Chaga Mushrooms - Dried Pieces - 112g (Raw, Organic)
Be your own elixir master with our full line of dried mushrooms. They are also great in teas, soups, smoothies, sauces, salads, soups and meals. Rehydrate and eat them raw or grind them into smaller pieces or powder. They are very versatile and easy to use.
The Chaga mushroom is a parasitic fungus that grows on Birch and Alder in colder climates. The Chaga has been used in Russia as a folk medicine since the 16th century and Nobel Prize winning literalist Alexandr Solzhenitsyn credits it with curing his Cancer.
Chaga tea is used in the Russian folk medicine for a wide treatment of ailments including gastritis, ulcers, tuberculosis and Cancer. Recent studies have shown that it has a very high antioxidant compounds. The FDA has recommended that people should increase their antioxidant consumption to 7000 ORAC units a day to help lower their risk of Cancer.
What is ORAC?
ORAC stands for "Oxygen Radical Absorbent Capacity". This is a scale that measures the amount of free oxygen radicals in your body that a foods or supplement can absorb. Free oxygen radicals are formed in our body from normal daily living, electricity, pollution, sun exposure and various other unavoidables. These free radicals bounce around our body beating up on our cell structure and organs, making us more susceptible to diseases.
Researchers have also discovered that consumption of foods with a high ORAC score help protect against age related memory loss.
Chaga has the one of the highest reported ORAC score in natural foods or oils. 1 gram has an ORAC value of 36,557. Chaga also has Polysaccharides, that other medicinal mushrooms contain, and Triterpenes only found elsewhere in Ganoderma.
Chaga Tea is the traditional way to prepare the mushroom. Take about 1 teaspoon of crushed up Chaga per 1 cup of boiling water. Boil for a minimum of 15 minutes and enjoy. Drink 3 cups a day 30 minutes before meals.
Our Chaga is harvested only from Birch trees in the pristine wilderness of the Canadian North
