The reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum and other species) is a polypore that is cultivated on logs or woodchip beds. Although softer when fresh, it becomes quite hard when dried. This is due to the presence of chitin, a carbohydrate that helps makes up the cell walls of fungi.
How does this affect your mushroom tea? It means that dried reishi is tough, with some of the medicinal molecules locked up in the indigestible chitin. So we're going to need a long hot water extract to get these molecules out, far longer than you would brew a traditional tea.
The benefits of this tea come from water-soluble polysaccharides known as beta-glucans. These molecules are thought to:
- Stimulate the immune system to fight infection and foreign cells
- Inhibit tumor growth
- Lower blood pressure
- Stabilize blood sugar
For this recipe I recommend buying your dried reishi mushrooms from Mountain Rose Herbs! Read my review of the company here.
Ingredients
- Dried reishi mushrooms
- Water
- Pretty simple. The amounts are up to you. A standard reishi recommendation is 3 - 5 grams a day, although doses up to 15 grams are not uncommon for more serious illnesses.
- If you don't have a scale, know that 3 grams is about 1 heaping tablespoon of broken or ground reishi pieces.
The amount of water is your choice as well. It all depends on how many cups of tea you want to drink. I use about 4 - 5 cups of water for every 3 - 5 grams of reishi (you can see how exact I am about this). This will boil down to a fraction of the original amount.
Preparation
dried reishi mushroomsSmaller pieces are better for a hot water extraction. That said, have you ever tried to pulverize Ganoderma lucidum? I once broke a coffee grinder blade trying to break one apart!
Use whatever you have to break them into pieces. If you have an appliance that will grind them, that's great. Otherwise you can try to cut with a heavy blade or break apart pieces with your hands. If this is all too much work you can still use a whole dried mushroom per pot of water.
An easy solution is to buy a pre-sliced bag of dried reishi. This will save you the trouble of having to break them apart.
- See more at: http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/mushroom-tea.html#sthash.p6AUCmZQ.dpuf
For additional information on reishi mushroom tea http://www.reishimushroomtea.com/
http://www.reishimushroomtea.com/reishi-mushroom-tea-for-cholesterol/ how to make reishi mushroom tea for cholesterol
http://www.reishimushroomtea.com/reishi-mushroom-tea-for-liver-health/ reishi mushroom tea recipe for liver health
http://www.reishimushroomtea.com/reishi-mushroom-tea-for-immunity/ reishi mushroom tea benefits to immunity
http://www.scoop.it/t/tealifestyle/p/4054969220/2015/11/11/home-page
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