This mushroom has been shown to boost cognitive function, memory, and mental clarity - so are there benefits of eating or drinking lion's mane for brain fog? Health Writer Kat Storr finds out.
Lion’s mane (hericium erinaceus) is a type of mushroom that, as the name suggests, resembles the mane of a lion. It mainly grows in East Asia and has been used as a food and herbal medicine in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. It's recently become popular among those of us experiencing menopause symptoms like brain fog, where you forget words mid-sentence or what you did at the weekend (and it's only Monday).
