Sci-fi vs Reality: Brain Connections

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So I have been meaning to make this post about rebuilding damaged and broken neuro-pathways but then the last few days something was shifting in me.

My brain, body, spirit were utterly EXHAUSTED.

Then yesterday I woke up with a huge freaking clarity shift and energy surge, then had a call with

@Bill Widmer

then a deeply healing reiki attunement aftet that. And then I was exhausted again. But not a depleted exhaustion this time...more a multiple layers of my being were shifting and integrating with each other to make way for growth and change.

And then today I was still in recovery and integration mode, so I allowed myself to just breathe and exist most of the day and didnt do anything business related.

Lots of time with my son outdoors and then a playdate with a friend and her little boy and noe i am finally ready to share this information!

I previously mentioned that I met a mushroom grower on Saturday and we had spoken about Lion's mane mushrooms (Hericium erinaceus).

(Those who know me. Know I know herbs and spices but fungi, are a bit of a massive fascinating mystery to me still)

I knew that lions mane supported cognitive function, that it helped boost memory and lesson brain fog as well as settle some anxious triggers....but I had no idea how!

What Phytochemical compound caused this and how did that component create this effect?!

Upon discussion and then secondary research to support this entire conversation i learned that it isn't just a chemical balance that happens but something FAR COOLER that almost sounds like sci-fi!!!

Within lions mane are two AMAZING freaking Phytochemical, hericenones and erinacines, that stimulate the production of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and full blown nerve regeneration!

What this means is those of us who have experienced a TBI, or traumatic events that altered our brain function, those of us who may have experienced loss of neuron connections through substance abuse even can recover those lost pathways and actually HEAL our brains through extended use of Lions mane!!!

The man i spoke to came with receipts, pictures and accounts from his past before lions mane vs after....during alcoholism, then sobriety, then after integrating regular lions mane mushrooms dosing into his life and it was AMAZING and highly promising!!!

Lions mane is also a common component in many of the naturopathic formulas for ADHD support and dopamine regulation!

The number sin humans are a little less heavily studied that I want to see in the next few years but there is a consistent patern of improvements beginning within 2 weeks of consistent daily use of 3-5g of mushrooms intake in adults and drastically improvements seen withen 16 weeks.

Neuroplasticity, mood stabilization, and on a smaller research scale there is promising indicators for neuroprotective actions which may be able to reverse or minimize potential effects of alztheimers and other mental and cognitive declines typically associated with being "a normal part of aging"

This, to me is HUGE! and has given me the push to start digging deeper into mushroom studies in my plant medicine career 🌿💖

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