Lion’s Mane mushrooms are well named. These beautiful white mushrooms really do look like a lion’s mane!
They may be beautiful … but what makes them useful is their ability to protect and improve brain and nerve function.
This makes the Lion’s Mane mushroom essential for senior dogs, dogs with degenerative myelopathy, and dogs with nerve-related disorders.
Lion’s Mane are amazing mushrooms for boosting the brain and nervous system. The brain boosting benefits are by far their most famous medicinal property. Lion’s Mane can actually improve brain function and memory. It can also stimulate nerve growth and even help regenerate damaged nerves.
Here are just a few of the studies.
Japanese researchers Kawagishi et al published a 2004 study showing that Lion’s Mane supplementation improved functional capacity in a group of patients with mild dementia.
Another Japanese study in 2009 found that test scores of participants who took Lion’s Mane tablets improved during the trial. (The trial showed they declined afterwards. … so long term use may be best.)
In other research, Kawagishi et al also found that extracts (erinacine A from Lion’s Mane mycelium, and hericenones from fruiting bodies,) can pass through the blood-brain barrier and stimulate NGF (nerve growth factor) production.
