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Product Description:
Product Name: Dried Hericium Erinaceus
Latin Name: Hericium erinaceus(Rull ex F.)Pers.
Common Name: Lion’s Mane Mushroom,Monkey Head Mushroom,Yamabushitake
Chinese Name: 猴头菇 hou tou gu
Origin: Fujian Province,China
Package: Bag
Storage: Keep in cool, dry and no light place
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Hericium Erinaceus (Lion’s Mane Mushroom, Yamabushitake, 山伏茸, 猴头菇)
Another name for Hericium Erinaceus is Hedgehog Mushroom. It is also referred to as Satyr’s Beard or the Bearded Tooth Fungus or the Bearded Tooth Mushroom. This mushroom was first discovered in North America. Its spine projects outwards from a group unlike other species of mushrooms whose spines project from a branch. The spines are usually longer than one centimeter.
It prefers growing on hard woods during summer and can therefore be easily confused with another Hericium species. Among the hard woods, it likes the American beech tree best.
If eaten when young, its texture is like seafood and the Chinese include it in their cuisine in place of lamb or even pork.
Medicinal Value
Hericium erinaceus – The Lion’s Mane Mushroom, Yamabushitake, 山伏茸, 猴头菇Traditional medicine has always been very popular with the Chinese ever since 2000 BC. And this mushroom is quite popular among their cures. A research on this mushroom was conducted on rats in 2005. The findings unearthed several medicinal substances present in Hericium Erinaceus. The substances included Palmitic acid, Threitol and D-arabinitol. In the research, these substances were found responsible for reducing blood sugar and regulating lipid levels in blood. It was also evident that there was an antioxidant present in the mushroom.
In studies being done today, scientists are trying to ascertain the impact this mushroom has on dementia. There has been evidence of nerve cells stimulation and enhancement of cognitive abilities. Growth of nerves was also enhanced too even when astrocytoma cells from humans were used. Myelination was also enhanced.
