Birch Fungus Chaga

polyphenols, triterpenoids, resin, agartsinovuyu acid, flavonoid inotodion, alkaloids, polysaccharides, sterols, lignin, a lot of manganese and iron, silicon, aluminum, potassium, calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc.Chaga (a Latinisation of the Russian term '÷àãà' and pronouned as chah-ga), ( Inonotus obliquus ), also known as cinder conk, is a fungus in Hymenochaetaceae family. It is a fungus parasitic on Birch and other trees. The sterile conk is irregularly formed and has the appearance of burnt charcoal. It is not the fruiting body of the fungus, as many believe, but in fact a big mass of mycelium, mostly black due to the presence of massive amounts of melanin. The fertile fruitbody can be found very rarely as a resupinate (crustose) fungus on or near the clinker, usually appearing after the host tree is completely dead. I. obliquus grows in birch forests of Russia, Korea, Eastern and Northern Europe, Northern areas of the United States, in the North Carolina mountains and in Canada. The Chaga mushroom is considered a medicinal mushroom that has a place in Russian and Eastern European folk medicine.



For centuries, Chaga has been revered for its life enhancing properties. According to thousands of years of testing in Traditional Chinese Medicine, medicinal mushrooms including Chaga, can preserve youth and increase longevity, improve health, and boost life energy. Chaga contains zinc, copper, magnesium, calcium, potassium, aluminum, iron, silicon, manganese and other substances. The properties of Chaga are spasmolytic, diuretic, analgetic, antimicrobial, restorative, laxative and antitumoral. Chaga mushroom is also well known for its huge load of immune stimulating phytochemicals. The Chaga fungus has some of the highest amounts of anti-oxidants of any substance consumed by man.