Dr. Sanda Moldovan explains why Reishi is one of the most studied herbs in science. It boosts immunity and reduces stress, but the sleep improvement seems to work through the gut microbiome. In one study, sleep benefits from Reishi-treated rats transferred to other rats through fecal transplant.
With Reishi. It's also one of the most, if not the most well studied herb in the modern world in terms of modern science. And we see great immune benefits from it as well. And that's kind of what a lot of the research has been focused on. But there's also, for these anti stress benefits, a lot of animal research has been done. It's very supportive and a little bit starting to be done in humans. And it also has great sleep health benefits. And this happens interestingly via the way it affects the gut microbiome, because they did a study where patients, they had a group of rats take Reishi and then they saw a great sleep health benefit as compared to a group of rats that were taking a placebo. Then they did a fecal transplant from the Reishi rats to a new group of rats who had never taken Reishi and the sleep health benefit passed to that group. That's incredible. So it's pretty amazing how it goes from one step to the next. And so it's through, at least mostly through the gut microbiome that it's having such a powerful impact on sleep health. That's great.
