Lion’s Mane Mushrooms (Hericium erinaceus)

Mushrooms have been eaten as food and used as a healing aid since prehistory starting

in the Neolithic period. They were first found in in the prehistoric lake dwellings in
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Truffles were found in Greece and Rome where
they cultivated the small Agrocybe aegerita on pieces of poplar trunks. In China and
Japan, shitake mushrooms were grown on rotting logs. In 1678, a French botanist
demonstrated the cultivation of mushrooms by transplanting their mycelia.
While mushrooms enjoyed a long history in Europe and Asia, they did not become
popular as a fad food in America until the late 19th century, though they were used in
recipes for making condiments and sauces up until then. The advancement in
cultivating and identifying mushrooms was the catalyst for the growing interest just
before the turn of the century. Mycological clubs began forming and members would
forage and identify the mushrooms in their area.

Mushrooms provide potassium.

Among other mechanisms by which shiitake mushrooms
and other mushrooms may reduce blood pressure is by
providing potassium. The balance of potassium and
sodium is integral to blood pressure regulation, with high
levels of potassium lowering and high levels of sodium
increasing blood pressure.

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Lion’s Mane Mushrooms

(Hericium erinaceus)

This is a beautiful white mushroom that grows wild in parts of North America and elsewhere
in the world. It’s another mushroom that reduces blood sugar levels. It may also support the
health of our insulin-producing beta-cells through inducing the production of a molecule
known as NGF.
Even better—lion’s mane is delicious! It can be obtained at some grocery stores, by
specialty mushroom shops online, or even by growing them yourself using commercially
available kits. Other ways to take lion’s mane include as mushroom capsules, powdered, as
a tea, or as a liquid extract—all of which can be obtained online.

Tomado de : Mushroom of medicine, Ebook. Page # 21

By Basmati.

Gracias.