Reishi: The Calm Mushroom

Janet M. Bryan

Reishi has been steeped, simmered, and prized for centuries as a quiet aid to rest and resilience, long before anyone called it an adaptogen. This is a clear-eyed look at what that reputation is built on: how the mushroom was traditionally prepared and used, what modern research actually supports, where the claims outrun the evidence, and how to choose a decent extract if you decide to try one. Grounded, honest, and never oversold.