What sets these mushrooms apart from pharmaceuticals and what makes them particularly effective is the synergistic effect of the combined bioactives (mainly Beta-Glucans, glycoproteins/proteo-glycans, polyphenols and Ganoderic acids -a type of triterpenes-).

Extraction defines the therapeutic potency, since we cannot digest non-extracted mushrooms properly. See this -highly recommended!- link for the details about this.

Extraction is essential for an actual therapeutic effect, and dual extraction is often the best option in this case - it will make both water-solubles and insolubles bioavailable. Research found that the immunological effects of mushroom extracts are up to 10 times higher when compared against non-extracted powders.

In case you are interested in how ORIVeDA did its due diligence when developing Reishi Primo click here (page opens in new window). On this page you'll find an article with a lot of objective background information about cultivation, extraction and other Reishi supplements.

Taking into account that a 2017 report concluded almost all Reishi sold in the US is not actually Reishi and lacks quality it's captivating reading material.

Hot water extracts (incl. home made Reishi tea), tinctures and powdered products at best contain only low concentrations of bioactives (which is why you never see them specified on the label of such products - it's better to keep it vague from a vendor's perspective). You might see something like "contains triterpenes". The bioavailability is always a major problem - if we can't digest all that good stuff we can't benefit from it, right?

Reishi Primo is one of the very few Reishi products that actually offers all those bioactives in a bioavailable form, guaranteeing not only the presence but also the quantity of those compounds. Odd as it may seem, it is actually rare to find Reishi with clear specifications, let alone verifiable specifications.

Our mantra is and always will be: quality claims should be supported by objective third party test reports to be reliable and trustworthy. For Reishi a common trick is to use inaccurate lab test methods such as UV-VIS to artificially increase e.g. the triterpene percentage. The error margin of this method is 50-70% ! We no longer list triterpenes as a group but specify the actual 'ganoderic acids' which are unique for Reishi. No other vendor does this.

Reishi Primo is produced using a multi-step extraction procedure (hot water, alcohol, alcohol precipitation) which ensures a high purity product, as opposed to extraction using only hot water or a mix of water and alcohol in a single-step extraction process.

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