lingzhi - my miracle cure

Just read this thread and the mention of Kombucha or mushroom tea as it is also referred to as. I made my own and drank it for a number of years. That was maybe five years ago or more and before I was diagnosed with Crohn's. I felt good then and up until being diagnosed was always considered the healthy one. Still don't get colds, flu, went through menopause without symptoms and basically have no Crohn's symptoms. I do have a stricture that is being surgically removed.

Since the Kombucha I have been drinking Goji juice and have taken vitamins for years. I sometimes wonder if I did too much and caused my immune system to become overactive or because I did do what I did, do not suffer the symptoms that I might have otherwise? The stricture has been there for a lot of years without my knowing it.

I'm surprised that we're not hearing back from people who started taking lingzhi when this thread first started. How are you all doing? Or maybe I should ask, how many of you are taking lingzhi? I'm still taking it 3 times daily, and still doing well. No flares at all since I started on lingzhi - I was flaring badly before.

best regards,
Robert

You know, I have looked up studies on how effective Lingzhi (sometimes called Ganoderma) is using my university library's website, and the results look fairly promising. In case you haven't noticed, I think I posted somewhere on this site saying that omega 3/fish oil efficacy is controversial according to similar studies, so saying that lingzhi is considered effective so far is saying quite a bit. Lingzhi is claimed to be have analgesic, anti-nausea, immunomodulating, and possibly anti-inflammatory effects. I think I might go and buy some of these capsules and see for myself. The anti-inflammatory effects were a bit controverisial, but there were definate results for pain reduction and decreased nausea in rats, who were induced with nausea via chemotherapy drugs like cisplastin. I'm hoping Kasper87 will post saying how is results are, as we can clearly see that this has really helped for Ozonehole. And yes, VerM, I would predict this supplement might be helpful for UC as well.

VerM said...
Robby, can I take this for UC? Lemme know I can get it easy where I live. Maybe you haven't heard back because everyone is better and out living life now ;)

Hi VerM,

I won't pretend to be an expert on UC, but it's my understanding that it's just as inflammatory as Crohn's, and lingzhi seems to be a powerful anti-inflammatory medicine. I should think it would be worth a try. Lingzhi is not expensive, and certainly a whole lot less expensive than most of the prescription drugs they prescribe for us Crohnies.

If you try it, please let us know how it works for you (or if it fails to work). Give it a month or so.

And I love your final comment - I certainly hope that everybody else is feeling so much better that they are out living life and not needing to spend their time on a forum for chronically ill people. I should probably spend less time on the Internet myself.

wishing you good health,
Robert

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It may not be the best solution for your daughter. The main benefits from probiotics for Crohn's is the anti-inflammatory effect of several Lactobacillus species. Healthy Trinity has a couple of those, but it also has Bifidobacter bifidum and there are reports of Bifidobacter species causing adverse results for Crohn's. You could look for Lactobacillus reuteri or any combination of lactobacillus/streptococcus/lactococcus bacteria. It is not as easy to find combinations without Bifidobacter, so you might want to look for the Lactobacillus reuteri - it is usually not combined.

Reishi seems to be an immune booster/regulator. The antibiotic might actually work more effectively if aided by an enhanced immune response. Taking a probiotic at the same time seems less useful - the bacteria will be killed by the antibiotic. However, there are undesirable gut bacteria that are antibiotic resistant and taking a probiotic helps avoid the dominance of those bad bacteria. Just take the probiotic several hours before or after the antibiotic.

This also raises the question of how this works with the usual treatments for Crohn's. Many are anti-inflammatories and those will work well with the anti-inflammatory action of Reishi. This is not certain though - drug interactions are many and varied. I would be more reserved about trying Reishi and TNF inhibitors together. TNF inhibitors may block some of the same inflammation proteins as Reishi, but the side-effects of TNF inhibitors are quite bad enough without enhancing them.

Keeper said...
Reishi seems to be an immune booster/regulator. The antibiotic might actually work more effectively if aided by an enhanced immune response. Taking a probiotic at the same time seems less useful - the bacteria will be killed by the antibiotic. However, there are undesirable gut bacteria that are antibiotic resistant and taking a probiotic helps avoid the dominance of those bad bacteria. Just take the probiotic several hours before or after the antibiotic.

This also raises the question of how this works with the usual treatments for Crohn's. Many are anti-inflammatories and those will work well with the anti-inflammatory action of Reishi. This is not certain though - drug interactions are many and varied. I would be more reserved about trying Reishi and TNF inhibitors together. TNF inhibitors may block some of the same inflammation proteins as Reishi, but the side-effects of TNF inhibitors are quite bad enough without enhancing them.

Plus, we've had a total of ony one person with positive results.

LOL.

Any updates?

I come from China.I say few and few people can be cured by eating Reishi and Lingzhi.(ps:I am taking 5ASA and Imuran)

There have been a couple of requests for updates. I am re-reading this thread today, & I too would like to know how people feel about Lingzhi/Reishi mushrooms. Especially those of you that began taking this recently. I'm going to ask my doctor about it today, especially in relation to using this in conjunction with my current meds.

I'm going to hold off until I speak with 1 of my specialists. My primary doc was unsure of how Reishi would interact with Remicade, She was also unsure about using this given a recent bout of pancreatitis that I've been dealing with.

ozonehole said...

LauryLu said...
I do not know how to pm you so I hope you get this. Kind of getting off track with the original post here but I am fascinated in these mushrooms. I bought bags of the real deal to brew my own tea, so I am set in that aspect. I would like to know if this is something I should be doing in conjunction to a TNF like humira. I may be wrong but it seems both are defeating each others purpose. Any insight on this?

I don't want to pretend to be a biochemist, but I would guess it's safe to try lingzhi even if on Humira. At worst, if you see yourself getting worse, you can stop the lingzhi (or stop the Humira?). I'm not really sure from your post if you're actually already on Humira or only thinking about it.

As far as I know, lingzhi helps Crohn's patients mainly because it's anti-inflammatory. In that sense, it shouldn't conflict with Humira. Now it is possible that lingzhi does strengthen the immune system too, which would be counter to what Humira does. This is where I have to draw the line and say "I don't know."

If you've got the bags of lingzhi, I would say "go for it." I can't imagine it being very risky, especially if you're NOT on an immunosuppressive drug. If you are on Humira, well, it's a judgment call you've got to make - I don't feel right advising you when I don't know for sure.

best wishes for good health, and please let us know if lingzhi works out (or even if it doesn't),
regards,
Robert

Hi Robert,

How are you? Have you continued to take Lingzhi?

Has anyone else had any success with it?

Thanks