Chinese scientists found that the active ingredients in reishi mushroom and green tea create synergetic effects when combined and inhibited the growth of tumors and delayed the death of mice with sarcomas.
Today Reishi, like green tea polyphenols, is manufactured as an extract. Zhang and her colleagues examined products sold as ReishiMax and Tegreen, made by Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises. ReishiMax contains high concentrations of the active components in the mushroom itself and cracked spores of the mushroom, including polysaccharides (13.5 percent) and triterpenes (6 percent), and Tegreen is almost completely (98-99 percent) made of tea polyphenols.In the first study, designed to look at cancer treatment, mice were first injected intraperitoneally with sarcoma cells and then were given either low, medium or high dosages of ReishiMax or low, medium, or high dosages of a combination of ReishiMax and Tegreen. All mice died of sarcoma development after treatment for 28 days. But treatment with the combination of reishi and green tea extracts delayed the animals’ death within the first 12 days after sarcoma injection, compared to the animals receiving only ReishiMax.
In the second study, designed to look at cancer prevention, groups of healthy mice were given either low, medium or high dosages of ReishiMax or low, medium, or high dosages of a combination of ReishiMax and Tegreen. After receiving the specified treatment for 14 days, mice were given a suspension of sarcoma cells subcutaneously, while the treatments were continued. On day 28, the sarcoma tumors under the skin were recovered from the mice and weighed. The tumor weight was reduced by 45 percent with the combination therapy, but in a much lesser degree with only the Reishi, compared to tumors in mice receiving no treatment, further confirming the synergy of the two together.
Of course, whether these translates to similar effects in humans, only extensive clinical trials can ascertain. However, it does sound promising.
译文:
灵芝与绿茶菁华联合抗抑肿瘤
中国科学家发现，灵芝和绿茶中的活性成分混合后能产生协同作用，并且抑制肿瘤的增加，延缓生有肿瘤的老鼠的死亡。
现今，灵芝菁华同绿茶多酚一样可以制造出来。张和他的同事检验了由犹他如新公司生产的产品“超级灵芝”和“绿茶精华素”。超级灵芝包含了高浓度活性成分，它们来自于灵芝本身和它所分裂的孢子。包括多糖（13.5%）和三萜类（6%），而绿茶精华素几乎完全（98-99%）是由绿茶多酚组成的。在第一项研究中，为了观察癌症治疗，首先在老鼠的腹腔里注射了肿瘤细胞，然后注入少量、中量和大量的超级灵芝，或者少量、中量、大量的超级灵芝与绿茶精华素的混合物。所有的老鼠在治疗了28天之后都死于肿瘤扩散。但是相比单纯注射超级灵芝，使用灵芝和绿茶菁华的混合物治疗，在注射肿瘤后的前12天，延缓了动物的死亡。
在第二项研究中，为了观察癌症预防，给予几组健康老鼠少量、中量和大量的超级灵芝，或者少量、中量、大量的超级灵芝与绿茶精华素的混合物。接受指定的治疗14天后，老鼠接受了肿瘤细胞皮下注射，同时继续治疗。在第28天时，皮下肿瘤从老鼠身上取出并且称重。运用混合疗法的肿瘤重量减少了45%，但只注射了灵芝液的减少量却少很多，相比没有接受治疗的老鼠身上的肿瘤，进一步证实了两者的协同作用。
当然，是否这些能对人类产生相似的作用，只有通过大量的临床实验才能确定。然而，听起来确实前途无量。
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