Can This Wood Fungus Give You the Best Sleep Of Your Life?

Is a weird Asian fungus the secret to stopping insomnia for good?

If you’re struggling to fall asleep – and stay asleep – at night, you’ll do anything for relief.

And it won’t be long before mainstream medicine tries to stick you on a prescription sleep aid – the same drugs that kill seniors every single year.

But before you pop another pill, there’s something you should know…

For more than 2,000 years, traditional Chinese healers have relied on a strange-looking “wood fungus” to help patients calm their minds and sleep better.

Now, it’s been clinically proven to help you fall asleep faster, sleep 37% deeper — and grab an additional 30 minutes of shuteye every single night.

This sleep-boosting fungus hasn’t caught on in America yet… and it’s not very easy to find.

But we’ll show you exactly how to start putting it to work for you.

At the Health Sciences Institute, we’re always working to bring you the latest underground cures.

But today’s breakthrough literally comes from underground.

Poria cocos is a type of fungus that feeds on decaying wood. It looks a bit like a coconut — and it’s often found underground, attached to the roots of pine trees.

But in China, Poria cocos has been revered for centuries – and it’s even mentioned in medical texts going back about 2,000 years.

Chinese healers prized it for its calming effects – and now we know it could also help deliver some of the best sleep of your life.

In a 2023 study out of South Korea, researchers gave Poria cocos to a group of middle-aged adults with insomnia for two weeks.

The results were jaw-dropping… The patients who took Porioa cocos:

• Slept an average of 30 minutes longer each night
• Got to REM sleep 29% faster (REM sleep is essential for healthy brain function)
• Enjoyed MUCH deeper sleep. In fact, they lost 37% less time per night to disturbances – like tossing and turning or brief periods of awakening.

These are about the most impressive results you’ll see from any natural or prescription sleep aid. And they shouldn’t have come as a surprise.

A previous study tested Poria cocos on mice… and it was lights out for those critters.

The mice fell asleep much faster – and stayed asleep longer.

So what’s the secret?

Compounds in Poria cocos help calm overactive signals in the brain. They also boost the activity of GABA receptors, which help you relax and fall asleep.

Now, as I said, Poria cocos is still relatively unknown in America – you’re not going to walk into a neighborhood vitamin shop and find it.

But Nooptropics Depot is offering a Poria cocos supplement for about $20 a month. You can check it out at https://nootropicsdepot.com/.

To a good night’s rest,

Ray Thatcher
Research Director, Health Sciences Institute

Sources:

• Kim, H., Park, I., Park, K., Park, S., Kim, Y. I., & Park, B.-G. (2022). The positive effects of Poria cocos extract on quality of sleep in insomnia rat models. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(11), 6629. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116629
• Kim, H., Choi, H., Park, B.-G., Ju, H.-J., & Kim, Y.-I. (2023). Efficacy of Poria cocos extract on sleep quality enhancement: A clinical perspective with implications for functional foods. Nutrients, 15(19), 4242. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194242