The Mushroom Journal

What Is Ashwagandha? The 'Horse-Smell' Root Behind a Modern Favourite

What Is Ashwagandha? The 'Horse-Smell' Root Beh...

Ashwagandha's Sanskrit name means "horse smell" and its Latin name means "sleep-inducing". Here's the story behind Ayurveda's most famous adaptogen: what it is, what the research says, what UK safety...

What Is Ashwagandha? The 'Horse-Smell' Root Beh...

Ashwagandha's Sanskrit name means "horse smell" and its Latin name means "sleep-inducing". Here's the story behind Ayurveda's most famous adaptogen: what it is, what the research says, what UK safety...

Suan Zao Ren: The Sour Little Seed Behind China's Evening Herbalism

Suan Zao Ren: The Sour Little Seed Behind China...

Inside the sour fruit of a thorny shrub from northern China sits a tiny seed that has been at the centre of Chinese evening herbalism for nearly 2,000 years. Here's...

Suan Zao Ren: The Sour Little Seed Behind China...

Inside the sour fruit of a thorny shrub from northern China sits a tiny seed that has been at the centre of Chinese evening herbalism for nearly 2,000 years. Here's...

Lion's Mane and Your Brain: What the Research Actually Says

Lion's Mane and Your Brain: What the Research A...

Most articles about Lion's Mane mention the promising study and stop there. There's a second one that found something messier, including a result that got worse, not better. We think...

Lion's Mane and Your Brain: What the Research A...

Most articles about Lion's Mane mention the promising study and stop there. There's a second one that found something messier, including a result that got worse, not better. We think...

3 teacups filled with functional mushroom supplement tea, a teapot and a spoon are also on the table

What Are Functional Mushrooms? A Beginner's Guide

In 121 BCE, someone in China was already writing down which mushrooms were safe to take daily, for years, without harm — not to cure anything, just to live alongside....

What Are Functional Mushrooms? A Beginner's Guide

In 121 BCE, someone in China was already writing down which mushrooms were safe to take daily, for years, without harm — not to cure anything, just to live alongside....