Lingzhi, Reishi

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Lingzhi (Ganoderma lingzhi), also known as Reishi (usually Ganoderma lucidum), is a large, reddish-brown mushroom with a distinctive fan-like appearance that is used in traditional Chinese medicine for improving health, restoring vitality, and preventing illness. Lingzhi is well tolerated and has not been associated with serum aminotransferase elevations during therapy but has been implicated in rare single instances of acute liver injury, although in most reports other diagnoses were not adequately excluded.