Lion's mane

Traditional Uses & Why Herbalists Value It

East Asian food traditions include the mushroom, while present-day herbal and functional-mushroom practice often uses tinctures or powders. The mushroom is also called yamabushitake in Japan; its culinary fruiting body has a very different context from a quantified dual extract.

What Modern Research Has Found

A small 12-week placebo-controlled study of a lion's-mane fruiting-body supplement found improvement on the Mini-Mental State Examination, but not on the other two cognitive tests used. The selective result is promising early evidence, rather than a settled effect across cognitive outcomes.

Plant Part, Preparation & Natural Constituents

Fruiting body and mycelium differ in composition. Polysaccharides are among studied constituents.

Lion's mane in Formulae

The Lion's Mane Dual Extract Tincture foregrounds an extracted mushroom preparation, while Mushroom Coffee places it in a beverage with coffee and chaga.

Products Containing This Ingredient

• Lion's Mane + Chaga Mushroom Coffee 12 oz
• Lion's Mane Dual Extract Tincture 2 / 4 fl oz

Sources & Further Reading

• Hericium fruiting-body clinical study >