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Properties and Benefits of Chaga Mushroom

By Brandon Gilbert


Chaga mushroom bears a systematic name of inonotus obliquus is another kind of fungus belonging to the hymenochaetaceae family. Thought about as a medical mushroom, a woody fungus, it is like the look of burnt charcoal that's irregularly formed. The presence of great amount of melanin gives the black texture and usually appears on dead tree. The mushroom is seen in the birch wooded area of Korea, Russia, Northern and Eastern Europe, North side of U.S, and in Canada.

Preparation of chaga is similar to that of a coffee, grated into thin fine powder which should be brewed until flavour is removed. Chaga mushroom also has raised level of polysaccharides. Humans need to perform extraction process in order to get concentrated medicinal extractions of chaga. They could either use the hot water extraction process, alcohol extraction, or fermentation procedure. The combination of hot water extraction and alcohol extraction is used to obtain the total potential of extracts with curative worth.

Chaga mushroom was found in the early 16th century. It was used to treat ulcers, gastritis, cancer, and bone tubercolosis. It is furthermore used to cure evil cancers and other illnesses. Chemical researches showed that chaga produces a numerous selection of secondary metabolites including melanin, phenolic compounds, and triterpenoids. These are dynamic parts for anti-tumoral, anti-oxidizing agent and antiviral activities and for boosting immunity against infection.

Forty-eight patients went through clinical trail last 1957, 10 of which were treated with chaga. Result showed decline in cancer size, reduced frequency and force of hemorrhaging, decreased discomfort, improved appetite and sleep. A scientific study on chaga was conducted in 1958; it showed ephocal result in liver cancer, breast cancer, uterine cancer, gastric cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure. An actual example was done in 1973 showing just about 100% successes in treatment of psoriasis. Recent systematic studies proved that the consequences of specific chaga polysaccharides are similar to radiation and chemo treatment, and it gives no complications. Extra research mentioned the powerful immune balancing properties and anti-inflammatory compounds of polysaccharides.

The unique property excites the body to supply natural killer cells that will combat cancer expansion and illnesses. Today, extracts of chaga mushrooms are produced and sold as anti-cancer medicinal agents.

Chaga has one or two properties and ingredients that are favourable in treating various diseases.

- Betulinic acid that combats tumors and viral infections
- Polysaccharides that enhances the immune system, treat cancer, HIV virus and other viral and antiseptic diseases
- Germanium which cleans the blood, forestall growths, and normalizes blood pressure
- Triterpenes which lowers blood cholesterol, cleanses the liver, improves the digestion, treats hepatitis, coughs, protracted bronchitis, and asthma
- Other ingredients and properties of chaga mushroom are phytonutrients, nucleosides, minerals and amino acids.




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