The healing properties of chaga fungus were known long before the appearance of synthetic drugs, but even today it is often used not only in folk medicine, but also in official medicine.
Distribution of chaga mushroom
The healing mushroom of the chaga is a black birch mushroom that develops on the trunks of birches. It is a growth. Most often, chaga grows in Russia, Korea, the north of the United States and eastern Europe. In some regions, you can see it on alder, maple, beech, elm or mountain ash, but it is the mushroom growing on the birch that represents medical value.
If you see birch mushroom chaga on broken knots, be sure to rip it off, because treatment with it is considered the most effective. The growths of these fungi are irregular in shape and a strongly cracked surface of black color. Sometimes their sizes are especially large (weight up to 5 kg, diameter up to 40 cm), but this does not affect the useful properties of the fungus chaga. Since this fungus has a very hard tissue, it is difficult to separate it from the tree trunk, it is best to take an ax with you and cut it off.
Therapeutic properties of the fungus fungus
To answer the question, what is useful for the chaga mushroom, its composition will help. This natural outpatient clinic, which consists of:
- organic acids - normalize the acid-base balance;
- tannins - coagulate protein, helping to stop bleeding and having an anti-inflammatory effect;
- phytoncides - provide antimicrobial qualities of chaga;
- flavonoids - give a diuretic, choleretic and anti-inflammatory effect;
- melanin - normalizes metabolic processes;
- potassium and magnesium - eliminate edema and promote normal cardiac activity;
- zinc - has an anti-carcinogenic effect;
- microelements - regulate the action of enzyme systems.
Application of Chaga mushroom
Chaga is used to treat stomach and duodenal ulcers, gastritis, intestinal dyskinesia, and decoction from it reduces blood sugar by 30% in just two hours. Chaga fungus in oncology is used in the form of infusions, it is able to quickly eliminate pain and dyspepsia, as well as raise the overall tone of the body for lung and stomach cancer.
This birch fungus strengthens immunity, reduces palpitations, normalizes venous and arterial blood pressure. In case of anemia, a water extract of chaga is often used. And the drugs from it are taken after heavy operations, as they relieve insomnia and soothe the nervous system.
Apply mushroom chaga for weight loss. With its help, the process of metabolism in the body is activated, slags and toxins are removed, fatty cells are cleaved.
If you know how to properly brew a chaga mushroom, you can make tea from it that eliminates the headache, improves appetite and invigorates in the morning. With external application, this tea treats youthful acne, rashes on mucous membranes and skin, and itching from insect bites.
The chaga mushroom has contraindications. It should not be used if you:
- suffer from dysentery or colitis ;
- are pregnant or breastfeeding;
- take antibiotics penicillin series or you are injected intravenously with glucose.
How to cook chaga mushroom?
Before starting the preparation, it is necessary to separate the hard part of the build-up, since only it has useful properties. It is cut into pieces by
- Tincture of chaga mushroom is prepared from dried raw materials and boiled water at the rate of 1: 5. The ingredients are left for 2 days in a dark place, then filtered, squeezed and added a little water to get the original volume. Take it a glass for half an hour before meals no more than 3 times a day.
- Brew mushroom chaga can be both from dried raw materials, and from freshly picked. Growth should be grated or passed through a meat grinder and 1 tablespoon chaga pour 1 glass of water. To use such a tea will be ready in a few hours.