Lingzhi Recipes - How to prepare dishes using Lingzhi

1. Stewed Spare Ribs with Lingzhi and Lion's Mane Mushroom

A tonic in spring that protects the liver and stomach

[Ingredients]
4 grams of GanoHerb cell-wall broken Ganoderma lucidum spore powder, 20 grams of dried lion’s Mane mushroom, 200 grams of spare ribs and 3 slices of ginger

[Directions]
Clean and soak the lions’ mane mushroom and shiitake mushroom, cut the spare ribs into cubes, put all the food materials and a right amount of water into the pot, bring the soup to a boil with high-temperature fire, simmer for 2 hours to season, and sprinkle the spore powder into the soup. Stir and enjoy it.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
This tasty diet integrates the efficacies of Ganoderma lucidum and lion’s mane mushroom. Ganoderma lucidum can regulate and nurse the spleen and stomach while lion’s mane mushroom can tonify deficiency and invigorate the stomach. It is suitable for alleviating the symptoms of liver qi stagnation, gastrointestinal problem and dispiritedness. It is unsuitable for those with frequent urination and nocturia.

2. Chicken Soup with Lingzhi and Lotus seeds

It is a summer delicacy that invigorates the spleen and promotes the appetite.

[Ingredients]
6 grams of GanoHerb organic Lingzhi slice. 50 grams of lotus seeds, 1/4 dried orange peel and chicken

[Directions]
1. Wash the Lingzhi slices, lotus seeds and dried orange peel, put them in an earthen pot and soak them in water for 30 minutes.
2. Wash the chicken and put it in the pot. After boiling, keep it boiling for 2 hours with gentle heat, then add the seasoning.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
This soup is suitable for post-disease, postpartum and postoperative conditioning. Especially those with weak spleen and stomach, insufficient blood and Qi or dizziness can often drink this soup.

3. Duck Soup with Lingzhi and Dried Orange Peel

It is an autumn delicacy that nourishes the lung and kidney.

[Ingredients]
15 grams of GanoHerb organic Lingzhi slice, 3 candied dates, 1 duck, 1/4 dried orange peel and 3 slices of ginger

[Directions]
1.Wash Lingzhi slices, candied dates, dried orange peel and duck. Put them into the pot and add a right amount of water.
2. Bring the soup to a boil with high heat. Simmer for 2 hours. Season with right amount of salt and oil.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
This soup nourishes the lungs and kidneys, nourishes yin and relieves cough. Because it will not generate dryness-heat, it is most suitable to eat in autumn. If you are in poor health or suffer from lung and kidney deficiency, bronchitis and bronchial asthma, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, cough with low sputum, you can take this medicated diet. It is not suitable for those who suffer from dryness-heat or have sore and ulcer.

4. Sliced Pork Soup with Lingzhi and Bean Sprouts

This delicacy helps reduce cholesterol and is suitable for all seasons.

[Ingredients]
10 grams of GanoHerb organic Lingzhi, 100 grams of enoki mushroom, 150 grams of bean sprouts, 2 slices of ginger and 200 grams of lean pork

[Directions]
Boil the soup with the Lingzhi slices to boil. Put the lean pork into the pot and stir-fry it. Then add the soup with Ganoderma sinensis slices, enoki mushroom, bean sprouts, ginger to cook together. After it is thoroughly cooked, season the soup with flavors.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
Regular consumption of this medicated diet can improve the immunity and improve the symptoms such as poor appetite, high cholesterol and limb swelling caused by weak spleen and stomach.

5. Porridge with Ganoderma Sinensis, Goji Berry and White Fungus

It clears live and improves vision and is a common diet at all seasons.

[Ingredients]
10 grams of GanoHerb organic Lingzhi slices, a little white fungus, 20 grams of goji berry and 100 grams of Japonica rice

[Directions]
Add water to cook Japonica rice and Lingzhi slices into porridge. When the porridge is half-cooked, add goji berry and shredded black fungus. Next, cook half a minute. Then the diet is made. You may add a little rock candy according to your preference. But rock candy is not recommended for diabetic patients.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
This medicinal diet is used for the adjuvant treatment of chronic diseases of the organs such as the liver, kidney and pancreas. It has the function of clearing liver and improving vision.

6. Porridge with Lingzhi, Lotus Seeds and Lilies

It is a delicacy that eases mental anxiety and is suitable for both old and young.

[Ingredients]
20 grams of GanoHerb organic Lingzhi slices, 20 grams of cored lotus seeds, 20 grams of lilies and 100 grams of rice

[Directions]
Wash Lingzhi slices, lotus seeds, lilies and rice. Put all these food materials and a little ginger slices to the pot. Add suitable amount of water into the pot. Bring the soup to boil with high heat. Shimmer with gentle heat until all the food materials are thoroughly cooked.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
This medicated diet is suitable for both old and young. Long-term consumption of this diet can protect the liver, ease mental anxiety and have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on diabetic complications.

7. Porridge of Lingzhi, Chinese Dates and Japonica Rice

It replenishes Qi and nourishes blood and is suitable for those with deficiency of vital energy.

[Ingredients]
15 grams of GanoHerb Organic Lingzhi slices, 8 Chinese dates, 10 grams of peanut kernel and 100 grams of Japonica rice

[Directions]
Put Lingzhi slices into the pot. Add water and boil Lingzhi slices for the soup. Add Chinese dates, peanut kernels and Japonica rice to make thick porridge. Take this porridge once per day.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
Long-term consumption of this diet can benefit Qi, nourish blood , tonify spleen and soothe the nerves. It can also help treat thrombopenia.

8. Porridge with Lingzhi slice and Coix seed

It tonifies deficiency, nourishes the stomach, diminishes swelling and clears damp.

[Ingredients]
10 grams of GanoHerb organic Lingzhi slices, 20 grams of coix seed, 100 grams of glutinous rice or Japonica rice and suitable amount of white sugar

[Directions]
Wash Lingzhi slices, coix seed and glutinous rice. Put them into the pot with 2 big bowls of cold water. Cook them for half an hour with medium heat until the porridge becomes palatable. Then season and take it. Take this porridge once per day.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
Lingzhi helps improve sleep and soothe the nerves while coix seed helps nourish the stomach and tonify deficiency. Long-term consumption of this diet will reduce the recurrence of gastric cancer after operation.

9. White Fungus Soup with Lingzhi and Honey

This porridge moistens lung for arresting cough and get rid of autumn dryness.

[Ingredients]
4 grams of GanoHerb organic Lingzhi slices, 10 grams of white fungus and appropriate amount of goji berry, red dates, lotus seeds and honey

[Directions]
Shred the soaked white fungus. Put it with Lingzhi slices, lotus seeds, goji berry and red dates into the pot. Add water and bring it to boil. Then shimmer for an hour until white fungus soup becomes thick. Take out Lingzhi residues. You may add honey according to your preference.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
Long-term consumption of this medicated diet can improve the symptoms of cough, insomnia and dreaminess caused by deficiency of lung yin or deficiency of both lungs and kidneys. It is especially suitable for eating in autumn and winter.

10. Chrysanthemum Tea with Lingzhi and Goji Berry
It can clear liver and improve vision, alleviate fatigue in summer.

[Ingredients]
1 bag of Ganoherb Lingzhi refined slices, 3 grams of green tea, appropriate amount of chrysanthemum and goji berry

[Directions]
Put refined slices, green tea and chrysanthemum and goji berry into the cup. Brew them with appropriate amount of water for 2 minutes.

[Description of Medicated Diet]
This tea tastes bitter but with a sweet aftertaste. It is refreshing and can soothe the liver, improve eyesight, relieve fatigue and enhance mental ability.