Lithium orotate (microdose)

Mechanism

Lithium is a naturally occurring mineral your body absorbs from drinking water (in trace amounts) and certain foods. At microdoses, it supports the brain's wiring at the level of cell-to-cell connections — and a major 2025 *Nature* paper showed that running low on lithium is one of the earliest detectable changes in the brain before Alzheimer's. We use the orotate salt because it delivers lithium without the amyloid-binding problem the prescription form has.

Why we use it

Most people associate lithium with bipolar medication. That's a dose roughly a thousand times higher than this. Nutritional-dose lithium has a long, quiet record in cognitive aging — including in towns whose drinking water naturally has more of it. We include it because the 2025 *Nature* finding makes the case for early intervention.

How we dose it

Hericea uses 1 mg elemental per serving (per PM packet). The clinical trial range that anchors this dose is 1–5 mg/day.

1 milligram of elemental lithium — a true microdose. The prescription form of lithium used in psychiatry is 600–1,800 milligrams a day, roughly a thousand times this. We're in nutritional territory, not pharmaceutical.

Quality & sourcing

≥98% lithium orotate; elemental Li per-serving confirmed per lot; per-lot Prop 65 audit.

Orotate salt, NOT carbonate.

Cautions

• consult physicianConsult physician if you take pharmaceutical lithium (lithium carbonate). Hericea is a low-dose supplemental form; combining is not recommended without oversight.