Safety · Supplement
Lion's Mane: side effects, safety & interactions
Well tolerated; rare allergic/skin reactions reported.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
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The evidence in words
Safety profile
Well tolerated; rare allergic/skin reactions reported.
Interactions to respect
No major interactions are on record for Lion's Mane at typical doses, but tell your clinician about everything you take.
What Lion's Mane is
Lion's mane (Hericium erinaceus) is a culinary-medicinal mushroom containing hericenones and erinacines investigated for nerve and cognitive support.
The honest bottom line
Promising and safe, but the human data are thin. A reasonable experiment for cognition; not an established nootropic. Buy fruiting-body extract.
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