Chaga is a super cool mushroom-like growth (technically a sclerotium 🤓) that needs to be harvested very consciously both to get the proper benefits and to maintain a sustainable supply. We source ours through our own foraging and a network of friends in the Ottawa area, which limits production today in hopes that there'll still be plenty for tomorrow :)
Check out some of the research on the benefits of Chaga below:
🤒🦠 Antiviral and immune support, preventing replication of various virus types and blocking herpes in one study
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236062679_Aqueous_Extract_from_a_Chaga_Medicinal_Mushroom_Inonotus_obliquus_Higher_Basidiomyetes_Prevents_Herpes_Simplex_Virus_Entry_Through_Inhibition_of_Viral-Induced_Membrane_Fusion
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21191814/
❤️🔥Reduces inflammation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9268247/
☯️ ☯️ Supports nervous system balance as an adaptogen, increasing length of stress response but decreasing or increasing intensity, preventing exhaustion or stimulating stress response system as needed by your body
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667142523001148
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774877/
<3<3<3 Supports heart health, reduced levels of LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and total cholesterol—three blood lipid measures that are closely linked to heart disease
https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/12/3085/htm
🍟🍭Good for your metabolic health, betulin it absorbs from birch trees helps lower cholesterol, helps prevent obesity, and improves insulin sensitivity. Impressively, researchers have found that betulin was as effective or more effective than cholesterol-lowering drugs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64157-3#:~:text=Chaga%20extracts%20have%20been%20used,and%20antitumor%20activities4%2C5.
♋🦀 Cancer fighting:
betulinic acid which it gets from birch trees is shown to have anti-cancer properties
-polysaccharide Beta glucans destroy, fight the formation of, and help the body resist cancer cells
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8065548/
🍆🍑 Helps with digestion, partially by anti anti-inflammatory properties and partly by simulating bile production in liver
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618583/
🥗⚕️ Has of of the highest ORAC scores (for measuring foods antioxidant level); rich in B-complex vitamins, vitamin D, and several minerals, including potassium, zinc, iron, calcium, and magnesium.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15630179/