Hericium erinaceus photo and description

Benefits and treatment

The medicinal properties of the blackberry comb mushroom have not yet been fully studied, nevertheless, something is still known about its benefits.

Its extract helps to fight memory impairments, including in the elderly.
It is believed that the substances present in its composition, with proper therapy, can prevent cancer.
It is used as an anti-inflammatory and wound healing agent, as well as for getting rid of warts.
The consumption of blackberry comb has a positive effect on the nervous system - depression and increased excitability recede.
When used, the concentration of cholesterol in the blood is reduced and the prevention of diseases of the vascular system is ensured.

Interesting Facts

Summing up, it is worth noting in addition a lot of unusual, entertaining information about this unique fruiting body:

Hericium comb has such fancy names: "monkey head", "bearded tooth" or "lion's mane", houtougu (Chinese analogue), yamabushitake (Japanese).
Hericium grows on both living and dead trees.
When finished, it resembles shrimp meat in color and taste.
It is actively used in Chinese medicine for the treatment of oncology, for problems with neurology.
Traditional medicine has long used yamabushitake extract to create ointments to treat dermatological ailments.
"Relative" of the Hericium Erinaceus - The Coral Hericium is similar to its "brother", but has fewer useful properties.
Several food companies have recently launched coffees with Chaga and Black Heron's Mane mushrooms on the European market. It is prepared from freshly harvested fruit bodies, which are dried.

If you are lucky enough to meet this miracle mushroom in the forest, do not pass by, take advantage of a wonderful occasion to taste a delicious product or make an excellent medicine from it!

Nutritional value and medical use

It is used both in the food industry (it tastes like shrimp meat) and in medicine (as an immunity stimulator).

In folk medicine, it is used to treat chronic gastritis, cancer of the esophagus, stomach, leukemia.
In oriental medicine it is used as an immunostimulant, stimulator of growth and regeneration of processes of nerve cells, and an antiseptic. In some cases, it is used to treat atrophic gastritis. Erinacin, part of the mushroom extract Hericium erinaceus, due to its distant chemical affinity for the psilocybin molecule, it can have a stimulating and trophic effect on the nervous system. There are a number of publications where it has been experimentally proven to stimulate the level of catecholamines and neuronal growth factor (NGF) (Mari Shimbo, 2005, Bing Ji Ma, 2010).

A number of clinical studies, especially Asian authors, suggest the effect of erinacin in the extract Hericium erinaceus on sprouting neurons, renewal of connections between brain cells after a stroke or traumatic brain injury, and restoration of cognitive function (K. Mori, 2009). There is an increase in the general tone, mood and motivation for treatment (Aloe L., 2015). There is evidence of a decrease in motor neurological deficit, improvement of self-care and social adaptation after a stroke, which requires further clinical study.

Active ingredients: cyatane derivatives, erinacins, hericenones, beta-D-glucans, ergosterol - provitamin D.

Hericium variegated (tiled)

Category: conditionally edible.

Hat Sarcodon imbricatus (diameter 4-15 cm): brown or grayish, with even darker scales arranged in even circles. In young mushrooms, the scales are soft and velvety, but over time they become quite tough and larger. In adulthood, they can completely fall off, leaving the surface of the cap absolutely smooth. The shape gradually changes from convex to depressed, and sometimes becomes funnel-shaped.

Pay attention to the photo of the hairy man's hat - it was initially raised, then bent inward. Thanks to the outgrowths-scales on the cap, the mushroom was named in Latin blackberry tiled

Thanks to the outgrowths-scales on the cap, the mushroom was named in Latin as tiled blackberries.

Leg (height 2-6 cm): smooth or slightly fibrous, of the same color as the cap, less often purple or lilac. Strong and thick, it has a cylindrical shape and tapers from bottom to top. It can be both hollow and solid.

Flesh: off-white or grayish, juicy in young mushrooms, with a pleasant spicy aroma, in old ones - dry and hard, with a rotten smell.

The spotted hedgehog was first described by Karl Linnaeus in 1753.

Look-alikes: a rough barnacle (Sarcodon scabrosus), but it has a much smaller cap, and the very rare pineal pineal mushroom (Strobilomyces floccopus), whose cap is more variegated.

Other names: sheathed hedgehog, scaled hedgehog, granulated sarcodon, variegated sarcodon, kolchak, hawk.

When it grows: from mid-August to mid-October in temperate countries of the Eurasian continent.

Where can you find it: on sandy soils of coniferous or mixed forests, most often next to pine trees.

Eating: Considered a low quality mushroom. Young black hairs are suitable for salting or as a seasoning, but only after the obligatory boiling for 8-10 minutes.

Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.

Important! Raw variegated barnacles can cause very severe eating disorders, therefore it is recommended to eat them only after heat treatment.

Useful and medicinal properties

However, comb blackberries are famous not only for their unusual taste. This mushroom also has medicinal properties. It is an excellent immunostimulant that has anti-inflammatory properties and lowers blood cholesterol levels. In the East, this mushroom is used to restore nerve cells, and also as an antiseptic.

It is used to prevent sclerosis, dementia, depression, Alzheimer's disease. In Japan, it is believed that the constant consumption of blackberries in food will help heal or prevent gastritis.

The medicinal properties of this mushroom allow it to act as an anti-cancer agent and fight leukemia, stomach tumors.

The wild crested blackberry is listed in the Red Book. Its cost in the market is very high. Now this blackberry is cultivated in France, China, Russia, but artificially grown mushrooms are less useful and are much cheaper than wild ones.

Types of blackberry mushrooms

Blackberries originally belonged to the Gidnum genus. Subsequently, scientists, having identified differences between the species, divided the genus into families. Most of them are quite rare, and some of them are included in the Red Book.

Blackberry variegated (tiled)

Conditionally edible mushroom of the sarcodone genus, which is popularly called Kolchak or hawk. The variegated mushroom was nicknamed because of its variegated color and large convex scales on the cap, similar to tiles.

The brown cap grows to a considerable size, reaching a diameter of 20 cm. In the central part it has a depression in the form of a funnel. In young individuals, the edge of the cap is wrapped. At the bottom there are brittle spines, descending to a massive leg, which is painted in lighter colors than the cap. The inside is whitish and dense. Prefers to settle in coniferous forests.

Blackberry yellow

The fleshy cap with a diameter of 6 to 12 cm has a flat shape and a concave center.Depending on the region of growth, the color changes from white to orange. Smooth to the touch with a hard-to-peel film. On the lower part, yellow fragile thorns grow, descending to the stem.

Often there are specimens with a leg attached off the center. The pulp is dense and whitish in color. The height of the cylindrical leg is up to 6 cm. In the lower part it is slightly widened. In the process of growth, parts of the fruiting body can grow together.

Coral blackberry

This unusual-shaped mushroom turns the forest into a mysterious and magical one. But since he is listed in the Red Book, the likelihood of meeting him is very small. Usually the fungus settles singly on stumps and trunks of fallen deciduous trees.

The shape of the branched fruit resembles an underwater coral, reaching 20 centimeters in size. Smooth or curved spines, growing up to 2 cm, are white or cream colored.

The structure of the fruiting body is elastic-fibrous, white with a pleasant smell and taste. In mature individuals it becomes harsh.

Blackberry comb

The appearance of the fruiting body resembles noodles, which gave it synonymous names: bearded mushroom, mushroom noodles and lion's mane. Occurs on living and dead hardwood. The shape of the mushroom is round or irregular, reaching 20 cm. The weight of one body can be 1.5 kg.

When finished, it resembles seafood. The color ranges between cream and light beige. The fleshy pulp, when dried, turns from white to yellowish. In addition to good taste, it has medicinal properties.

Blackberry Black Prince: variety care

Blackberry Black Prince: photo

And in order to grow healthy and strong plants, you need to follow the rules of agricultural technology. First of all, before planting plants in open ground, you need to choose the right place for planting, as we noted earlier, this plant is more than unpretentious, so blackberries can be planted both in the sun and in a dark place. However, it is best to still choose an area with good lighting, protection from drafts. And if we talk about the composition of the soil, then these plants grow well in a humid environment, if there are sometimes floods in your garden area, then this is not scary. If you plant blackberries near any buildings or a fence, then do not forget to retreat from these structures about 1 m. Plants are planted either in autumn or early spring. The planting hole is dug in such a way that the root system of the seedling is freely located inside. Sometimes gardeners plant whole greenhouses of blackberries, so do not forget to maintain a distance between plants, it should be at least 1 m, in the rows it is recommended to retreat a little more - about 2 m.Before lowering the blackberry seedling Black Prince into the planting hole, you need it will be good to spread the roots of the plant. The root collar should be located above the ground. The planting hole is not completely filled with soil mixture, in order for it to be more convenient for you to water the plants at first, leave a small notch near the central shoot. The topsoil is mulched most often with peat. If we talk about autumn planting, then it is best to plant plants growing in any containers. In this case, the seedlings should be carefully removed from the pots and placed in the hole in such a way that the earthen ball does not fall apart. The pit should be filled with a fertile mixture with the addition of humus. After the seedlings are watered abundantly with water, and the top layer of soil is mulched. It is believed that the root system of the Black Prince variety is very well developed, therefore, it is not necessary to water the bushes abundantly, the plants need irrigation only during the dry period. However, it is still necessary to apply potash fertilizers to the soil, so the plant will develop more intensively. It is advisable to pre-dilute the dressing with water in order for the nutrients to quickly penetrate the soil.During flowering, the bushes are often fed with zinc sulfate and boric acid, when the first cloves appear on the foliage, the blackberries are sprayed with fufanon. In early spring, it is recommended to introduce nitrogen-containing organic matter into the soil; urea or ammonium nitrate is suitable for this. If you have previously mulched the soil with manure, then you should not add phosphates to the soil.

Beneficial features

Blackberry is suitable for diet food

All of the above described edible species have undergone laboratory tests, it turned out that each mushroom has different medicinal properties.

Coral is of great value in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and is a good anthelminthic agent.
Variegated helps to normalize cholesterol, boosts immunity and prevents the formation of cancer cells.
Yellow and white are powerful antioxidants, useful for the prevention of cancer. Normalizes cholesterol levels, destroys staphylococcus and various bacteria, prevents the appearance of stomach and intestinal ulcers.
The comb eliminates many problems with the digestive tract - high acidity, ulcers at an early stage, has antimicrobial, antifungal effect. It is useful for the prevention of cancer of the internal organs. Tincture or extract based on it restores brain activity and prevents the onset of sclerosis in the elderly.

Knowledge of the medicinal qualities of mushrooms is certainly necessary, but it is important to remember that self-treatment is unacceptable. In order to introduce mushrooms or their derivatives into your therapy, it is imperative to consult with your doctor.

Description

The crested blackberry (Hericium erinaceus) belongs to the genus Hericium, the Hericiaceae family and, oddly enough, to the order of Syroezhkovy. This edible, large, but little-known mushroom has other names: sometimes it is called lion's mane, Pom-Pom mushroom, comb hericium, grandfather's beard, mushroom noodles. Most of these names were formed among the people, since the appearance of the mushroom really resembles something shaggy, with hair or needles. In some sources, the organism is called the crested hedgehog. But the Chinese nicknamed this type of houtougu, which translates as "monkey head". The Japanese also came up with their own name for the blackberry - yamabushitake.

the fruit body has an irregular pear-shaped or rounded shape, compressed on the sides, very large - the weight of one mushroom sometimes reaches 1.5 kg, and the width of an adult specimen is about 20 cm.The color varies from white to cream, in adult representatives - to brown or yellow ;
The hymenophore is a distinctive feature of this species. On the lower surface, the fruit body is covered with a huge number of long, hanging downward soft needle-like outgrowths up to 6 cm long. This is the blackberry hymenophore, which gives the mushroom a resemblance to hedgehogs;
the flesh is fleshy, dense, white, does not change its color when damaged or cut, turning yellow when dry. It tastes like shrimp;
spores are white.

Cardiovascular health

Blood pressure

Hericenone B has an antiplatelet effect by slowing down the signaling pathways of collagen through alpha2 / beta1 to release arachidonic acid (one of two receptors that promotes blood clot formation through collagen.); the mechanism of action is promising, however, when tested in rabbits, it had a specific effect at a dosage of 30 µm (which is proportional to 5 µm of aspirin) and a full effect at 10 µm. Interestingly, hericenones C-E did not have any effect on collagen-induced platelet aggregation, and although hericenone B was active in other types of aggregation (adrenaline and U46619, but not adenosine triphosphate or thrombin), the effectiveness was less.
Hericenone B well suppresses collagen-induced platelet aggregation, along with other types of hericenone does not have the desired effect on other types of aggregations.
Yamabushitake is an ACE inhibitor (hot water extract of the fruiting body) with an IC50 of 580 +/- 23μm / ml, which is significantly less than the much more highly active fungus lacquered polypore (50μm / ml).
When drawn in hot water, mushrooms are much more potent ACE inhibitors than alcohol and methanol extracts, and fungal bioactive ACE blocking peptides include D-mannose (IC50 3mg / ml) and L-pipcolic acid (IC50 23.7mg / ml). Since these molecules themselves are weaker than yamabushitake, it is now believed that bioactive peptides are fundamental to the inhibitory potential of ACE, since they were previously found in fungi (Val-Ile-Glu-Lys-Tyr-Pro and Gly-Glu-Pro ).
Yamabushitake has ACE inhibitor properties, although the biological significance of this is still unknown. The underlying molecule has not yet been identified, possibly a bioactive peptide.

Lipids and cholesterol

Both the alcoholic extract and the extract using hot water yamabushitake extract were included in the diet (mice) with a high fat content in a volume of 2% (1.896-3.16 g / kg with hot water yamabushitake extract and 3.36 g / kg with alcohol extract. solution) and in both cases led to a decrease in triglycerides (8% with yamabushitake extract with hot water and 27.1% alcohol solution) without a noticeable effect on HDL-C and total cholesterol levels. Similar hypolipidemic effects were also observed when tested on liver tissue (29.8% with hot water yamabushitake extract and 38.8% with alcoholic extract) and it was believed that this is a result of the alcohol extract being able to act as a PPARα agonist with an EC50 value in 40μm / ml; there was a decrease in PPARα, but not its expression.
Yamabushitake is able to act as a PPARα agonist and reduce triglycerides without any discernible effect on cholesterol.
Although both hot water yamabushitake and sprit extract are inactive on cholesterol and HDL-C, the extract obtained from yamabushitake mycelium (an alcoholic extract after lyophilization) is able to reduce LDL by 45.5% and increase HDL-C by 31.1 % when taken orally 200mg / kg, and a dose of 50mg / kg was also active.
Although the fruiting body of the fungus (the productive part) did not significantly affect the metabolism of lipoprotein and cholesterol, mycelium is able to reduce cholesterol levels.

Growing

This mushroom can also be grown in the country. They are sown in open ground from April to October, and if there are closed myceliums, then all year round. Depending on the type of mushroom, wood is used instead of soil. These can be softwood or hardwood, fresh logs without branches, or wet logs. The suitable diameter will be 15-20 cm, and the length is up to 1 meter. The dry material is placed in water for a couple of days, and then taken out so that the water is glass. If logs are used, then they must first be prepared:

For this, holes are made every 10 cm in a checkerboard pattern, 4 cm deep and 8 mm in diameter.
Mushroom sticks are tightly inserted into the holes, be sure to do this with sterile gloves.
Then the tree must be wrapped in plastic wrap, with small cuts for air access.
Then the prepared wood should be placed in a warm place in the shade.
The wood needs to be watered 2-3 times a week to maintain the required moisture level.
When mycelium appears, the logs are placed in water for a day.
Then they are placed vertically in a bright place.
In winter, the mycelium is insulated by falling asleep with dry leaves or putting it in the cellar.

The first fruits will appear no earlier than 6 months later.

Description of black hedgehog

The black hedgehog's hat is massive, 3-8 centimeters in diameter. The shape of the cap is most often irregular; it does not pass into the leg clearly. The fruiting bodies of these fungi grow through twigs, cones, needles and other vegetation of the forest. In this regard, the shape of each mushroom is individual.

The color of young mushrooms is bright blue, slightly lighter at the edges. When the mushroom ripens, its shade becomes darker, grayish, and at maturity becomes almost black. The surface of the cap is dry and velvety.

The flesh of the cap is cork, woody, almost sulfur in color. The hymenophore descends deeply along the leg and almost reaches the ground. The hymenophore in young specimens is almost blue, but with age it becomes dark gray, and sometimes brown. Spore white powder.

The leg is thick and short, without a clearly defined shape. Its height is 1-3 centimeters, while the diameter is practically the same - 1-2 centimeters. Gradually, it expands and goes into the cap. Where the hymenophore ends, the leg becomes black. The flesh of the leg is dense, its color is black.

Distribution of black hedgehogs

Black Hericiums are rather rare mushrooms. They grow in pine and mixed forests. They form mycorrhiza most often with pine trees. These mushrooms settle in mossy areas. They bear fruit from July to October.

Black Hericiums are not suitable for eating, as they are too tough.

Related species

Notched hedgehog is one of the most popular hedgehogs, it is also called yellow hedgehog. It has a brittle fruiting body with a diameter of 5-8 centimeters. The color of the mushroom varies from white to yellow-brown. Spores are similar in shape to a ball; they are practically colorless. On the lower surface of the cap there are white thorns, sometimes they give off ocher.

Notched hedgehogs grow in forests of various types. They bear fruit from July to September. This is a conditionally edible mushroom, young specimens belong to the 4th category, they can be salted, fried, boiled and pickled. And old hedgehogs are too bitter and they are not suitable for food.

Barbel's Hericium is an edible mushroom. It is a very beautiful flower-like mushroom. The color of the fruiting body is delicate white-cream. The surface of the mushroom is like felt. On the seamy side of the cap, like many other species, there are characteristic thorns. The fruit body can be quite large. The shape of the fruiting body is round, fan-shaped, wrapped. The pulp exfoliates a little, its aroma is pleasant.

Barnacle hedgehogs grow in mixed forests. They settle on stumps and tree trunks. They grow most often in tiers. Fruiting in the fall. Young specimens are tasty, and old ones get very tough. This is a delicious and rare delicacy, in addition, barbel barnacles are used in medicine, with their help they treat gastrointestinal diseases, respiratory diseases and increase immunity.

Similarities to other mushrooms

Despite the fact that this species is very rare, there are similar specimens among the genus, which are also inedible and poisonous. As an example, Guindellum blue can be distinguished - it is often found in the northern part of Europe. She prefers sunny places. Unlike Peki, blue brethren live in small groups. To get acquainted with this view in detail, it is worth taking a look at the photo.

Hydnellum blue

The second representative, which can be attributed to the ranks of "doubles", is Gidnellum odorous. The mushroom is inedible and even dangerous. Small thorns appear on the lower part of it in adulthood, so it is very similar to the Peck. The main difference is the unpleasant smell of the pulp. It is very easy to confuse it with Pek, as the species prefers coniferous and spruce areas.

Hydnellum odorous

Antennae hericium (Hericium cirrhatum)

Synonyms:

Antennal Hericium is a very beautiful mushroom. It resembles a blossoming flower with several fruit bodies, which are wrapped in an original way. Each of them can reach 10-12 cm, so as a result, Hericium's antennae can become quite large. The upper part is spiny or fleecy, the bottom of the body is smooth. They can grow strongly in different directions.

Fruit body: Hericium barbel mushroom is a fleshy, layered fruit body of a cream-white color that grows in tiers. The upper part is felt, the lower surface is covered with numerous long hanging spines. The fruit body is hemispherical. Mushroom height 15cm, diameter 10-20cm. Fan-shaped, rounded, irregularly curved, sessile, curled up, laterally accreted. May be lingual and taper towards the base, with a curled or dropped edge. The surface of the cap is rough, hard, with ingrown and compressed villi. The hat is one-color. At first lighter, later with a reddish raised edge. The pulp is white or pinkish.

Hymenophore: Hericium's antennae consists of soft, long and dense spines of white and later yellowish color. Thorny, the shape of the thorns is conical.

Usefulness: Hericium barbel is widely used in medicine for the treatment of various gastric diseases and for the prevention of cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. Also, the mushroom helps to increase the body's immunity and improve the function of the respiratory organs.

Edible: Barbaric Hericium is a delicious edible mushroom at a young age that soon becomes too tough. The mushroom can be eaten, many are very fond of such a rare and tasty delicacy. But it is not recommended to collect it, as it belongs to rare species.

Distribution: Hericium barbel is found in mixed forests on tree trunks and stumps. As a rule, it grows in tiers. The fruiting season is autumn. It is best to pick such mushrooms in late summer or at the very beginning of autumn in mixed forests. They are rarely found on the ground, but on a stump or an old tree there may be several such hedgehogs at once, which are woven into one bouquet, as if from beautifully wrapped inflorescences.

Similarity: Antennal Hericium is a bit like climacodon septentrionalis, which is more regular in shape and forms consoles with spines on the underside. It has no resemblance to poisonous mushrooms.

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Characteristic

The blackberry comb mushroom belongs to the Hericia family of the order Syroezhkovy. It is quite large and can be eaten. It can be described as follows:

the body of the mushroom is irregular, often pear-shaped or spherical, slightly flattened on the sides;
adult blackberries are dark - from yellow to brown, young white or creamy;
the weight of one mushroom can be up to 1.5 kg;
width - no more than 20 cm;
as you can see in the photo, a lot of soft outgrowths, shaped like needles, hang from the lower surface of the body of the blackberry comb; their length is no more than 6 cm;
dense flesh is whitish and does not darken even when cut, but when it dries it turns yellow;
the taste of the pulp is compared to shrimp.

Blackberry (blackberry) is a saprotroph - an organism that receives substances necessary for normal growth and development by destroying the body of other plants. Therefore, it can be found on stumps and tree trunks. The most preferable for this mushroom will be beech, birch or oak. At the same time, settling on living plants, he “selects” damaged places, for example, saw cuts and broken parts of large branches.

The blackberry comb mushroom is most common in zones with a warm and humid climate, therefore, it is most often found in the forests mainly of the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, the Amur Region, in the Crimea, as well as in the Caucasus and northern China. As for the central and northern regions of the Russian Federation, it is extremely rare to find a blackberry mushroom in this territory.

The fruiting season begins in the last month of summer and lasts until mid-autumn. However, if you managed to find a blackberry mushroom on one of the trees, then further searches can be stopped at this, since it usually grows "alone".

The medicinal properties of the blackberry mushroom

Blackberry comb polysaccharides neutralize the action of gastric acid, protecting the walls of the stomach from its effects in the presence of an ulcerative surface, stimulate the regeneration of the gastric mucosa, promote the healing of ulcers on the inner surface of the alimentary tract. They also improve blood circulation in the digestive organs, stimulate absorption in the stomach and intestines, increase peristalsis, and prevent the development of tumor processes in the alimentary canal.

In addition, the polysaccharides of the fungus stimulate the body's immunity, reduce fatigue and lower blood lipids.

In laboratory conditions, when studying the medicinal properties of the mushroom extract, its active components were identified: cyatane derivatives, erinacins, hericenones, β-D-glucans, ergosterol. Blackberry contains 5 different anticancer polysaccharides, as well as other anticancer substances - phenols and fatty acids, which act directly on cancer cells, like in chemotherapy.

According to the results of clinical trials, it was shown that the fungus is effective in benign and malignant tumors: fibromas, myomas, cysts, pituitary adenomas, prostate adenomas, esophageal cancer, stomach, lung, liver, and breast cancer.

There was a positive trend in cancer: tumors in patients significantly decreased in size, some malignant tumors completely resolved. The most promising is the use of mushroom extract for pancreatic cancer, since this type of cancer is difficult to treat with traditional methods.

In Russia, the antitumor effect of blackberry comb was studied by specialists from the State Research Institute for the Research of New Antibiotics. GF Gauze RAMS and the Institute of Organic Chemistry. N. D. Zelinsky. Laboratory mice were inoculated with two tumors, T-lymphoma EL-4 and T-cell lymphocytic leukemia P388, and then injected with an aqueous extract of the fungus. It was proved that the aqueous extract of the fungus has a pronounced, statistically significant independent antitumor effect against both studied tumors. The antitumor effect was to inhibit tumor growth and lengthen the life of animals.

Korean researchers have found that substances in the aqueous and alcoholic extracts of blackberry combi activate macrophages and increase their synthesis of nitric oxide and the expression of cytokines.

In oncological practice, the mushroom extract can be used both in the form of monotherapy and in the combined treatment of oncological diseases, in such cases the extract is perfectly combined with chemotherapy and radiation, relieving the negative symptoms of such procedures.

Additionally, blackberry comb activates the T- and B-lymphocytes of the immune system, increasing the growth rate of lymphocytes by two times and increasing their number by three times from the original.

Isolated from the mycelial extract, Hericenone and Erinacin E were found to be potent stimulators of the synthesis of nerve growth factor (NGF, a protein needed by the brain for the development and preservation of important sensory neurons), which immediately made them a potential drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Thus, erinacin E and hericenone can restore the nervous tissue of the brain and restore M. V. Vishnevsky. Medicinal mushrooms stop the work of neurons. To date, research is underway on this area of application of blackberry comb.

The aqueous and alcoholic extracts of the fungus have shown antibacterial action, inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Helicobacter pylori, as well as antifungal action against Aspergillus niger.

Evaluation of taste, medicinal properties, benefits and contraindications

Japanese and Chinese cooks highly value yamabushitake, reasonably believing that its taste is very similar to chicken and seafood. These fruiting bodies contain 32 aromatic substances, which are significantly superior to those of shiitake.The mushroom can be dried, pickled, fried, harvested for the winter, used for medical purposes.

Nutritional value of Gericium:

potassium - by 254 mg / 100 g of raw material;
phosphates - (109 mg / 100 g s / w);
sodium - (8.04 mg / 100 g);
calcium - (6.70 mg / 100 g).
19 free amino acids (except for methionine and tryptophan), i.e. the vast majority of essential amino acids. Their concentration is 15.9%, which is a very high figure.

It is difficult to overestimate the medicinal properties of the barnacle. It is actively used in Chinese medicine to heal many diseases. Local healers consider yamabushitake almost a panacea for all ailments, which is capable of curing even such complex ailments as oncology, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Blackberry-based remedies help young people to activate memory and acuity of attention.

The most famous medicinal properties:

improvement of the respiratory system;
fight against depression and hyperexcitability;
positive effect on the digestive tract (polysaccharides neutralize the action of stomach acid), gallbladder;
normalization of the emotional state;
relief of symptoms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's;
lowering cholesterol levels;
use for uterine bleeding;
strengthening the immune system;
normalization of metabolic processes;
prevention of malignant tumors.

For the preparation of medicinal preparations, powder from dry mushrooms is usually used. Liquid forms - extracts, extracts from a hedgehog are used in the production of means to combat fungal, viral and bacterial infections. Pharmacologists use it to make ointments for skin diseases. The medicine is also available in capsules.

Lion's Mane is generally considered safe and does not lead to side effects due to its use. In any case, you should consult your doctor before using a yamabushitake-based product.