sleep problem

《You Slept. But Your Body Never Did》

It’s 7:00 a.m.

You slept.

The alarm goes off.

You open your eyes.

And yet…

your body feels like it never shut down.

Heavy.

Slow.

Already tired.

You start wondering:

“Is this just ageing… or is something wrong with me?”

When sleep doesn’t equal recovery

Here’s something few people are told:

👉 More sleep doesn’t always fix deep fatigue

There’s a kind of exhaustion that lives below energy levels.

Blood tests often look “normal”.

You’re doing the right things.

Yet you:

• wake up unrefreshed

• feel drained for no clear reason

• rely on willpower (or caffeine) to get through the day

This isn’t laziness.

And it’s not “all in your head”.

What’s really missing: recovery

Real rest isn’t just about hours in bed.

It’s about whether your body can switch out of stress mode

and return to balance — especially at night.

Research has found that Ganoderma (Lingzhi/Reishi) supports:

✅ fatigue reduction

✅ sleep quality

✅ stress adaptation

Not by stimulating the body…

but supporting your body to recover properly again.

That’s why Ganoderma is often described as an adaptogen:

it supports recovery instead of forcing energy.

References:

Cui, X. Y., Cui, S. Y., Zhang, J., Wang, Z. J., Yu, B., Sheng, Z. F., ... & Zhang, Y. H. (2012). Extract of Ganoderma lucidum prolongs sleep time in rats. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 139(3), 796-800.

Li, K., Liu, W., Wu, C., Wang, L., Huang, Y., Li, Y., ... & Chen, Z. (2024). The anti-fatigue and sleep-aiding effects vary significantly among different recipes containing Ganoderma lucidum extracts. Heliyon, 10(10).

Yao, C., Wang, Z., Jiang, H., Yan, R., Huang, Q., Wang, Y., ... & Lv, L. (2021). Ganoderma lucidum promotes sleep through a gut microbiota-dependent and serotonin-involved pathway in mice. Scientific reports, 11(1), 13660.

Zhao, H., Zhang, Q., Zhao, L., Huang, X., Wang, J., & Kang, X. (2012). Spore powder of Ganoderma lucidum improves cancer‐related fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing endocrine therapy: a pilot clinical trial. Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012(1), 809614.