Lions Mane Tincture • Organic & Fresh

This Lions Mane tincture was greenhouse grown on a medium of red oak sawdust we produced ourselves on the farm and organic soybean hull, using first generation spawn grown on organic rye berry.

We only use the fruiting body. Zero growing medium ends up in the tinctures.

We double extract the mushrooms in certified organic cane alchohol provided by The Organic Alchohol Co. out of Ashland Oregon, immediately after being picked to maximize freshness.

Shake Before Using


Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSUURvSBR-4

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/lions-mane-mushroom

https://learnyourland.com/lions-mane-mushroom-5-years-in-a-row/



My Notes on Purchasing Mushrooms:

I strongly encourage everyone to question, and ask (myself included):

Q. What country are these mushrooms from?

A. The US. I’ve found that a good amount of tinctures for sale are just made from people buying commercially produced dried mushrooms from China and extracting them at home. China is notorious for having high levels of heavy metals and toxins in their exports. It’s also often the case due to customs laws that these Chinese mushrooms can be labeled “USDA Organic” and “packaged in the USA”. I strongly encourage you to find the chain of custody of not just mushrooms, but whatever you buy.

Q. Who harvested and prepared them?

A.Me, always. I’m in control of every step of harvesting and production. With occasional assistance by friends with shipping when I am outside the country.

Q. Are they dried or fresh?

A. Fresh, during said hikes I carry the alcohol and containment vessel they will be extracted in and when I find them I tincture it immediately. This may be overkill, but these are tinctures that I myself consume and that’s my preference.

Q. How are they extracted?
A. Double. Mushrooms have chitin. Which is a thick cell wall. You can get some medicinal constituents out with an alcohol extract and some with hot water extract. But you need to do both to get all the benefits.



**I don’t like to recommend dosage or benefits as I’m not a licensed herbalist, more farmer and forager. But there’s resources everywhere online. I find 7songs website is a good spot for information, I’ve attended some
of his lectures, he’s very science, empirical based.

https://7song.com/resources/



On Sustainability: The Boreal Shop is committed to sustainable, low impact practices

• Everything grown is done so in a regenerative organic fashion
• Everything foraged is done in consideration to the ecosystem it resides in. Never over harvesting, using a 20% rule

• As of January 2024 all packaging is made from 100% recycled material, which in turn can be reused and/or recycled. It uses agal ink and made within the country. The same goes for the labels.
• The packing material is repurposed cardboard, which may then be recycled
• The tincture bottles can be reused by you indefinitely. Or given to a local co-op or similar org
• I collect and remove at least 1000x the weight in waste the shop generates from forests and bodies of water in the Hudson Valley
• Proceeds from the shop go towards creating a more self sustaining farm and growing nourishing food for the local communities
• The shop is solar powered
• All suggestions Welcome



The Lions Mane on the new labels were drawn by friend and frequent collaborator Anna Scola. You can find her nature based, and often incorporated jewelry here:

https://annascola.studio/kalinkashop
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