Active constituents beta-glucoxylan (beta-glucans)1

View detailed beta-D-glucan diagram2

The active constituent in Hericium Erinaceus is beta-glucoxylan (beta-glucans).

Pharmacological and clinical research

Hericium Erinaceus has been used as a medicinal mushroom in Asia for centuries for ulcers and other stomach complaints3.

Hericium Erinaceus mushroom extract is approved by the Chinese Ministry of Health for Chronic Superficial Gastritis (CSG) treatment4.

Gastritis is an inflammation or irritation of the stomach lining. Gastritis can be caused factors including excessive alcohol and medications like aspirin and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). Most gastritis and peptic ulcers are caused by Helicobacter Pylori (HP) bacteria.
Hericium Erinaceus displays strong anti-bacterial properties.

Chinese clinical studies on Chronic Atrophic Gastritis (CAG) have shown that Hericium Erinaceus extract can significantly improve symptoms and ease stomach inflammation by killing Helicobacter Pylori (HP)5.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) considered CAG a precancerous disease of gastric carcinoma in 19786.

Hericum Erinaceus extract can stimulate immune function and kill Helicobacter Pylori7; produce an anti-oxidation effect to remove oxygen free radicals8; and reduce inflammation caused by Helicobacter Pylori9.

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