Herbalson is a laboratory, a farm and a production line under one roof. We grow functional mushrooms from the strain up and make the supplements ourselves — no repackaging of imported bulk material.
We do something nobody in Russia or the CIS had done before us: we grow both the fruiting bodies and the mycelium of five functional mushrooms — Lion's Mane, Cordyceps militaris, Reishi, Turkey Tail and Chaga.
We don't buy raw material abroad and we don't put someone else's powder in our own packaging. We run the whole path ourselves — from a sterile tube of pure culture to the finished extract and supplement.
There is no other farm in Russia or the CIS growing five species of functional mushroom through the full cycle — fruiting bodies and mycelium, under one roof.
Mushrooms have been part of Asian food and wellness traditions for thousands of years. Today the interest in them has returned at a different level: they are studied, standardised, measured. For a long time this market ran almost entirely on imports — finished powders and extracts shipped in from China, with buyers unable to verify where the raw material came from or what was actually behind the name on the jar.
We decided to close that gap at the very start of the chain — at cultivation. Because you cannot fix the quality of an extract at the final stage: it is set where the mushroom itself grows.
"Full cycle" isn't a marketing phrase here — it describes how the farm is built. We control every stage.
A living culture in a sterile tube — the genetic basis of the harvest.
Propagated on a nutrient medium. For some products it is valuable in its own right.
Climate chambers with precisely set temperature, humidity and light.
Gentle drying that preserves the valuable compounds.
A concentrated form, standardised by composition.
Supplements traceable back to a specific batch and growing chamber.
The most recognisable functional mushroom of recent years — its white, icicle-like clusters are unmistakable. We grow both the fruiting body and the mycelium, working with both because their composition differs.
A bright orange mushroom and a difficult one to cultivate. Most "cordyceps" on the market is cheap grain-grown mycelium. We grow real fruiting bodies — one of the most technically demanding cultures there is.
The "mushroom of immortality" of Chinese tradition — hard, lacquered, with a glossy cap. One of the most studied functional mushrooms in the world. We grow it through the full cycle.
One of the most researched functional mushrooms. We cultivate it under controlled conditions to get stable, clean raw material, rather than foraging it from the forest with unpredictable quality.
A powerful natural antioxidant with a high SOD content. A 10:1 extract made from our own raw material is a completely different level from a shop-bought tea.
Growing one functional mushroom is a job of work. Growing five — fruiting bodies and mycelium both, under one roof — is five different sets of conditions, five technologies, five sterility control lines. Each mushroom needs its own climate, substrate and rhythm. A sterility failure at any stage and the batch is lost.
That is exactly why the market took the easy route of importing. We took the hard one — and ended up the only farm in Russia and the CIS growing these cultures through the full cycle. That is not luck; it is years of work with the cultures, the equipment and the process.
Trust in functional mushrooms starts with transparency, not marketing. A buyer has the right to know where and how the mushroom in their supplement was grown. This category deserves real full-cycle production behind it — not permanent dependence on somebody else's raw material.
We don't invent effects. Below are 20 papers from PubMed (National Library of Medicine, USA) covering every mushroom in our range. Each link opens the original study record.
Cognition, NGF, mood
Mori K. et al. · Phytotherapy Research · 2009
In 30 participants aged 50–80, 16 weeks of Lion's Mane powder significantly raised cognitive scale scores versus placebo; the effect declined 4 weeks after they stopped taking it.
PubMed PMID: 18844328Saitsu Y. et al. · Biomedical Research · 2019
Twelve weeks of extract intake was accompanied by improved Benton test and MMSE scores in healthy adults.
PubMed PMID: 31413233Nagano M. et al. · Biomedical Research · 2010
Among women eating Lion's Mane cookies, scores for anxiety, irritation and concentration difficulty went down.
PubMed PMID: 20834180Mori K. et al. · Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin · 2008
Mechanistic work: hericenones raised NGF mRNA expression and protein secretion in cell culture in a dose-dependent way.
PubMed PMID: 18758067
Endurance, oxygen metabolism, immunity
Chen S. et al. · Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine · 2010
In healthy older participants, 12 weeks of Cs-4 raised the metabolic and ventilatory thresholds compared with placebo.
PubMed PMID: 20804368Hirsch K.R. et al. · Journal of Dietary Supplements · 2017
Three weeks of a C. militaris-based mushroom blend improved VO₂max and time to exhaustion under high-intensity load.
PubMed PMID: 27408987Das G. et al. · Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2020
Systematic review of cordycepin and cordyceps polysaccharides: modulation of macrophages, NK cells and the cytokine response.
PubMed PMID: 33628175
Sleep, stress, fatigue, safety
Tang W. et al. · Journal of Medicinal Food · 2005
132 patients: 8 weeks of the extract significantly reduced the sense of fatigue and improved wellbeing relative to placebo.
PubMed PMID: 15857210Zhao H. et al. · Evid. Based Complement. Altern. Med. · 2012
In patients on endocrine therapy, 4 weeks of intake improved fatigue, anxiety and quality-of-life scores (FACT-F).
PubMed PMID: 22203880Wachtel-Galor S. et al. · British Journal of Nutrition · 2004
A safety study: 10 days of intake did not alter liver function, kidney function or DNA damage markers, while plasma antioxidant status rose.
PubMed PMID: 14756912Jin X. et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016
Review of 5 RCTs: reishi is not recommended as a first-line therapy on its own, but showed an effect on immune response as an adjunct.
PubMed PMID: 27045603
Immune response, PSK and PSP polysaccharides
Torkelson C.J. et al. · ISRN Oncology · 2012
Dose-escalation study after radiotherapy: intake was well tolerated and a dose-dependent recovery of immune cell populations was observed.
PubMed PMID: 22701186Eliza W.L. et al. · Recent Pat. Inflamm. Allergy Drug Discov. · 2012
Meta-analysis of 13 RCTs (over 9,000 patients): turkey tail preparations added to standard therapy were associated with lower 5-year mortality.
PubMed PMID: 22185453Study Group of Immunochemotherapy with PSK · The Lancet · 1994
The classic multicentre RCT: adding polysaccharide K to chemotherapy improved 5-year disease-free survival.
PubMed PMID: 7910230
Antioxidants, oxidative stress, polysaccharides
Najafzadeh M. et al. · BioFactors · 2007
In lymphocytes from IBD patients, chaga extract reduced oxidative DNA damage by roughly 54% in an ex vivo experiment.
PubMed PMID: 18997282Glamočlija J. et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2015
Comparison of samples from different regions: phenolic acid profile, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity all depend on where the raw material came from.
PubMed PMID: 25576897Szychowski K.A. et al. · Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine · 2021
Review of composition (betulin, inotodiol, beta-glucans) and the current state of the evidence, including the limits of existing data.
PubMed PMID: 34195023Muscimol, GABA receptors, toxicology
The least studied of the group: there are no human clinical trials, only pharmacological and toxicological work. We present it as is, with no promised effect.
Michelot D., Melendez-Howell L.M. · Mycological Research · 2003
The foundational review: ibotenic acid and muscimol as the main active compounds, how they convert during drying, and dose-dependent toxicity.
PubMed PMID: 12747324Johnston G.A.R. · Neurochemical Research · 2014
Pharmacological analysis: muscimol is a potent GABA-A receptor agonist, widely used as a reference compound in neuropharmacology.
PubMed PMID: 24473816Stebelska K. · Therapeutic Drug Monitoring · 2013
Review of analytical detection methods plus pharmacokinetic and risk-profile data for these fungal alkaloids.
PubMed PMID: 23851905This information is provided for reference, to give scientific context. It does not describe the effects of any Herbalson product. Herbalson products are dietary supplements. They are not medicines and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult a healthcare professional before use.
Every batch is lab-tested. All documentation is available on request.
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ISO 22000Independent assays of every batch for beta-glucan and triterpene content
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