Forum - Gano-Soup-Experience of Carol - Strong Arthritic Pain with Inflammation

Carol is a very open minded mature lady in her mid70s. She is coping with different health issues. But the terrible aches and pains in her joints and bones are very discouraging at the moment. Asking her doctor how long she would have to stay on these anti-inflammatory drugs, he told her: “For the rest of your life, Madam.”

In the past Carol had started a therapy with an herbalist. But, because of very strong reactions she did not continue. Now she heard of Ganotherapy. It sounded more reasonable for her and she is hopeful again to get some relief.

She would like for her progress to be documented and shared with everyone on our forum.

Two weeks ago Carol started with a low dosage of spirulina. And since about a week she added 1 pair RG/GL capsules in the morning. What is the result?

“I feel fine. There is a little more energy than before.” Even her husband mentioned how surprised he was for her little extra power, not even taking a nap.


We learned that this is the initial response of the body when starting ganotherapy. A general feeling of well-being. That is a sign that the mushroom started its work.

Understanding this we will not be surprised at the subtle and sometimes more noticeable symptoms and little changes the body will undergo soon. We are waiting for Carol to tell us.

Dear Ganoderma,

we are very happy to hear that Carol feels already a little better.
Strong arthritic pains are caused by weak stomach and liver system, sometimes by weak kidney system as well.
Do you think you can teach her how to check her pulse?

A long boiled chicken bone soup can be helpful to reduce the pains, also lions mane to strengthen her stomach.
Both can be boiled together (one chicken together with 10 lions mane).
She can rub carefully the painful areas with our gano oil for pain relief.

Carol was quite surprised and excited to get such a quick response. She wrote: “I might try the chicken soup/ lions paw after vacation with the grandchildren.”

Now we have a little problem with Lions Mane. Sadly it is not yet available in the US. What can Carol use instead?

In the meantime we will learn how to check the pulse if the grandchildren let us.

Oh no, what a pitty

Carol can use GL capsules or cordyceps instead of our lions mane.
Open the capsules and mix about 5 pieces into the chicken bone soup and boil all together.
This should also be also very effective for pain relief.

Many greetings and we wish her to get well soon

Hello LingZhi,
It seems that Carol was reading a lot in our Gano-Soup recipe section.
And she has the strong desire to try one of those. The leek soup appeals very much to her.

Here is all her personal info to choose the right vegetables:
Carol mostly feels heat, except in deep winter. That’s why she loves cold drinks, and feels best in cooler weather.

Eventually we will get a tongue picture. But she described the appearance of her tongue quite well: tip is red, no white coating at all, the rest more pinkish or reddish, in the middle a fissure or line. Hopefully we get a picture next time.

Congratulation Carol, you did very good for the first time to test your pulse.

This is what she found:



In the beginning it is not easy to do the pulse test and take the tongue picture. But we hope that this gives enough info to find the right Gano-Soup.
Carol is very anxious to start her therapy.

Carol has also asked a very interesting question about one of the ingredients in our spirulina tablets: “talcum”.

Nowadays you can find talcum in many products from baby powder to vitamins.
In the USA people are a little concerned about the use of talc, especially in food products.
In the past it was very much in the news about asbestos when they mine talc.
They ran many studies on talc and cancer.

What would be a reasonable and balanced answer to this question?

Good morning dear Carol and dear Ganoderma,

the talcum which DXN uses is not industrial talcum, but it has pharmaceutical grade and is not harmful. In future pure spirulina powder will be offered by DXN.

Carol's pulse test and her tongue describtion show that she has weak metabolism (tongue crack and pulse which is not palpable). Very strong top pulse and reddish tongue stand for heat congestions and dehydration in the body. This is the reason why Carol has a problem with strong sweating.
When pulse of right and left side is different it stands for blockages in the circulation.

Please boil this soup to strenghten your metabolism:

100g (4 oz) green cucumber with skin (hydrates the body)
100g leek (4 oz) (strengthens weak metabolism)
20g peppermint fresh (0,75 oz) or 10g dried (has cooling effect and is good for blockages)
50g tomato (2 oz) (regulates water circulation)
50g dates (2 oz) (strengthens stomach)
30g ginger (1 oz) (good for strong circulation)

This soup is not very tasty due to the peppermint (this is my personal opinion, may be you like it), but it is extremly effective. Dear Carol, please give it a try and drink it daily. You can start with a little amount of 100cc (3-4 oz) and increase gradually to 200cc (1 cup).

You should boil a second recipe which is good for your pains:

one chicken
300g green cucumber with peel
5 cordyceps capsules opened
5 GL capsules opened

Please, cover the ingredients with water (about 3cm (1inch) above) and boil it at least for 2 hours.
When the new DXN kettle is available 4 hours boiling is most effective. Please, drink daily from the clear warm broth. Start with 100cc (3-4 oz) and increase gradually to 200cc (1cup).

Please, avoid raw Food in your daily diet . It has a cooling effect which weakens your metabolism even more. Please, boil everything at the moment and regularly eat warm meals 3 times a day. Avoid cold drinks, ice-cold beverages are especially very harmful for you.

Carol would like to cook Gano-Soup but she has limited strength right now. When her grandchildren visited she fell and needed some time to recuperate her back.

After she finished her first month with 1 pair of ganoderma capsules it took some time for the next order to arrive. But since about a week she is back on her mushrooms. This is what she wrote:

What a week! I've been quite incapacitated with fevers, aches and stabbing pains. Also
night sweats. It all started last Saturday night. I figured I'd contracted a virus and just wait it out.
Temperature hovered between 100f and 102f (38 Celsius). By Friday I was getting antsy to feel better.
The stabbing pains seemed to follow along the right side of my body mostly from my jaw and ear
to my foot. At one point I thought I must be working on Shingles because of the nerve pain.
So I did some reading on Shingles and decided it probably was not Shingles.

Thursday night in the middle of the night it dawned on me that maybe I was reacting to the ganoderma. I decided to do a test. I would not take it on Friday. Voila! No fever, no aches and no stabbing pains. Mystery solved. So I skipped Friday and restarted today. My question is how long can I expect to feel so badly. The instructions are to begin taking 3 a day after 1 week on one. I am hesitant to go to three. I started with one each last Sat. and today would be the 8th day.
I would like to keep going because I trust your judgement and also because when I got out of
bed yesterday I felt better than I have in a long time. Did I imagine that? Let’s start our happy
dance!!! Answer when you can. In the meantime I'll stay with one pair a day.

We notice that her condition is a little confusing to her. Is her body telling her something positive? Or is it just coincidence because she just started to take ganoderma the same day she got pains. But why did the pain stop the same day she skipped the capsules ? And to her delight she did feel better than she had in a long time.

Dearest Carol

Yes, the ganoderma mushroom is very powerful. It doesn’t treat disease. It treats the body. The body treats disease. Ganoderma gives the body many nutrients which enable the body to treat disease.

So, when you start taking the RG/GL capsules the body gets active. It seems that in your case the pain and fever are due to detox of acidity.
Looking at your pulse test you notice that there is a difference between the right and left side. This shows that there are blockages in your body. The blood, energy and nutrients do not reach equally every part of your body. The body is talking to you and giving you stabbing pains. It wants more nutrients so it can push through these blockages.

You have a very good goal. Soon, when you feel a little stronger you want to try the Gano-Soup. Drinking this concentrated vegetable broth on a regular basis will feed your body many nutrients. Into the hot broth you stir in the powder of 1 or 2 pairs of capsules. (Carefully open the capsules)

Please, keep in touch and tell us about your experience with Gano-Soup.

Here an update from Carol.
Because of her weak body condition she never really started to boil soup.
Here is what she writes today:

I increased the ganocelium and reishi to two caps each twice a day and had a very bad episode on the day I got my flu shot. I developed a fever of 102 and was ill for 4 days. At first I thought it was a reaction to the flu shot but now I think my immune system over reacted to the flu vaccine. I had to think this through because I have never reacted to the flu vaccine and have taken it every year for at least 15 years. And this year"s shot was identical to last year's formulation.

This was my 3rd or 4th episode with fevers in the last 2 or 3 months but by far the worst. I made a mental connection between the fevers and the mushroom so I'm doing a little experiment. I have gone off the mushroom for now to see if the fevers resolve and will try again in January . If the fevers return between now and January then it will not be the mushroom. If the fevers return once I start up again then it is the mushroom. The fevers put me to bed and I am ill at least 3 days, quite ill, flat on my back. The fevers were the only negative for me, but quite distressing.

I appreciate it has something to do with my immune system. Perhaps it was just over stimulated.I also take astragalus which also stimulates the immune system.

Some months ago she had an operation to repair her prolapsed uterus. Of course, this also weakens the body, and maybe it can contribute to the different reaction after this years flue vaccine.

We need to explain to Carol that Ganoderma is not the cause of her fever. It is her body that is telling her that it is out of balance.
How can we encourage Carol and how can we explain to her why the fever is returning?

Dear Carol,

your tongue and pulse shows that your metabolism is very weak und your body stores lot of heat.
May be you can send us a tongue picture. It seems that your organs are dehydrated. This can easily create fever. A flu vaccination weakens the body and worsens dehydration.

The following recipe would be good for you to cool the heat down:

100g cucumber
30g fresh peppermint
100g tomato
50g dates
30g ginger

If you have no strength to boil soup, you should take higher amount of spirulina (3x10 tablets per day).

Here is a short update from Carol.
She started again with 1 pair capsule of RG & GL, but this time determined not to stop!

As expected she writes:
I have been under the weather with a fever and malaise since Tuesday... but I am slowly coming out of it , I figured that once I started back on the ganoderma I would soon react with a fever but I will just have to give it a chance to work its way, I am wondering when one can expect some improvement with the fevers and night sweats, I suppose no one knows but we just have to let my body decide... Hopefully I can start the soup this week.

As soon as she can get her son to take a picture of her tongue she will send it.
Should we encourage her to boil the suggested cucumber-peppermint soup in the meantime? Maybe that would help to cool the heat.

Dear Ganoderma and dear Carol,

we can try a new recipe with stronger effect:

100g papaya (if it is not organic, please remove the skin)
100g yellow pear
50g tomato
50g dates
20g fresh ginger
RG/GL

We have a very encouraging update from Carol.
She writes:

I have only had one episode with fever since I started back on the gano. I am ready to move forward....... I can tell my system is ready. I'm feeling quite good. It is time to get back to fevers and night sweats. Ha!
Here's some positive results to think about. I had 3 nights in January when I slept through the entire night without waking up. That hasn't happened in at least 20 years. I was amazed! And I felt so hopeful and encouraged. Also my stamina seems to be improving. I hope I'm not just imagining it.


Carol will send tongue picture and pulse test very soon.

We are very happy to read about this good report!!!
Good sleep after 20 years that is wonderful
Did Carol mix her ganoderma extract into soup?

Carol only took capsules. But now will try soup with mushroom powder.
We are very curious to hear from her again.

Carol is amazed how much her sleep and stamina has improved lately.

Last week she boiled her first Gano-Leek-Soup and she loves it. But low temperature fever has come back since drinking soup. It comes around 7 or 8pm in the evening. Even hours before the fever comes, she has an aversion to touch anything cold.
She also felt stabbing pain in both ears and later pain around her shoulder blade.

Carol found a new way to use Gano-Oil. She puts it on her hands before she goes to sleep and covers them with white cotton gloves while she sleeps. Since then the arthritic pain in her hands has disappeared. We encouraged her to massage her whole body with the Gano Oil.





Carol is learning how to do pulse test. This time she sent it two weeks after her tongue picture. And she just experienced another fever last night. She looked at her tongue today and it was red at the tip. We encouraged her to do tongue picture and pulse test next time on the same day.

She takes 4 Spirulina in the morning and 4 in the evening. Wouldn't it be helpful to take at least 10 in the morning and 10 in the evening especially to get rid of these fever episodes?

We also look forward to an adjusted recipe for Carol so that stored up heat in her body can come out.

Dear Carol,

we are very happy that you have found a way to reduce your pains.
Very good idea to use gloves over night!

Please don't continue drinking leek soup.
It is absolutely not suitable for you.

This recipe can reduce your heat:

20g fresh peppermint
10g coriander seeds
50g tomato
50g lemon
50g dates
20g fresh ginger
RG / GL mixed into clear broth

10 spirulina in the morning and 10 in the evening would be very good for you.