What is a chaga mushroom?

Chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) is a fungi that grows on birch trees and is the most potent antioxidant on this planet. It tops the other famous antioxidants such as green tea, moringa tree and many more.

12 facts about chaga and benefits of chaga

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Beneficial health properties of chaga mushrooms

Chaga is a primary adaptogen, cancer fighter, immune system modulator, anti-tumor agent, gastrointestinal tonifier, longevity tonic and genoprotective agent (DNA-shielding).
Chaga’s purifying, detoxifying and healing properties have been known in Russia for centuries. People in Siberia still brew and drink chaga instead of black tea or coffee. Russian scientists have noticed that in areas where people regularly drink chaga tea, the rate of cancerous diseases among local folk have been much lower than in other regions and illnesses connected with stomach are almost unknown there. Many people in Siberia who drink chaga daily, usually live very long and healthy lives, some even over 100 years.

Chaga mushrooms contain: polysaccharides, alkalines, phyto-nutrients, organic acids and many important minerals and micro-elements such as calcium, zinc, magnesium, chromium and others. Various substances found in chaga possess powerful anticancer and anti-tumor properties. Many anticancer properties are now being attributed to beta glucans and melanin. Chaga has a high level of melanin that protects DNA and fights radiation by activating the pineal gland.

According to the Russian Medical Academy, chaga mushrooms:

• have a positive effect against lung and liver cancer
• calm the nervous system
• are proven to positively affect various stomach diseases and ulcers
• stimulate the immune system
• help to reduce blood sugar and fight diabetes

In Russia, chaga was approved for public use against cancer by the Medical Academy of Science in Moscow in 1955. Therefore Russian scientists are very confident about the healing properties of chaga, because numerous studies and clinical trials have been conducted in this country since then.

There is a vast amount of research on the beneficial health properties of chaga mushrooms: (*Further research and references are below)

• Highly valued throughout Asia and Europe as both a health super food, tonic, brain booster and a potent medicine
• Improves health, preserves youth and increases longevity and boosts ‘chi’ (life energy)
• Using chaga mushrooms can help to get rid of stones and sand in kidneys (nephrolith)
• As a result of more than 1600 research studies over the past 40 years – including anti-cancer and anti-tumor research – immune deficiencies, diabetes, HIV, hormonal imbalance in vivo and in vitro studies have been improved
• Siberian chaga mushrooms studies include research into: breast, lung, stomach, melanoma, rectal, liver  and pulmonary cancers, diabetes, ulcers, TB, cardiovascular-related, leukemia, and HIV (see the extensive chaga research below)
• Supportive clinical results: 85% and 78% reduction on lung and breast carcinoma, respectively; 89.9% erythrocytes in bone marrow. Research shows that beta glucans found in chaga can ward off tumors, cardiovascular, immune deficiencies, viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases

In short, chaga mushrooms are one of the most potent superfoods, tonics and natural medicines available.

Interest in chaga in the West began when Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1967 book Cancer Ward introduced his readers to chaga’s use as a traditional Slavic anti-cancer remedy. Another traditional remedy (related to birch trees) for all kinds of health problems (including caner) is birch sap juice which has similar health benefits such as detoxing and antioxidant properties.

Chaga mushrooms and antioxidants comparison table

Chaga mushrooms have the highest ORAC score (Oxygen Radical Absorbent Capacity) for antioxidants ever recorded in any natural food!
Chaga mushrooms extract has 1,104 ORAC units per gram. Compared with other foods rich in antioxidants, such as acai, pomegranates and blueberries, chaga mushrooms much higher in antioxidants, with more capacity to wipe out free radicals. Chaga is the most powerful, concentrated antioxidants known on this planet (my second favourite antioxidant tea comes from the moringa tree and then organic green tea). Antioxidants improve health and slow ageing because, as the National Cancer Institute explains: “Antioxidants protect cells from damage caused by unstable molecules known as free radicals.”

Top antioxidant foods (according to researchers at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Ageing at Tufts University):
Fruits: 1. Prunes  2. Raisins  3. Blueberries  4. Blackberries  5. Strawberries  6. Raspberries  7. Plums  8. Oranges 9. Red grapes  10. Cherries
Vegetables: 1. Kale  2. Spinach  3. Brussels sprouts  4. Alfalfa sprouts  5. Broccoli flowers  6. Beetroot  7. Red bell peppers      8. Onions  9. Corn (but best to avoid since all corn is genetically modified now) 10. Eggplant

How to use chaga mushrooms

1) Drink tea made of chaga mushrooms. This is my favourite way. It’s very easy. Get chaga mushroom online or better still try to find it locally (although this might be easier said than done!) Boil a small piece of chaga in a large amount of water for 30 minutes and then drink the tea. If it’s too strong, dilute it with some boiled water. You can reuse it for at least a month! Just add some more water next day and this time boil it for 1-2 minutes and then drink the tea. Keep reusing it until the tea is very weak – i.e. the colour is almost white. If the chaga tea is not too strong it has a very nice taste. I use glass cookware and keep the chaga on my stove all the time, drinking it two to three times a day or whenever I need it. (It’s a great anti-hangover remedy because it’s highly alkaline and detoxing). If you’re not using it continuously, then dry whatever is left over in an oven (NOT microwave oven!) and you can keep it for a long time (otherwise, if you leave it in the open air for a couple of days it will become mouldy!). NOTE: Rinse your mouth after drinking chaga tea – especially when it becomes very dark – because it might colour your teeth if you’re drinking it daily.

2) Chaga mushrooms drops. You can get chaga mushroom in liquid form / drops online – just add it to water.

3) Chaga mushroom tablets. The chaga mushroom tablets are an easy way to take chaga.

4) Chaga mushroom powder is another way to take chaga. Just boil the powder and drink it or pour it into your unadulterated bath water.

But I believe the best way to get the most benefit from chaga mushrooms is to drink the tea.

Other products from birch trees
To completely embrace the birch tree healing properties, I use only xylitol – a healthy sugar alternative made of birch tree and I drink birch juice/sap.

Precautions for use of chaga
There is little evidence of contraindications for using chaga, but one should be aware of taking chaga in conjunction with immune suppressing medicines, the effects of which chaga may negate (e.g. cyclosporin containing products, used after a transplant). Additionally, consuming chaga mushroom in combination with blood-thinning medications may magnify their effects. Chaga may also interact with diabetes medications, which may cause blood sugar levels to fall too low. The long-term use of chaga in people with damaged nervous system may result in hyperexcitability. Chaga is not recommended for use in the case of several intestinal diseases such as chronic colitis or dysentery. Chaga  may magnify the effects of anticoagulant medications such as warfarin and aspirin. Chaga is contraindicated for patients who are using penicillin or glucose given intravenously. It is always best to consult your doctor first, especially if you have some chronic diseases, or are pregnent or using specific medication (especially anticoagulant and hypoglycemic drugs).

How chaga mushrooms look like and where to find them

Chaga mushrooms are quite rare and not easy to find. The grow on birch trees (sometimes chaga is called birch mushroom) and usually like wet terrain, near rivers or streams. Chaga mushrooms like cold weather and are more present in northern parts of countries (Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Canada, etc). If you want to see the range of images of chaga mushrooms just google ‘chaga mushroom’ and click on Images. The chaga specimen below, I found in Poland. I was lucky because it was winter and there were no leaves on the trees so I could spot it easily.

My first chaga mushroom – harvested on 3 February 2014 in Poland

Chaga mushroom broken in half to reveal how it looks inside

Jan Cisek and his first chaga mushroom found in Poland

Chaga mushrooms are quite rare and difficult to find so I was over the moon when I spotted my first chaga mushroom by the road in Poland (I’ve been looking for chaga for over a year now). It was growing very high on the birch tree, 4 meters above the ground, but I’ve managed to knocked it down with a very long piece of wood.

Where to buy chaga online

Oliveleaf has a selection of chaga mushroom products that are very easy to use.

Chaga mushroom products

*Chaga mushrooms research and references (a selection)

Some of the research and reference on chaga mushrooms’ healing properties are listed below

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