Mycomedica Hericium Lion's Mane Bio SoplÓwka, 100g

Hericium  with 32 aromatic substances is a delicacy for pampered tongues, which delights with its exotic combination of aromatic seafood, lemon and coconut. Moreover, this characteristic mushroom is valued for its medicinal properties. Physicians in traditional Chinese medicine appreciate the properties of hericium in harmonizing both physical and mental processes. Here we offer  Hericium   in the form of powder  (powder/biomass), where the dried fruiting bodies are ground into a very fine powder using a special shellbroken method, which breaks the chitin coating of the cell and releases the active substances. Compared to the extract, this form works more gently.

Tested in the German Agrolab.

Our  Hericium  is grown in organic soil. This substrate is based on a mixture of sawdust, organic wheat bran, cane sugar and natural gypsum. Part of the mushroom we use is  the fruiting body .

Closest to nature

Hericium  (Hericium erinaceus) has a delicate flavor and a fish-like consistency. It grows parasitically in clumps on damaged trunks or trees. Hericium has a strong place in traditional Chinese medicine. According to her  , Hericium  can balance the imbalance of yin and yang throughout the body.

Package contents:  100 g of BIO powder from Hericium erinaceus fruiting bodies (biomass/powder)

Packaging weight:  100g

excipients:  no excipients, additives, preservatives

About Hericium

Hericium  (Hericium erinaceus, in English known as lion's mane, Hericium erinaceus) is an edible basidiomycete, a medicinal mushroom from Asia, it is also found in North America.  Hericium  is rarely found in our country. The mushroom got its name due to the unique shape of the fruiting body, which is spherical and branched and can have a diameter of up to 30 cm.

The effect of Hericium on the production of NFG (nerve growth factor) is currently being investigated. Like other medicinal mushrooms,  Hericium  is rich in polysaccharides - beta-glucan, minerals, trace elements, diterpenoids - herisentons and erinacins - specific to it. Other important ingredients of Hericium are palmitic acid, the sugar alcohol threitol, D-arabinitol and provitamin D2 and others. The concentration of polysaccharide in the extract is also important. Through long-term testing, 30% has been found to be optimal for therapeutic purposes. Lower concentrations (10%) are less effective, higher concentrations (40%) are always at the expense of other active substances, there is a change in the action of a specific mushroom.

The quality of our products and the satisfaction of our customers are our highest priority. All our products are regularly tested for the presence of heavy metals, pesticides and other substances harmful to the human body. This product also meets the  BIO criteria

Dosage:

• 1 - 3 g daily, at least half an hour before a meal, mix about 1 dcl of water and drink (1 equal teaspoon = 2 g of powder)
• We recommend using it 5 days a week and 2 days apart
• use on an empty stomach (at least 30 minutes before a meal or 60 minutes after a meal)
• When using medicinal mushrooms, we recommend increasing the intake of vitamin C, which increases the absorption of active substances. For example, in the form of Brazilian Acerola cherry extract.

Warning : The product is not intended for children under 3 years of age, pregnant or breastfeeding women. Do not exceed the recommended daily dosage. Keep out of the reach of children. The product does not replace a varied diet. It does not contain ephedrine, caffeine, gluten, preservatives, dyes or sugar.

The basis of our company MycoMedica is based on strong pillars, which are:

QUALITY - SAFETY - EFFECTIVENESS

Emphasis on the environment

Most of our mushroom raw materials come from China. The ecological environment is not a priority for modern China. It is therefore difficult, but at the same time necessary, to find crops of medicinal mushrooms from completely pure and industrially untouched nature. MycoMedica mainly uses mushrooms grown in Fujian, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, areas that are virtually untouched by civilization.   Pesticides, heavy metals, microorganisms, molds and radioactive elements are factors against which mushroom raw materials must be unconditionally protected.

Testing at Agrolab

All mushroom raw materials used to produce our mushroom products are tested before processing in the  German independent Agrolab laboratory  for the presence of over 500 heavy metal contaminants, pesticides and microorganisms dangerous to humans.  We can provide these tests upon request.

We have expanded the classic tests performed by the German Agrolab to include testing for  polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons  (PAH), which have carcinogenic effects, may affect fetal development and are associated with cardiovascular diseases. More here.

The final stage of production of our products takes place under the most rigorous hygienic conditions in the Czech Republic. We apply ISO 9001/2009 production standards  , have the  HACCP certificate  and have implemented the  IFS quality system .

How to choose a really high-quality medicinal mushroom product?

Powder or extract?

If we want to use as many active substances from mushrooms as possible, we must process them in such a way as to damage the chitin coating of the mushroom.  Humans do not have the necessary enzymes needed to digest chitin , so during digestion they cannot release the active substances from the fungal cell walls and obtain them.

Processing options:

a)  decoctions

You can make a decoction from dried mushrooms. However, this traditional method requires large amounts of mushrooms to achieve therapeutic effects.

b)  mushroom powder or biomass

Dried mushrooms are ground into a very fine powder. The chitin cover is partially damaged and our body is able to use the active substances.

c)  extracts

Thanks to gentle extraction with hot water, we can break the chitin barrier and extract  the maximum amount of active substances from the mushrooms.  In most mushroom cases, additional precipitation with ethyl alcohol (double extraction) is carried out at the end of this process, because some active substances are insoluble in water.

Extraction is the most optimal  way to process mushrooms for medical purposes. That's why the vast majority of medical research is conducted on extracts, not powdered mushrooms.

The main, but not the only, active substances of medicinal mushrooms are  polysaccharides  (mainly β-(1, 3)-D-glucans). While mushroom powder contains approximately 0.5-3% polysaccharides, our extracts contain  30% .

An important argument in favor of MycoMedica mushrooms is that many doctors and Chinese medicine therapists who have the greatest experience work with our products. More here.

We also use MycoMedica products in our office, so every day we receive information from patients about their effectiveness.

What should you pay attention to when choosing?

Some companies use regular starch in breeding to obtain a higher polysaccharide content. A regular laboratory is unable to detect it and such raw material has minimal therapeutic effects.  Together with German colleagues, we test all mushroom raw material to ensure that it contains only high-quality mushroom polysaccharides.

Some companies from China, in order to achieve microbiological purity of the extracts, expose the mushrooms to radiation, which destroys microorganisms. We emphasize that  MycoMedica products are not irradiated  at any stage of production.

Proven raw materials

Some Chinese manufacturers do not respect traditional production processes. For example, drying mushrooms must be done outdoors, and if possible, in the sun. Therefore, it is important for us to cooperate only with proven breeders and processors of mushroom raw materials. We do not use any untested raw materials in our products.

We take our slogan   QUALITY - SAFETY - EFFECTIVENESS  seriously. Thanks to this, we gradually became the most important Eastern European producer of medicinal mushroom products.