What Are the Medical Uses of Hericium Erinaceus?

Hericium also known as Hericium erinaceus and Hedgehog.

The fruiting body is medium large, large or large, 5-10cm in diameter, or up to 30cm in diameter, and is flat hemispherical or head-shaped. Numerous fleshy soft spines grow on narrow or short stalks. White, light yellow to light brown in the later period, surrounded by sub-layered spines. More growth in autumn. Born mostly on oak or other broad-leaved trees or rotten wood, less on fallen wood. At an altitude of 3000 meters above sea level, the fungus deepens. Distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Henan, Guangxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan, Tibet and other regions.

Hericium erinaceus contains 26.3 grams of protein, 4.2 grams of fat, and 856 milligrams of phosphorus per 100 grams of dry product. It also contains carbohydrates, calcium, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, and B2. Protein contains a variety of amino acids, including eight essential amino acids in the human body. Recent studies have found that monkey heads contain anti-cancer substances such as peptides, polysaccharides, and aliphatic amides, which have a good effect on enhancing the immune function of the human body, have a good effect on digestive tract tumors, and are beneficial to wound healing after surgery.

In China, mycelium is used to develop "monkey head tablets" and other traditional Chinese medicines for the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers and chronic atrophic gastritis.

Indigestion: Hericium erinaceus 2 two, soaked in water, cut into thin slices, decoction, 2 times a day, rice wine is cited.

Neurasthenia, weak body: simian mushroom (dried product) 5 pairs, slice and cook with chicken, eat once a day (or use chicken soup to cook).

(1) According to the literature, the fruit body of this product contains anticancer substances.

(2) Born on deciduous and rotten trees of broad-leaved tree species such as oak and walnut.

(3) Herieium captmedusae (Bull. Ex Fr.) Pers.

[Excerpt] "National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine"

[Clinical] Used in the treatment of gastric cancer, intestinal cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.

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Hericium nutrition

Hericium erinaceus is a wood-rot fungus, which has a strong ability to decompose wood. In nature, the hericium mycelium infects the wood part in the center of the tree, making the heartwood dark, slightly brown, and then lighter. Turns white and spongy.

Hericium erinaceus can convert substances such as lignin and cellulose into absorbable monosaccharides during growth and development. In addition, the nitrogenous nutrients and minerals and auxins in organic matter are obtained by decomposing proteins. During artificial cultivation, the carbon source is mainly hardwood sawdust, cottonseed husks, corn stalks, corn cobs, etc .; the nitrogen nutrition source is added corn flour, bran, rice, soybean powder, etc.In addition, nitrogen can also be derived from inorganic Nitrogen sources in the material, such as urea, ammonium sulfate, etc .; mineral nutrients come from added gypsum, lime, calcium superphosphate, and other chemical fertilizers.

Hericium temperature

Hericium erinaceus is a low-temperature and fruit-bearing fungus, but the growth temperature range is wide, 6 ~ 35 bacteria can grow, of which 21 ~ 25 is the most suitable, more than 35 mycelium stop growing, and even die; At 5 , the mycelium enters a dormant state. The mycelium can be stored at 0 ~ 4 for half a year, and it can still grow vigorously after inoculation. The growth temperature of mycelium is 10 ~ 33 , and the most suitable temperature is 25 ~ 28 . The fruiting body belongs to low temperature firmness and constant temperature. It can occur at 12 ~ 24 , and the optimal temperature is 18 ~ 20 . Above 22 ° C, the fruiting body grows too fast and the quality is poor; below 10 ° C, the fruiting body is not easy to form, and the fruiting body is formed in time with a small red ball, which grows slowly. Morphology of Hericium erinaceus is related to temperature. When the temperature is always high, the fruiting body is long, soft, thorny, and small, and sometimes easy to branch. If the temperature continues to be low, the fruiting body is short, fast and solid.

Hericium erinaceus humidity

The water content of Hericium erinaceus culture material is preferably 60% to 65% .Mycelium grows slowly at a temperature lower than 60%, and the mycelium is weak. When the water content is higher than 65%, the growth of mycelium is inhibited. It also breeds miscellaneous bacteria, causes pollution, and mycelium secretes yellow water. The relative humidity of the air when the fruiting body is required is 80% ~ 95%, less than 70%, the fruiting body shrinks to yellow, is stunted, and the mycelium is fine. When the fruiting body occurs, it is in a high humidity of 95% for a long time. If the temperature is high and the ventilation is not smooth, the spore growth will be very long and deformed fruiting bodies are prone to occur.

Hericium erinaceus light

Mycelium of Hericium erinaceus can grow normally in the dark, but the fruiting bodies must form and grow under the light of scattered light. Generally, fruiting bodies need weak light-induced stimulation at the initial stage of formation, and 50 ~ 150Lx is appropriate. Increasing the light intensity after the fruiting bodies form a spherical block, the best effect is 200 ~ 400Lx. Such light intensity can make the fruiting bodies white, and the spores grow uniformly and rapidly. However, you cannot use direct light to irradiate.Excessive direct sunlight can easily inhibit the growth of Hericium fruit bodies, the mycelium is aging, and the color turns yellow. Therefore, in the process of fruit body formation of artificial cultivated Hericium bacteria, care must be taken to use scattering. Light exposure to enhance light management. ^[1]

Hericium erinaceus

Hericium air

Hericium erinaceus is an aerobic fungus, and the growth of mycelia and fruiting bodies requires oxygen. At the stage of mycelial growth, the air in the culture medium can meet the respiratory needs of mycelium, because mycelia can grow normally under high carbon dioxide concentration, but fruit bodies cannot. Fruiting bodies are very sensitive to carbon dioxide. When the mushroom house is not well ventilated and carbon dioxide accumulates, the differentiation of fruiting bodies will be inhibited. The already differentiated fruiting bodies will also undergo mycelial elongation, resulting in branching and thorns bending. Deformed mushrooms, but also easy to breed mold. Therefore, ventilation management must be strengthened during the fruiting body growth stage to keep the air in the mushroom house fresh. ^[1]

Hericium erinaceus pH

Hericium erinaceus is suitable for growth in acidic environments. The pH range of mycelium is p H3 ~ 7, and the optimal value is 5. Under the conditions of partial acid, it is beneficial to the decomposition of organic matter. When the pH is higher than 7, the mycelium grows poorly, the fruiting bodies shrink, and the bulbs turn yellow. In the fruiting body growth stage, the optimum pH value is 4.5 ~ 5.5. ^[1]