order to more effectively extract the active ingredients of Ganoderma lucidum, you can also repeatedly decoct Ganoderma lucidum slices or soak the chopped Ganoderma lucidum fruiting bodies in Chinese Baijiu (above 50% alcohol by volume) for 15-20 days until the liquor turns brownish red.

3. Brew sporoderm-broken Ganoderma lucidum spore powder with warm water.

Ganoderma lucidum spores are the oval reproductive cells ejected from Ganoderma lucidum when mature and contain abundant active ingredients of Ganoderma lucidum. The sporoderm-broken Ganoderma lucidum spores are easier to be absorbed by the human body.

How to take sporoderm-broken Ganoderma lucidum spore powder? Simple. Just brew it with warm water and take it. It is recommended to brew the spore powder with warm water of 40~50 ℃. Excessive temperature will directly destroy the nutrients in the spore powder. In addition, the spore powder that has been brewed with the water should be taken as soon as possible because oxidation will substantially reduce its content of active ingredients.

4. Swallow Ganoderma lucidum spore oil on an empty stomach.

In principle, it is better to eat spore oil on an empty stomach or half an hour before meals, because this way of eating can increase the chance of Ganoderma lucidum contacting the cells on the stomach and intestinal walls. But if some people feel uncomfortable eating on an empty stomach because their intestines and stomachs are more sensitive, they can change to take spore powder after meals.

In addition, don't miss the newly launched Ganoderma MFH products. A sachet of Ganoderma beverage helps replenish your vitality anytime anywhere.

It is foreseeable that with the rise of homology of medicine and food, Ganoderma lucidum will become popular among the public like snacks. After all, daily consumption of Ganoderma lucidum keeps you fit.