This review is written about “Chaga Mushroom: The King of Medicinal Mushrooms” by Dr. Henry Donald. The book has a well-organized table of contents and seems to be written with care. As per usual, the Chaga book goes through the most commonly asked questions about the mushroom, like; What are Chaga Mushrooms, Common names, Chaga …
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This review is written about “Chaga Mushroom Cultivation” by Aaron Nelson. The cover of the Chaga book states, it’s a comprehensive guide to using medicinal mushroom with benefitting recipes. The “Chaga Mushroom Cultivation” consists of two parts. In the part named Introduction, the author has sectioned out the most common questions asked about Chaga. The …
“Miracles of Chaga”, published by Streets of Dream Press, has condensed valuable information into one book, with a cancer survivor’s testimony. The book lacks specific references to scientific studies. Doesn’t have a good flow and is full of typing and grammatical errors.
Chaga in its raw form should not be eaten, nor will it provide you with the promised health benefits. Chaga is a hard, dense polypore mass, that’s properties need to be extracted. The extraction requires prolonged simmering or soaking. This process makes the beneficial components bioavailable to the human body – meaning the body is able to absorb the nutrients.
Chaga tea is rich in antioxidants, which makes it an incredible superfood. To access the health benefits it’s necessary to process the fungus by heating. Which makes the nutrients bioavailable for human consumption. It has been said that a cup or two of Chaga tea in a day is good for boosting your health. When dealing with a serious health concern, we’ve heard people drinking up to six cups of tea daily. Chaga can interfere with other medications, so it’s important to start out slow and monitor how your body reacts to it.
Whilst Chaga can be harvested all year round. Depending on where you live, try to wait until spring when the sap starts to run.
There are advantages to harvesting Chaga in the winter, like better visibility and fewer bugs. But we have found that during minus degrees the fungus is often a little frozen, therefore harder to remove.
It’s also good to keep in mind that during the wet season, Chaga absorbs moisture, which means that the drying time will be much longer than usual and there’s a bigger likelihood for the fungus to get contaminated with mold
Chaga is a black, deeply-cracked conk growing on birch. It has a burn-charcoal appearance from the first glance with a very warty texture on the outside, and an orange-brown interior. It can at times be brittle, with pieces of the mushroom easily falling off.
Chaga is a hard, dense polypore mass, that’s properties need to be extracted. The extraction requires prolonged simmering or soaking. This process makes the beneficial components bioavailable to the human body – meaning the body is able to absorb the nutrients.
A large amount of Chaga mushrooms are found in regions like Finland, Estonia, Russia (Siberian Chaga), Kazakhstan, South Korea, Belarus, Canada, Scotland, North America, as well as other Northern and Eastern European countries. But how exactly can you find Chaga in the woods? These mushrooms grow best on the outside of yellow and white birch trees. …