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Ganoderma lucidum tincture
#14719339 - 07/05/11 07:58 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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exactly in the same day i'm registered here 4 years ago, i started a g. lucidum tincture 
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: x7x_x7x]
#14719391 - 07/05/11 08:22 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Looks sweet, whats your recipe?
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: Aleon]
#14719412 - 07/05/11 08:27 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yes, do tell. I've got some Reishi ready to harvest and a bottle of Everclear. Can it really be that simple?
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: arago]
#14719804 - 07/05/11 10:29 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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30 grs reishi in 250 ml volume (125 distilled water + 125 medicinal grade alcohol). let stay for 15 days and its ready.
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: x7x_x7x]
#14720082 - 07/05/11 11:32 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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i find this:
http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/ganoderma-extract.html
Double Your Pleasure
A double reishi mushroom extract contains healthful compounds removed with both hot water and alcohol. The tincture you just made has the alcohol-soluble triterpenes, the molecules responsible for reishi's anti-inflammatory action. But what about its immune system enhancing properties?
Immune system benefits come from polysaccharides, complex carbohydrates that are soluble in water, not alcohol. It's easy to add these molecules to your organic tincture:
Take the alcohol-soaked reishi pieces/powder that are left over after straining and put them in a pot. Cover them with water. Boil the mixture for 2 hours; the water will reduce quite a bit during this time. Allow the tea to cool before you strain it. Discard all solids but save the now reishi-infused water. Add this water to an equal amount of the alcohol extract. This gives you a Ganoderma extract that's 25% alcohol, as the vodka was 100 proof to begin with (50% water/50% alcohol). You may need to do some measuring before you boil the water to make sure you have enough. Gauge the amount of liquid used in your first alcohol tincture and boil at least triple that amount of water for the hot water extraction. It may seem like a lot but it will reduce (you can always keep boiling if it doesn't).
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: x7x_x7x]
#14724921 - 07/06/11 09:57 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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to hep increase the strength, cut the reishi as fine as possible before drying and soaking in alcohol, the increased surface area helps extract more actives.
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: solumvita]
#14725574 - 07/06/11 12:23 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: x7x_x7x]
#14725861 - 07/06/11 01:08 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Bumping this thread with a question: If we go to the trouble to make alcohol tinctures and hot water infusions to get polysaccharides and triterpenes, how is it possible to get benefits from say, a gelatin capsule of Reishi (from Aloha) when the instructions simply say take a few capsules with a meal.
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: arago]
#14726368 - 07/06/11 02:38 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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have hanged the phone after asking a friend expert in herbal therapies, and he sayd me the 2nd step (boiling) is unnecesary, due the alcohol is at 50% and the water content of the solution extracts the polysaccharides.
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: x7x_x7x]
#14812332 - 07/23/11 06:58 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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note the slight reddish color
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: x7x_x7x] 1
#14816981 - 07/24/11 09:26 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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awesome thread, very helpful. i have been wanting to do this for awhile, cant wait to fruit my own. thanks
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Re: Ganoderma lucidum tincture [Re: noahjames]
#14817664 - 07/24/11 12:46 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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