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Lion's Mane Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) is extensively grown and consumed in many parts of Asia and is a favorite culinary mushroom and superfood. It has many nutritional benefits and is rich in antioxidants (beta glucan polysaccarides), vitamins and minerals.
The Lion's Mane Mushroom gets its name from the way the fruit body grows into long spines which hang down all bunched together like a lion's mane. It is found growing on old or dead broad-leaf hardwood trees in the wild and the Lion's mane used in our extracts are grown semi-wild on duanwood logs in traditional di-tao native growing regions.
Historical use of Lion's Mane Extract Powder
Lions Mane Mushroom has been used traditionally as a herbal tonic in China, Korea and Japan for thousands of years and is still valued and in use in today due to its vast nutritional benefits. It was traditionally extracted as a tea and drunk to aid ones wellbeing, vigor, vitality, and nutrition. Modern methods of extraction with water and alcohol and drying to a powder have allowed for much stronger extracts to be produced, concentrating the beneficial compounds.