10-10-2022, 08:56 PM
Hey Steve, Sure thing, here's the basics of DIY reishi shroom tincture extraction...
I'm in upstate New York and the main type of reishi I find grows on hemlock stumps or fallen trees, Ganoderma tsugae. The reishi sold online is usually a commercially grown red reishi or Ganoderma lingzhi/lucidum. Research shows they have the same benefits.
Once collected the fresh reishi needs to be sliced thin as possible and completely dried. At this point you could grind it up into powder and put it in capsules but I make a tincture.
To get all the benefits you need to do an alcohol soak first...You take the sliced and dried reishi and cover it with alcohol, I use vodka because it's cheap. The soak should last at least 3 weeks and you should occasionally shake the jar with the vodka + reishis. Drain and filter the vodka.
Then you take the reishis and cover them with water and simmer them 3 or 4 hours, filter again. I reduce the water so it's 2x as concentrated as the alcohol.
The tincture ratio should be 2/3 alcohol to 1/3 water. This way it will keep for a long time.
The medicinal components are split into 2 groups, the polysaccharides (water extraction) and the triterpenes (alcohol extraction).
Polysaccharides: thought to be good for maintain healthy blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels.
Triterpenes: which support our ability to utilize oxygen, regulate immune function, liver function, and lower DHT levels.
This is probably more than you wanted to know so I'll wrap this up.
There is one possibly important point I'd like to make before I go...I've noticed that a lot of tinctures sold on Amazon are alcohol free. Maybe I'm missing something but I can't see how it's possible to include the triterpenes without alcohol so I would recommend either the pills or an alcohol based tincture.
Sorry to go on to long. Let me know if you have any questions.
I'm in upstate New York and the main type of reishi I find grows on hemlock stumps or fallen trees, Ganoderma tsugae. The reishi sold online is usually a commercially grown red reishi or Ganoderma lingzhi/lucidum. Research shows they have the same benefits.
Once collected the fresh reishi needs to be sliced thin as possible and completely dried. At this point you could grind it up into powder and put it in capsules but I make a tincture.
To get all the benefits you need to do an alcohol soak first...You take the sliced and dried reishi and cover it with alcohol, I use vodka because it's cheap. The soak should last at least 3 weeks and you should occasionally shake the jar with the vodka + reishis. Drain and filter the vodka.
Then you take the reishis and cover them with water and simmer them 3 or 4 hours, filter again. I reduce the water so it's 2x as concentrated as the alcohol.
The tincture ratio should be 2/3 alcohol to 1/3 water. This way it will keep for a long time.
The medicinal components are split into 2 groups, the polysaccharides (water extraction) and the triterpenes (alcohol extraction).
Polysaccharides: thought to be good for maintain healthy blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels.
Triterpenes: which support our ability to utilize oxygen, regulate immune function, liver function, and lower DHT levels.
This is probably more than you wanted to know so I'll wrap this up.
There is one possibly important point I'd like to make before I go...I've noticed that a lot of tinctures sold on Amazon are alcohol free. Maybe I'm missing something but I can't see how it's possible to include the triterpenes without alcohol so I would recommend either the pills or an alcohol based tincture.
Sorry to go on to long. Let me know if you have any questions.