Chaga Mushrooms

What are Chaga mushrooms.  If you already knew what they were, you're a step ahead of me. Me, on the other hand, was 100% clueless, until I got the chance to review them.  At that point, I had to do some quick research to see what they were an how do you even use them?

Chaga

Luckily,  if you purchase these Chaga mushrooms through this specific Amazon vendor, they send you a useful E-Book, with some background information and recipes.


Chaga is a fungus that grows on Birch trees.  It is rich in antioxidants and immune system boosters.  It essentially feeds off of the Birch tree and takes its disease fighting ingredients from the tree. Pay attention when you're purchasing Chaga.  They can be grown in labs, which means they will not be packed with the nutrients as nature grown Chaga mushrooms.  You can read up on the mushrooms to see some of the health benefits.  It is said that it can help lower blood pressure and even assist your body with fighting off cancer. 

A Chunk of Chaga

Chaga  is best used as a tea.  To make the tea, you steep about 2 medium chunks of Chaga in about 2 quarts of simmering water.  I threw mine into a slow cooker and let them steep for about 12 hours.  Make sure you do not boil the Chaga.  This will make it loose some of its potency.  When I woke up the next day, I had some rich, dark brown Chaga tea ready to enjoy.  Once the tea has steeped for about 8 hours, strain out the chunks and enjoy your tea.  It has an earthy, woodsy flavor to it, that it is actually quite enjoyable. 

Chaga Steeping

The best part about Chaga is that you can reuse the pieces about 4-5 times before they are no longer usable.  They do lose some potency after each use, but you will still be getting the benefits from the Chaga.  Once you've used them up, you can break off little pieces and use them as incense.  They actually smell amazing.  It's a clean, earthy scent.  I had to test this out to see how well it works.

12 Hours later

I wish I had more time to get into further depth about the uses of Chaga, but working 3 jobs and having a son in Cub Scouts has kept me away for a while.  I hope you get a chance to try these odd mushrooms.  I'm sure you'll enjoy them if you're into Nature's cures.






Check them out on Amazon:  Chaga Mushrooms