The formation of tai sui
According to Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, "Ganoderma lucidum is non-toxic, nourishing, benefiting essence and qi, increasing wisdom, curing the knot in the chest and strengthening the body for a long time." Shan Hai Jing called it "seeing meat", "gathering meat", "letting the old age" and "sealing", which was a delicious health care for ancient emperors. Tai sui is very rare and is the top grade of all kinds of medicinal materials. It has been recorded in ancient books that Tai Sui is flat, bitter and non-toxic, and has the value of invigorating the spleen, moistening the lungs, tonifying the kidney and benefiting the liver.
Modern scientists believe that Tai Sui is a large myxomycete complex, but why its cell structure forms and gathers into such a regular shape is still a mystery. Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Meat and cheese are like meat. Attached to a big stone, it has a head and a tail, and it is a creature. Red is like coral, white is like fat, black is like paint, green is like jade feathers, and yellow is like purple and gold, all bright as ice. " Ge Hong, a Taoist priest in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, recorded in Bao Puzi that "Zhi Zhu's broken powder, or water, makes people intellectually fit and live forever." It is an elixir that the ancients thought was immortal.
In the great changes of billions of years, many species have been annihilated and extinct, but Tai Sui can still multiply to this day, which shows that its powerful vitality is unparalleled. It grows in an anaerobic environment 20- 100 meters underground, lives in soil and depends on water, so it will not rot and deteriorate in water. At the same time, this slime mold mainly depends on spores and hyphae, which is very active and can be cut and regenerated at will. However, it is by no means the endless growth of everyone's legend. If it can grow rapidly, it will naturally not be scarce;
Morphological characteristics of tai sui
Tai sui, also known as "meat ganoderma lucidum", grows underground but is a rare polymer composed of slime mold, bacteria and fungi. However, the existence, function and efficacy of Tai Sui have always been controversial in biology.
According to Shan Hai Jing, emperors Yao, Shun and Yu were all over 100 years old, and they all ate "seeing meat" and "gathering meat". The ancients thought that "seeing meat" and "gathering meat" had the effect of prolonging life, so later emperors were looking for this kind of immortal medicine. Li Shizhen recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica: Rouzhi is like meat, attached to a big stone, with a head and a tail, and it is a living thing. Red as coral, white as fat, black as paint, green as jade feathers, yellow as purple and gold, all bright as ice. It is classified as "Zhi" in the department of "Vegetable", which can be eaten and used as medicine, and is regarded as "the top grade of this classics", which has the effect of "eating for a long time and prolonging life". "Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica" records: "Meat Ganoderma lucidum is non-toxic, tonifying deficiency, benefiting essence, increasing wisdom, treating the knot in the chest, and strengthening the body for a long time."
Modern science has found that Ganoderma lucidum is a large myxomycete complex between protozoa and fungi. Its structure is not composed of a single cell, but a polymer composed of bacteria, myxomycetes and fungi. Studies have proved that meat ganoderma lucidum feeds on tiny organisms such as bacteria, yeast and mold spores, and takes cellulose, chitosan and chitin as nutrients. It is rich in protein, nucleic acid, Candida and Geotrichum candidum. Its cells contain photosynthetic pigments. According to the pedigree analysis of the origin and evolution of life, its position should be among bacteria, algae, protozoa and animals. There are both vegetative bodies and solid human bodies, but unfortunately, after biological evolution reached this level, it stopped evolution because of the limitation of external light. Therefore, biologists call it "blind branch", which is at the fork of life evolution. To the left, it will develop to the plant kingdom, and to the right, it will develop to the animal kingdom. If it stays still, it will become a fungus like mushroom ganoderma lucidum, which is the fourth life form of non-plants, non-animals and non-fungi in nature. It is the oldest living specimen of paleontology discovered so far, and it is the ancestor of human beings and all animals and plants.
Scientific research has found that Ganoderma lucidum has great development value in three aspects: 1. Because it contains highly antiseptic substances, it has great development value in the fields of pollution-free food development, food additives, food preservatives and so on. 2. Ganoderma lucidum has strong vitality and adaptability, and is rich in substances that improve immunity, so it has development value in health care products. 3. Ganoderma lucidum can replicate itself by absorbing organic matter and humus. Its body contains the strongest bioactive components found on the earth so far, and it has the most complete functional nutrients. It is a top-grade tonic in traditional Chinese medicine, so it has great development value in medicine.
Although it is recorded in many ancient books that "meat ganoderma lucidum" has the effect of enhancing human immunity, in fact, the types of fungi are very complicated. Even if it is really "tai sui", it may be attached to various harmful organisms or toxic substances. It is not recommended that you take it easily before you know the ingredients of "Tai Sui". The research on fungi by scientists all over the world is still very limited. There are 6.5438+0.5 million to 2 million kinds of fungi in nature, including myxobacteria, and only 5% of them have been studied by the scientific community. At present, the research on Tai Sui is still in the primary stage.
The main value of traditional Chinese medicine
Mysterious Tai Sui Unearthed from Beipiao, Liaoning Province
On April 18, Mr. Zhao from Dongguanying Township, beipiao city City, Liaoning Province reported to the local media that a large number of mysterious meat balls were dug up, which were suspected to be the legendary traditional Ganoderma lucidum. With curiosity and awe, our group came to Mr. Zhao's house and saw this mysterious object.
According to Mr. Zhao, there was only one head in the mud at that time. At first, he thought it was a pebble. When he stepped on it, he found it elastic. I tried to dig it up, but I found more and more. After I took it home and washed it, it weighed more than 50 kilograms. Close observation shows that Tai Sui's skin is light brown. Although elastic, it feels hard. Tai sui's interior is white, softer than the skin, and covered with shredded pork like beef. The meat is too tight to pull. If you follow the growth texture direction of Tai Sui, you can tear off a tissue structure similar to mycelium.
It is understood that Tai Sui, also known as Meat Ganoderma lucidum, grows underground and has great vitality. It is a living organism. Professor Ren Nanqi, a famous bioengineering expert, believes that Tai Sui is not composed of a single organism, but a very rare large myxomycete complex, which has the functions of immunomodulation, anti-cancer and anti-aging. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen called Tai Sui "gathering meat" and "rouzhi", and called it "the top grade of this classic", which has the effect of "keeping fit for a long time and prolonging life".
Resist tumor
Low or disordered autoimmune function is an important cause of tumor occurrence, spread and metastasis. Tai sui is the best immune function regulator and activator, which can significantly improve the body's immune function and enhance patients' own anti-cancer ability. Tai sui can become the first choice for anti-tumor, cancer prevention and cancer adjuvant therapy by promoting the production of endogenous anticancer substances such as interleukin -2, promoting the phagocytosis of mononuclear macrophages, improving the hematopoietic capacity of human body, especially the index level of white blood cells, and the inhibitory effect of some effective components on cancer cells. Tai sui has almost no toxic side effects on human body, and the advantages of this non-toxic immune activator are exactly what many tumor chemotherapy drugs and other immune enhancers do not have.
Anti-wrinkle
The polysaccharides and peptides contained in Tai Sui have obvious anti-aging effect. This effect is mainly based on the following mechanisms:
1, promoting and regulating immune function. For adults and the elderly, this promotion and regulation can obviously delay aging. For children in the growth and development stage, it can improve immune function, enhance disease resistance and ensure healthy growth.
2. Regulate metabolic balance and promote the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein. Studies have shown that tai sui can promote the biosynthesis of nucleic acids and protein in serum, liver and bone marrow, so it can effectively resist diseases and prevent aging. Observations show that taking Tai Sui anti-aging is not only beneficial to the elderly, but also suitable for people of all ages, because the process of growth and development is also the process of aging.
3. Anti-free radical effect. The decrease of endogenous antioxidants or antioxidant enzymes produced by organisms, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), is one of the reasons for human aging. Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide has obvious SOD-like activity, which can significantly remove the free radicals produced by the body, thus preventing the damage of free radicals to the body, preventing lipid peroxidation, protecting cells and delaying cell aging.
4. Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide can significantly promote the ability of DNA synthesis in the nucleus, increase the division generation of cells, and thus delay the aging of the body.
improve immunity
The immune system is equivalent to the army in the human body, which resists tumors internally, removes aging and necrotic cells and tissues, and resists microbial infections such as viruses and bacteria externally. The human body may have mutated tumor cells every day. People with normal immune system function can escape the bad luck of tumor, but people with poor immune system function may develop tumor. Tai sui's effect on the immune system is like adjusting the volume to make it at its best. It can not only increase the number of cells and tissues in the immune system, promote the production of antibodies, increase the number of phagocytes and killer cells, enhance their functions, but also reduce the functions of some immune cells. What are the functions of traditional Chinese medicine?