The Chinese word, lingzhi, which means ‘the mushroom of immortality’ or ‘the herb of spiritual potency’, is the name they gave to a particular mushroom, eons ago. The Japanese call the herb ‘reishi’, the Koreans ‘keonji’ and the biologists Ganoderma Lucidum. It has many other names in the different regions of Asia as well. It is actually a miracle fungus, from which scientists have isolated several ingredients. To mention only a few of them, there are polysaccharides, terpenes, triterpenes or ganoderic acid, organic germanium, in addition to many other bioactive components. They have found these to alleviate or relieve the pain and suffering that human beings experience due to a number of diverse ailments.