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History
History
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Chaga has been used in folk medicine in Eastern Europe and Asia for centuries. Historical records reveal that a Kievan nobleman had his lip tumor cured using chaga. Additionally, it has been used in Siberian healing traditions to cure various ailments, such as heart and liver diseases (Szychowski, 2020). The notable Russian dissident author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn claimed to have curied himself of a cancer while in a Siberian prison camp, of which he later wrote about in his book Cancer Ward:
Chaga has been used in folk medicine in Eastern Europe and Asia for centuries. Historical records reveal that a Kievan nobleman had his lip tumor cured using chaga. Additionally, it has been used in Siberian healing traditions to cure various ailments, such as heart and liver diseases (Szychowski, 2020). The notable Russian dissident author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn claimed to have curied himself of a cancer while in a Siberian prison camp, of which he later wrote about in his book Cancer Ward:
"He could no imagine any greater jobn than to go away into the woods for months on end, to break off his chaga, crumble it, boil it up on a campfire, drink it and get well like an animal. ... Just as a dog goes to search for some mysterious grass that will save him."
"He could no imagine any greater jobn than to go away into the woods for months on end, to break off his chaga, crumble it, boil it up on a campfire, drink it and get well like an animal. ... Just as a dog goes to search for some mysterious grass that will save him."
Habitat
Habitat
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Chaga is a parasitic mushroom that can be found above the 45th parallel in northern climates (Moss, R., 2015). I. Obliquus grows in boreal ecosystems and most commonly in birch trees, such as those found in the forests of Poland, Finland, Russia, Korea, and Japan.
Chaga is a parasitic mushroom that can be found above the 45th parallel in northern climates (Moss, R., 2015). I. Obliquus grows in boreal ecosystems and most commonly in birch trees, such as those found in the forests of Poland, Finland, Russia, Korea, and Japan.
Medicinal Properties
Medicinal Properties
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- ANTIVIRAL
- ANTIDIABETIC ANTIOXIDANT/ROS SCAVENGER ANTIFATIGUE
- ANTIPARASITIC
- IMMUNOMODULATORY
- ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
- NEUROPROTECTIVE
- ANTI-CANCER POTENTIAL ( Szychowski, K.A)
Morphology
Morphology
This fungus forms a sterile black-and-brown, cork-textured mass, or conk. The average size is 30 cm ( or 11.8 in.) in diameter. This blackish mass is not a fruiting body, but instead is the dead parts of the fungus, known as "sclerotia". Chaga parasitizes a living tree over the course of 10-80 years (Lee, M., 2008).
This fungus forms a sterile black-and-brown, cork-textured mass, or conk. The average size is 30 cm ( or 11.8 in.) in diameter. This blackish mass is not a fruiting body, but instead is the dead parts of the fungus, known as "sclerotia". Chaga parasitizes a living tree over the course of 10-80 years (Lee, M., 2008).
- Approx. 1' diameter
- Odorless
- Dark colored growth ("sclerotia")
- Cork-like texture
Resource List
Resource List
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