Extract from birch chaga. The benefits of chaga. Birch chaga: medicinal properties, indications and contraindications. Chaga herbal face mask
Many have heard about unusual mushroom called chaga, which can cure serious illnesses, including cancer. This mushroom looks like a growth. It grows mainly on birches and is considered rare.
We will tell you about the intricacies of using the mushroom, the general benefits for humans, possible harm, contraindications, how to properly brew and use the beneficial properties of the medicinal infusion for health.
What it looks like and what it is used for
It is a perennial mushroom that grows all year round , regardless of the season and air temperature. As long as the birch, which has become the place where chaga grows, is alive, the mushroom itself will live. Sometimes it grows on other trees (alder, aspen), but it is not advised to use it - there will be nothing valuable and useful in it.
A real birch mushroom used in medicinal purposes, can be identified by the following features:
- looks like a large irregular growth;
- color - almost black or deep brown, closer to the tree trunk - lighter;
- numerous yellow thin veins are visible at the point of contact with the trunk.
After collection, it is subject to drying for long-term storage and subsequent use.
A quality, ready-to-eat mushroom looks like this:
- in the form of pieces of different shapes, up to 10 cm;
- the top layer is black, then brown, with thin veins;
- the smell is pleasant, reminiscent of forest grasses.
If the mushroom is wet, slippery to the touch, has a musty aroma, crumbles - all this indicates poor quality, violation of the rules for collection and storage. It cannot be used internally.
Features of the chemical composition, photo
The most useful, maximally enriched mushroom is harvested in spring, or late winter, in February. According to its effect on the body, it acts as a bioactive stimulant.
- The calorie content is low - only 20 kcal per 100 grams.
- Protein content - 2 g.
- Fat content - 0.8 g.
- The carbohydrate content is 1.2 g.
- Proteins, fats, carbohydrates - 42, 36, 24%.
- The glycemic index is 30 units.
The chemical composition of chaga has not been fully studied, but it has been established that Chaga contains a lot of useful substances:
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Healing qualities, indications for use
They call him a healer and a healer, so positive is its effect on health. And they are used for chronic and advanced diseases or for prophylaxis, increasing the vitality of the body.
Useful and medicinal properties of birch chaga that deserve attention:
The mushroom can be used internally for the treatment of various diseases - from pathologies of the cardiovascular system to diseases of the reproductive system - or externally to restore the skin, relieve inflammation.
Influence on the body
- take dried chaga, grind it into powder;
- take twice a day.
How to prepare a collection for the treatment of stomach ulcers:
- mix yarrow grass, pine buds, wormwood and birch mushroom in a ratio of 2: 1: 2: 4;
- pour boiling water over, leave for 3 hours;
- boil;
- keep in a water bath for 2 hours;
- strain, cool;
- separately mix equally honey with aloe juice;
- measure out 200 g of mass, add to the infusion;
- mix everything, drain, store in a cool place.
Update: October 2018
Chaga is a sterile (in other words, sterile) form of the fungus Tinder fungus or Inonotus canted. Belongs to the genus Inonotus, department of Basidiomycetes. The more famous name - birch mushroom - chaga got a reason: it most often grows on birches (species are fluffy and drooping), less often it affects other crops - mountain ash, alder, beech, elm, maple. It is widespread in birch groves, in the taiga and forest-steppe of the central zone of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, where it grows almost everywhere. Found in the north of the United States, in Korea.
Chaga can be called a unique mushroom, whose life begins with a small spore Inonotus obliquus. Getting on the damaged area of the tree bark, the spore germinates, typical ridge-like growths are formed. Infection leads to white wood rot.
In the false nucleus, light yellow stripes and spots are formed, which subsequently merge and expand. In rotten wood, the annual layers are easily separated one from one. A brown protective zone is formed around the rot, black lines can be seen inside, and rusty mycelium blotches are visible on the fracture. Growing up to sometimes huge sizes, chaga accumulates in its body useful material received from wood.
Morphological description and botanical features
The body of the chaga appears 3-4 years after infection. It is represented by black crested growths of irregular shape, pierced with veins of colorless hyphae. Sizes: 4 to 40 cm in diameter, 10 to 15 cm in thickness. In section, the body has a dense structure of dark brown color. At the point of contact with the tree, the pulp is colored reddish-brown. The surface of the growths is riddled with cracks.
The life span is 10–20 years: the mushroom grows and deepens into the wood, after a few years, the fruit body of the fungus with spores, which consists of tubules, sprouts on the opposite side. It develops under the bark, hyphae can spread 0.5-1 m along the length of the trunk. When the spores mature, ridge-like outgrowths are formed that penetrate the bark, exposing a brown-brown hymenophore. At first, the spores are colorless, then turn reddish. The walls of the spores are thick, with one or two drops of oil inside. Over time, the tree dies.
Collection and procurement
The mushroom is harvested at any time, but it is easier to find it in the period from late autumn and until spring, when there is no foliage. In addition, during this period, the greatest biological activity of the fungus is noted. To search, they go deeper into the forest (it is not recommended to shoot from trees along busy roads), choose strong trees.
It is not worth cutting off the bowl from dead or diseased trees, the bases of old trees - the activity of such chaga is insignificant. Old chaga is exceptionally black in color, which has a very big size and already crumble, also does not fit.
The growth is cut off with an ax under the base, the loose light-colored part is cut off. The raw material needed for harvesting is the outer part and the solid center, without any residues of wood and loose mass.
The collected chaga is cut into pieces of about 10 cm, dried in dryers or ovens at t not higher than 60 ºС. In summer, ventilated attics and closed sheds are suitable for drying. Store in a tightly closed jar, exclude the ingress of moisture, since chaga can quickly become moldy. Shelf life is 2 years.
Chemical composition
A complex of biologically active substances was found in the composition of the fungus:
- water-soluble pigments combined into a chromogenic polyphenol-carbon complex;
- triterpenoids;
- agaricic, oxalic, acetic, formic, butyric, para-hydroxybenzoic, vanillic acids;
- sterols;
- resin;
- polysaccharides;
- lignin;
- cellulose;
- tannins;
- a large amount of macro- and microelements, especially potassium and manganese.
The therapeutic effect in malignant tumors is associated with the action of sterols and agaric acid.
Useful properties of chaga mushroom
- Possesses antimicrobial and antiseptic properties. Tannins are involved in the formation of a protective film on the mucous organs.
- It has tonic and tonic effects. Many natural biogenic stimulants and organic acids that make up the fungus have a powerful therapeutic effect on the body, normalize the balance of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions.
- It has an antitumor effect when used internally and externally. Decoctions and tinctures of the plant improve the condition of tumors of any localization, reduce pain, and help strengthen the immune system. When treating the initial stages of oncology, chaga inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
- Reduces blood cholesterol.
- It has anti-inflammatory effects.
- Reduces blood sugar levels.
- Possesses hemostatic properties.
- Has a diuretic and choleretic effect.
- Has an analgesic effect.
- Reduces perspiration.
- It has a positive effect on the state of the central nervous system: it activates metabolism in the brain tissue, which leads to an increase in the bioelectric activity of the brain.
- Increases the body's defense reactions (the effect proved in experiments), has a pronounced adaptogenic effect.
- Contributes to the attenuation of exacerbation chronic diseases and improving the general immune status.
- Enhances the cytostatic effect of cyclophosphamide.
Indications for the use of chaga mushroom
Old-timers argue that there is no disease in which chaga would be ineffective: the unique properties of the birch mushroom are able to cope with everything. Perhaps this statement is exaggerated, but the fact that the use of chaga helps prevent many diseases is indisputable.
What chaga helps from (indications):
- Oncological diseases (about them - below);
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including gastric and duodenal ulcers, inflammatory diseases of the liver, pancreas and biliary system;
- Diseases of the joints and muscles;
- Neuralgia;
- Diseases of the CVS (atherosclerosis, arrhythmia);
- Skin diseases (eczema, psoriasis, frostbite, wounds, inflammation);
- Pathology of the male and female reproductive systems;
- Inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity (periodontal disease);
- Decreased immunity associated with lingering illnesses, operations, etc.;
- Metabolic disorders, including diabetes mellitus;
- Hyperglycemia (including those not associated with diabetes mellitus);
- Excess weight.
Peculiarities of chaga treatment
Medicines based on chaga are taken by two main schemes:
- in short courses of 7-14 days several times a year, taking long breaks;
- long courses of 3-5 months and with short breaks of 7-10 days.
With the first treatment regimen, the therapeutic effect is expected longer. Such a course is preferable for the prevention of tumor metastasis after good treatment results and for their consolidation. The second scheme provides a quick healing effect.
Unless otherwise stated in the prescription, the medication is taken half an hour before meals... During the treatment, a vegetable and dairy diet is recommended with restriction of meat, fats, smoked meats, canned food, hot spices, sweets, and alcohol. You can add bran bread and non-carbonated mineral water to the diet. Do not inject intravenous glucose and penicillin during the treatment of chaga.
The use of chaga preparations for medicinal purposes is possible only after the diagnosis has been established, especially if long-term treatment regimens are being considered. It is very important to adhere to the dosage regimen, not to increase or decrease the dose. During treatment, you can observe 2 phases of the effect of drugs on the body.
- In the first phase, relief is noted, pain and inflammation are significantly reduced (after about 2 weeks of administration).
- The second phase begins after a couple of months: the general condition improves, the person feels well, and upon examination, it can be found that the disease has receded.
Chaga in the treatment of oncology
They say that people who drink a decoction and infusion of chaga instead of tea do not get cancer. Chaga also helps those who have cancer. Many physicians recommend chaga for cancer monotherapy and advise patients to skip the main treatment. But this approach is fundamentally wrong - one must weigh the benefits of chaga and the harm that the lack of treatment can render. Precious time can be wasted to not only stop the disease, but also save the patient's life.
Nevertheless, the use of chaga as an adjuvant therapy in oncology gives good results and a stable effect without relapses. The highest therapeutic effect is observed in people with the initial stages of cancer: general health improves, pains go away, and tumor growth stops.
The choice of means and methods of application in the treatment of cancer depends on the condition of the patient. In any case, the doctor in charge of the patient should be informed of the intention to be treated with chaga.
Chaga is effective in combination with calendula, St. John's wort, calamus and plantain - these plants themselves have anti-cancer effects, and in combination, they enhance each other's actions.
Pharmacological preparations of chaga
Clinical medicine has recognized chaga as an effective tool in the complex treatment of cancer: the drugs are non-toxic, do not give significant side effects and hypersensitivity reactions.
In addition to dry raw materials, the cost of which is from 25 to 200 rubles, in the pharmacy you can buy:
Befungin (solution, concentrate)
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Chagalyux
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Balsam "Chaga"
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Chagovit
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Cream-balm "Chaga"
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Folk recipes
Chaga oil
Take 2.5 tbsp. olive oil and add 1 tsp. water infusion of chaga, mix and put in a dark place for a day.
The drug is suitable for application to painful areas of the skin, elimination of muscle pain and joint aches. Helps to reduce the severity of the capillary network and asterisks, helps to strengthen small vessels. Can be used for the early healing of trophic ulcers. Recommended as an aid in the treatment of sinusitis - used to lubricate the projection of the sinuses from the outside.
Chaga oil emulsion
Suitable for the treatment of lung, stomach, breast, duodenal cancer. Take 40 ml of sunflower oil (unrefined) and 30 ml of alcoholic infusion of chaga (100 grams of mushroom infused with 1.5 liters of vodka), cover, shake and drink immediately. How to drink: three times a day at the same time, 20 minutes before meals. The treatment is carried out for 10 days, interrupted for 5 days, then the reception is repeated for another 10 days, and after that a ten-day break is taken. Cycles are repeated until complete cure or significant improvement.
Chaga ointment
It is widely used to treat those forms of oncology that are located externally: cancer of the uterus, breast, skin, rectum, prostate, advanced forms of metastases to the lymph nodes.
To obtain the ointment, pork lard and chaga infusion are used in a 1: 1 ratio. Put the ointment on a slow fire, stir, bring to a boil, remove from heat and wrap it up so that the drug is infused for 24 hours. Then it is filtered and stored in the refrigerator.
Take 250 gr. mushroom and 2 liters of water, leave until softened. Take out the mushroom and grate it, dip the pulp into the same water. Put the container on low heat and keep it on fire for 1 hour, but so that the mixture does not boil. The finished broth is filtered. Separately take 1 glass of dry viburnum berries, add 1 liter cold water and the berries are kept for 5-6 hours, boiled for 1 hour in a water bath.
It is cooled, drained and mixed with a decoction of chaga, 250 g is also introduced there. agave juice and 250 gr. honey. The mass is stirred, boiled chilled water is added to 4 l and kept for 6 hours in a dark cool place. When the chaga begins to ferment, the container with the infusion is placed in the cold. Drink 3 times a day for 2 tablespoons, the interval between taking the infusion is at least 1 hour. The course of treatment is 5-6 months. It is believed that during treatment, you should not use other means, but you definitely should not refuse the treatment that your doctor conducts.
Chaga decoction (helps with prostate adenoma)
Take 1 tsp. dry chaga and the same amount of hazel leaves, add 2 glasses of water, boil for 5 minutes and filter. Take 2 tsp. three times a day half an hour before meals for 14 days. Repeat once every six months.
Take 200 gr. chaga, minced in a meat grinder, 100 gr. pine buds and, 5 gr. bitter wormwood, 20 gr. herbs St. John's wort and 10 gr. licorice root. The components are poured into 3 liters of cold well water and left for 2 hours. Then the composition is placed on a low heat and boiled for 2 hours. Then it is removed from the heat, wrapped and insisted for one day in a warm place. Filter the resulting product and add 200 gr. aloe juice from a plant aged 3-5 years, then 250 gr. cognac and 500 gr. honey. Everything is mixed and insisted for 4 hours: the medicine is ready.
During the first 6 days, take 1 tsp. 2 hours before meals three times a day. Further - 1 tbsp. three times a day one hour before meals. The course lasts from 3 weeks to 3-4 months.
The broth helps with all types of cancer, but is most effective for stomach cancer. In the treatment of rectal cancer from the broth, you can make microclysters of 50-100 ml.
Infusion for lowering blood sugar
Take one part of the crushed dry raw materials from the inside of the mushroom and pour five parts of water, mix and put on low heat and heat to 50 ° C, but do not boil. Insist the drug for two days, strain and squeeze the sediment through cheesecloth. Can be stored in the refrigerator for three days. Take 1 glass three times a day. Treatment is carried out within a month, repeated a couple of times a year. The greatest hypoglycemic effect is observed 1.5-3 hours after ingestion.
Infusions
This dosage form of chaga can be prepared according to several recipes.
- First recipe, with tumors in the small pelvis. Rinse fresh mushroom with water and grate, if there is no fresh mushroom, you can take a dry one, soak in water for 4 hours and then grate. Pour one part of the mushroom with 5 parts of cooled boiled water, insist for 2 days in a dark place, strain and take 3 glasses a day. The infusion can also be used for enemas: 50-60 ml should be injected into the intestine twice a day.
- Second recipe, universal. Take one glass of chopped mushroom, pour 5 glasses of warm boiled water, leave for 1 day, squeeze the rest through cheesecloth. Take half a glass 6 times a day. Store for 3 days only.
- Third recipe(with bleeding gums). Take 1 tsp. chamomile and 1 tsp. chaga, pour 2 cups of boiling water, cover and leave for 4 hours. Strain and use for rinsing.
- Fourth recipe(helps with chronic gastritis). Take 1 tbsp. chaga powder and pour into a glass, pour warm water (40-50 ° C), leave for 6 hours. Drink the entire infusion in small sips of food in 3 divided doses. Treatment is carried out within six months.
- Fifth recipe(prevention of oncology). Take 1 tbsp. Chaga powder, the same amount of kelp, Potentilla, pour 1 liter of water at a temperature of 45 ° C, leave for 4 hours, drain. Add mint and honey for flavor. Drink instead of tea for 2 months.
- Sixth recipe(with prostate adenoma). Take 1 tbsp. grated burdock root, pour 2 glasses of water, boil for 3 minutes and leave for 3-4 hours, squeeze and mix with 50 ml of chaga infusion. Take 2 tbsp. three times a day for at least 21 days.
Chaga extract
- First recipe, with circulatory disorders. Chop fresh or dry mushroom, take 2 tsp. raw materials, insist 2 days in 150 ml of boiled warm water and strain. As a result, a highly concentrated solution is obtained, which should be taken in 1 tbsp. 10 minutes before meals. Treatment is carried out for 3-5 months with an interval of 7-10 days.
- Second recipe, for external treatment of fungal diseases of the feet. Take 10 tbsp. l. chaga and mix with 0.5 liters of vodka, leave for 14 days and wipe problem areas.
- Third recipe, for external use for skin diseases and for rinsing. Take 1 tsp. crushed raw materials and 1 tsp. chamomile, pour 400 ml of boiling water, steam for 4 hours, drain. With this tool, you can rinse the mouth after 2 hours with periodontal disease, or make lotions for skin diseases.
Chaga for weight loss
In the fight against excess body weight, chaga helps to normalize metabolism. The recipe is as follows: take a small ball of propolis and pour 200 ml of chaga infusion (20 g of chaga per 1 glass of water t 50 ° C), add 2 tsp. honey. Drink daily in the morning, on an empty stomach.
Combined funds
For the treatment of oncology in the gastrointestinal tract or in the abdominal organs, in addition to chaga, you can use pine buds, licorice root, yarrow herb, wormwood herb, rose hips. These plants must be mixed in equal parts, soaked in water in a ratio of 1:10 for 1 hour, bring the mixture to a boil and simmer in a water bath for 2 hours. Insist for 1 day, add apple cider vinegar and honey and mix thoroughly (1 tablespoon each). Take 3 times a day for 1 tsp, 2 weeks.
Chaga tea
The combination tea helps in the prevention of cancer. To do this, take calendula, calamus, St. John's wort and calendula, mix in equal parts and brew like tea (1 tsp herbal mixture for 1 glass of water), add 2 tsp there. infusion of birch mushroom. The received volume is taken in parts, 3-4 times a day.
Tea
It is an excellent strengthening, immunostimulating tea that prevents many diseases, including cancer. How to brew: 1 tsp. chopped mushroom in 1 cup boiling water. Drink 1 glass 2-3 times a day.
Side effects
In some patients, during treatment with chaga, increased excitability of the autonomic nervous system, indigestion, and allergies may develop. Symptoms go away quickly after drug withdrawal.
Contraindications
There are few contraindications to the use of the chaga mushroom, but they should not be ignored:
- individual intolerance;
- dysentery;
- pregnancy;
- lactation.
The benefits of the mushroom for these groups of patients are highly questionable.
With regard to the treatment of children, this issue should be discussed with the pediatrician.
Chaga larch is also a birch mushroom?
Many people confuse larch and birch chaga. These are different mushrooms. Larch chaga is also a woody fungus, it consists of a mycelium that penetrates the trunk of a tree and forms a fruit body. Lives for a long time, reaching a weight of up to 3 kg. Has a rough surface with bumps and severely cracked crust. Amazes Siberian cedar and fir, growing in the north-east of Russia, Siberia.
True and false tinder fungi are the most common "clones" of chaga, which uninformed people mistake for a medicinal mushroom. The fruit body of both mushrooms has a hoof-like shape, convex at the top (without cracks) and flattened at the bottom, with a velvety surface.
Summary
The fact that chaga helps the body fight the scourge of the 21st century - oncology - is no longer in doubt. Reasonable use of chaga preparations together with competent professional treatment allows, if not to cure, then to suspend the insidious disease and achieve stable remission. We sincerely wish health to every person who goes through this difficult path to recovery, and we will also be glad to hear your feedback about birch chaga.
Everyone knows that birch is a healer in itself, its chemical composition is so well known to the people that literally all parts of this plant are used to treat various ailments.
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Combined with its many chemicals, active components and microelements in chaga accumulate such a set of healing substances, which acts as a powerful biogenic stimulant and allows you to treat numerous diseases.
Chaga: how to brew and take
Various folk remedies are prepared from chaga for the treatment of diseases, these are: tinctures, infusions and decoctions, tea, creams, extracts ...
Infusion
Pour 5 parts of boiling water over one part of the dried pieces of the fruit body. Infuse chaga for about 2 hours and take it before meals for 30 minutes.
Healers say that it is better to insist chaga in a thermos, holding up to 12 hours. To improve the taste, honey can be added to the infusion.
How to brew: Pour the crushed fruit body with boiling water in a ratio of 1: 3, leave for 5 hours and drain the infusion. Finely chop the fruit body in a meat grinder and fill it with warm water again and leave for a day so that all biologically active substances come out into the water.
Then combine both infusions into one and use for internal reception. Infusions are not stored for a long time, so a large amount should not be done, it is better for 1-2 doses. Take 1/2 cup infusions before meals.
Chaga oil
One of the effective folk remedies is chaga oil. It is prepared using dried birch mushroom fruiting body and olive oil.
First, you need to prepare an infusion of chaga. Then, 1 teaspoon of the infusion is mixed with 2.5 tablespoons of olive oil. The resulting oil solution must be infused for 24 hours in a cool place, such as a refrigerator. Antineoplastic substances that inhibit the growth of cancer cells - pterins pass into the oil, making it curative.
Chaga oil is used to lubricate joints; it relieves pain in bruises, aches, in blood vessels, and muscle pains. This oil is used to treat spider veins and sinusitis.
Sometimes, as an ointment base, they take pork lard, which is mixed with the infusion of chaga in a 1: 1 ratio, brought to a boil over low heat and immediately removed after cooling, stored in the refrigerator.
Oil emulsion
To prepare an oil emulsion, mix: unrefined sunflower oil - 40 ml, chaga tincture - 30 ml. Pour the solution into a bottle with a ground or screw cap and shake well.
Prepare the emulsion before use, take up to 3 times a day, before meals for 20 minutes according to the scheme: 10 days intake, 5 break, another 10 days intake, 10 - break. The treatment cycles are repeated until complete recovery with such oncological diseases in the early stages.
How to brew a decoction
Recipe number 1. 250 g of mushroom is soaked in 2 liters of water, left until softened. After that, the mushroom is taken out, rubbed on a coarse grater, again dipped in the same water. The container with chaga is placed on low heat and, without bringing to a boil, is kept for 1 hour.
After that, the broth with chaga is removed from the heat, cooled a little and filtered. Take 1 glass of dry viburnum berries, pour 1 liter of cold water, infuse for 5-6 hours, then boil for 1 hour in a water bath. Cool, filter and mix with chaga infusion, add 250 g of agave juice and 250 g of honey. The resulting mass is thoroughly mixed, topped up boiled water up to 4 liters and put for 6 days in a cool, inaccessible sun rays a place. After the chaga ferments, the container with the infusion is placed in the refrigerator.
Take 2 tablespoons of the infusion 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. The interval between the receptions of the infusion should be at least 1 hour. When taking an infusion of chaga, you should not use other medications. The course of treatment for uterine fibroids is 5-6 months.
Recipe number 2. One teaspoon of dried chaga and 1 tablespoon of hazel leaves are poured with two glasses of water, boiled for 5 minutes. Then filter, take 2 teaspoons. 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment for prostate adenoma is 14 days and is carried out once every six months.
Preparation of the tincture
I offer you an old Russian recipe for the preparation of tincture, modern folk medicine successfully uses it as an adjuvant for the treatment of cancer.
- Recipe 1. Pour 0.5 cups of chopped chaga mushroom fruiting body into 1 liter of vodka. Insist 2 weeks in a dark place. Then strain and take 1 dessert spoon, each time before meals.
- Recipe 2. How to prepare a tincture. Pour 50 g of dry crushed, fruiting body of chaga mushroom into one third of a liter of vodka and leave for about three weeks in a dark place. Take the strained tincture diluted (1 tablespoon per 50 ml of water), each time before meals. The duration of the course of treatment is 10 days.
Extract or extract
In medicine, plant extracts are prepared by extraction, that is, by extracting or extracting medicinal components and substances from medicinal raw materials, using special devices.
There are several popular ways to prepare chaga extract at home, here is one of them:
Take 2 teaspoons of chopped chaga, pour 150 ml. warm boiled water and leave for two days. The solution is obtained in a very high concentration, which is taken in a tablespoon, before meals for 10 minutes. Treatment is long up to six months, after every 2 weeks of treatment, a break of 10 days is required. With this extract, traditional medicine treats diseases of circulatory disorders.
Taking chaga, the body simultaneously receives vitamins and minerals, which helps to strengthen the immune system. At the initial stages of the development of oncological diseases, the use of chaga preparations inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Hypertension and hypotension. When a person's blood pressure rises as a result physical activity and stress, such a phenomenon is not considered a disease. But if there is a regular increase in pressure due to problems internal organs and systems - this is already a danger.
As well as drug treatment traditional medicine recommends taking a tincture and decoctions of chaga at high pressure. With hypotension, chaga is also taken in combination with medications prescribed by a doctor.
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The fruiting body of chaga is more often used to treat the stomach with a reduced secretory function. Decoctions and infusions are made from it, which improve the patient's condition.
Pain in the epigastric region disappears, intestinal activity is normalized. In folk healers there are descriptions of cases when chaga was also treated with stomach diseases with increased secretion.
Respiratory diseases. For bronchitis and pneumonia, colds and runny nose, sinusitis and sore throat, traditional medicine recommends using chaga, mixing it with others medicinal herbs: birch buds, echinacea, calendula, chamomile, willow bark, mint….
Female and male diseases. For female and male diseases, chaga was not used yet in Rus. Decoctions of chaga are drunk with erosion of the cervix with additional douching with the same decoction.
All inflammatory diseases: inflammation of the ovaries and uterus, cysts, painful menstruation can be treated with chaga, in addition, decoctions and infusions are also used to prevent these diseases.
Infusion of chaga is also used to treat male diseases, so for prostatitis, adenoma and tumors of the small pelvis, taking the infusion orally is combined with microclysters.
Diabetes develops in humans with a decrease in the synthesis of the hormone insulin by the body. Traditional medicine recommends, together with the prescribed treatment, an additional intake of chaga infusion. Case histories show an improvement in the general state of health of patients, an increase in working capacity, a decrease in dry mouth and thirst.
It is recommended to add other medicinal plants to the chaga infusion: plantain, calendula is also suitable. They help well with diabetes mellitus baths with chaga oil. A full bath of water requires only a few drops of oil.
Diseases of the liver and kidneys are also treatable with chaga. The people know the recipes for using chaga with medicinal herbs. Chaga is brewed with calendula and chamomile. With cirrhosis of the liver, chaga is mixed with calamus and plantain.
In case of kidney disease, prepare a mixture of chaga tincture (3 tbsp. L), 200 ml hot water and 2 tbsp. l chicory and raspberry leaves. Treatment is long, it is recommended to drink a mixture of 2 tablespoons, an hour before each meal.
- Recipe 1. In one of the clinics I read a folk recipe for removing sand from the kidneys. The recipe is as follows: moisten a piece of cloth in chaga tincture and apply it to a sore spot on the back. Wear the bandage for 10 days, changing it 2 times a day. Once dry, you can shoot.
- Recipe 2. And for the prevention of kidney disease, you can prepare the following mixture: (4 tablespoons of aloe juice, 1 tablespoon of chaga mushroom powder, one liter of water and the juice of one lemon). Mix chaga powder with water, add aloe and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes, remove from heat and add lemon juice. Drink a tablespoon before each meal for 40 minutes. Prophylaxis should be carried out for 2 weeks.
Varicose veins of the legs. For varicose veins, spider veins, fatigue in the legs, chaga oil with horse chestnut is recommended. It strengthens blood vessels, relieves pain. Lubrication of painful skin areas can be combined with massage.
- Where can you buy chaga. Chaga can be bought in the ALTAI HERBS online store. I have already made several orders in this shop. All products in the store are certified, attached detailed instructions... Payment is made by cash on delivery, upon receipt by mail.
Do I need to adhere to a diet during treatment
During treatment with chaga, it is forbidden to take alcoholic beverages, it is not recommended to eat fatty and spicy foods. People taking folk remedies from chaga are advised to include more vegetables, fruits, and dairy products in their diet.
Do not forget to consult your doctor when using folk remedies made from chaga. Chaga can be taken as a prophylaxis for all the above diseases, in the form of decoctions, infusions, or brew chaga tea.
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Alexey Tatarinov
The tinder fungus or chaga, as it is called in folk medicine, is not difficult to notice on a tree trunk: a swollen nostril growth that turns black on the cracked bark. Such a "guest" does only harm to a tree, but rare healing powers are in store for a person in a mushroom. The beneficial properties and use of chaga for therapeutic purposes is a well-known medical fact today.
Mycological characteristics
Tinder fungus (Latin name - inonotus obliquus) belongs to the family of Gimenochaet basidiomycetes. Its spores, scattered in the air, penetrate into damaged areas on the bark of a tree and germinate in them, feeding on the sap of the plant.
In the fourth year, the mycelium protrudes outward in the form of a black, shapeless formation. This is the chaga birch mushroom. In the northern regions of Russia, it is called the birch lip.
How to prepare
The mushroom is taken only from live or just felled birches, since only in this way valuable substances are preserved in it. The loose inner part is removed from the build-up. Chaga should not be harvested near highways and industrial centers, since the fruiting body absorbs toxic metals and compounds.
The mushroom is crumbled into slices of 8-10 cm and laid out for drying in ventilated rooms or heated in ovens with a temperature of no more than 60 degrees. The taste of the finished raw material is bitter, there is no smell.
The health-improving role of the birch fungus is so great that researchers continue to closely study the plant, discovering new medicinal properties chaga.
Why is chaga useful?
Phytotherapists are well aware of how effectively chaga helps with gastritis. In alliance with other medicinal plants, birch tinder fungus successfully treats gastric disorders and ulcers. According to legend, great Vladimir Monomakh cured a cancerous tumor on his lip with a birch mushroom. Chaga tea quickly saturates, invigorates, increases efficiency. Other known actions of the unique mushroom include:
- decrease in pressure - venous and arterial;
- regulation of the cardiovascular system;
- wound healing;
- analgesic effect;
- treatment of dermatological diseases;
- healing of joints;
- removal of inflammation;
- stimulation of metabolic processes in cells of the cerebral cortex;
- antioxidant capabilities;
- bioregulation of the body's protective reserves;
Chaga is very useful for diabetes mellitus. The lectins contained in the birch lip reduce blood sugar.
Rich composition
The chemical structure of woody fungus contains microcomponents important for human health. Polyphenolic acids are good biogenic stimulants that restore the metabolic processes of the body destroyed by the disease.
Melanins abundantly present in the tinder fungus have a pronounced antioxidant effect and are able to protect the liver from harmful effects. Amino acids (glycine, aspartic and glutamic acids) have a nootropic effect.
Scientists claim that lectins and agglutinins can block the development and spread of tumor cells, which is why chaga mushroom is often recommended in folk medicine for oncology.
How to cook chaga
Preparation of infusion
- Rinse pieces of tinder fungus thoroughly and soak in cool boiled water for 5 hours.
- Remove and finely chop.
- Put the crushed raw materials in boiled water (45-50 degrees Celsius) in the ratio: 1 part of mushroom crumb to 5 hours of water.
- Close the jug with the resulting mixture and put in a cool dark place for 48 hours.
- During this time, the workpiece must be mixed 3-5 times with a spoon.
- Strain the chaga infusion and use in the required doses.
The medicine can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
How to dose the infusion
The portions and the amount of use are determined individually in each case.
- Chaga for cancer is recommended 90 g three times a day.
- Suffering from a stomach ulcer, 12-duodenal ulcer is shown to drink a tablespoon of infusion 25 minutes before each meal.
- A malignant tumor in the small pelvis requires treatment with chaga by means of microclysters: 60-80 ml. infusion for the night.
- To improve blood composition, the natural medicine can be consumed a tablespoon 10 minutes before each meal.
- To regulate blood glucose, it is recommended to take chaga in the form of a glass of infusion 25 minutes before meals 3 times a day.
They are treated with a healing drink from 2 to 6 months with weekly breaks. There are other recipes for making chaga.
How to make ethyl tincture
Soaked and chopped mushroom (100 g) is placed in vodka (500 ml.). The mixture will be infused for 14 days, it needs to be shaken from time to time. Use a tincture by dissolving a teaspoon of liquid in a tablespoon of pure water 25 minutes before meals. Chaga tincture is very successful in treating uterine fibroids, and is highly recommended for complex therapy oncological diseases.
Non-alcoholic tincture
When the consumption of alcohol-containing preparations is undesirable, a quarter of a glass of very hot water is added to a teaspoon of the tincture - most of the alcohol will evaporate.
How to brew chaga correctly
Before brewing chaga, it must be held in cool water.
- Part of the tinder fungus (100-150 g) is soaked for a day.
- Boil for 1-2 minutes in the same water.
- Without removing the lid, allow the liquid to cool.
The drug is drunk as tea in a cup in 2-3 doses. Chaga decoction is very good in treating liver and stomach.
Healing mushroom ointment
The beneficial properties of chaga perfectly reveal themselves in creams and ointments that fight diseases of the skin and joints. Fungopreparation quickly removes rashes, peeling and inflammation, has analgesic properties.
- In a bowl on a water bath, melt 500 g of paraffin, or
- Pour 60 g of tinder fungus powder and heat the mixture for a couple of hours.
- The extract is poured through a gauze bag into a jug, the contents of the bag are squeezed into it.
- While the mixture is not frozen, it is poured into jars for storage.
Sweet treatment
Chaga birch in the form of syrup will help heal from bronchitis and other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system. The sweet product is recommended for arrhythmias, cardiovascular ailments, it also has a beneficial effect on the nervous system.
Heated half a liter of the infusion or decoction of the birch lip, put half a kilogram of honey or brown sugar in it. The mixture, while stirring, is boiled until smooth, cooled and poured into a dark glass container. Chaga syrup should be taken in a dessert spoon with meals up to 3 times a day.
Application for diseases
Against cancer
It has been studied that the metabolic products of the tinder fungus are capable of directly affecting the tumor, causing the death of cancer cells. Medical observations have shown that the use of chaga brought significant relief to cancer patients even in the third and fourth stages of the disease.
A month-long course of treatment with birch lip infusion relieved pain, so the patients did not even need narcotic painkillers.
From prostate adenoma
The proliferation of epithelium in the prostate gland is accompanied by painful symptoms, since the tumor compresses the urethra. A three-week course of therapy with an elixir made from an infusion of chaga and burdock roots significantly improves health and stops an increase in the glandular tissue of the organ.
A quarter of a glass of chaga infusion is combined with. To prepare it, take a tablespoon of fresh grated rhizomes and boil in 2 glasses of water for 4 minutes. The mixture is consumed four times a day, 2 tablespoons half an hour before a meal.
Atherosclerosis therapy
A pathology characterized by hardening of the arteries is fraught with circulatory disorders and the occurrence of blood clots. The use of chaga in the treatment of atherosclerosis due to the complex of active acids and salts is undeniable. Herbalists advise using the mushroom infusion in conjunction with unrefined vegetable oil in a 1: 1 ratio. A tablespoon of the infusion is combined in oil and eaten immediately. Do this 25 minutes before lunch.
Before drinking chaga, you should refrain from food for a couple of hours. The procedure is repeated before dinner. So they are treated for ten days, then wait a five-day pause and repeat the course again. The next break has already lasted 10 days and ends with the last ten-day cycle of taking the healing mixture.
Help with herpes
There are some effective tips on how to take chaga to get rid of ulcers. When the very first symptoms of herpes appear, you should use a swab dipped in alcohol tincture of tinder fungus.
Keep it on the affected area for at least 10 minutes. Another method of treatment is the treatment of viral rashes with a decoction or chaga ointment. The procedure is carried out up to 5 times a day.
Mushroom against fungus
The immunotropic and bactericidal activity of the birch lip ensures the healing of the skin in case of fungal infections. Ethyl tincture of chaga is used to wash the damaged areas up to three times a day. A mixture of a tablespoon of chaga infusion and 100 g of bee honey relieves itching.
Pharmacy preparations from chaga
There is a line of birch chaga products that can be purchased at the pharmacy chain. These are “Cellular Chaga Juice”, “Befungin” medicine, “Chaga” tea, cream-balm, “Litovit Ch” tablets, “Chagovit” phytoelixir.
For self-production of preparations, chaga extract is also sold in the form of capsules and concentrates. The listed remedies perfectly heal wounds and ulcers, soothe pain, increase the body's resistance.
Limitations in use
In certain circumstances, a ban is imposed on the use of the birch mushroom. It:
- Swelling and fluid retention in the body;
- Taking antibiotics.
- Getting glucose intravenously.
- Dysentery disease,.
- Overexcitation of the central nervous system.
- Pregnancy.
Chaga contraindications apply, of course, to those who have an individual intolerance to the components of the tinder fungus.
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These are tinder fungi, of which the chaga mushroom belongs. While settling on trees, these fungi cause white rot of its core, which further leads to the death of the tree.
Found in Russia, Siberia, the Far East, the North Caucasus and the Urals
What is chaga?
Chaga mushroom or tinder fungus, Latin name which Inonotus obliquus, popularly known as "black birch mushroom" or birch chaga. It grows in places of damage to the tree bark, has an irregular shape, the diameter can be up to 40 cm, the thickness is about 15 cm, and the weight sometimes reaches 5 kg. The inner color of the fungus is dark brown with white veins.
Chaga can settle both on living trees and on dead ones. It reproduces, like all mushrooms, by spores that germinate under the bark of a tree, forming a network of mushroom filaments - mycelium. Growing, the mycelium breaks through the bark and a black growth appears on the tree, with cracks and uneven edges.
The body of the fungus consists of tubes inclined towards the surface. The mushroom has a dense pulp that hardens when dried. When separated from the tree, the young chaga mushroom has a whitish tint, while the old mushrooms are black-brown.
Nature has endowed humanity with a huge number of healing plants, which have been used since ancient times by healers and herbal healers.
Chaga or birch mushroom, as a miracle cure, has also been used for a very, very long time.
The first written evidence of this mushroom appeared in the annals of Russian chroniclers of the 11th century, where a cure for lip cancer was described with the help of a decoction of a birch mushroom of the Grand Duke of Russia, Vladimir Monomakh.
The famous physician of the Middle Ages Abu Ali ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna, did not disregard chaga. In his writings, he describes the properties of this mushroom and how to use it as a remedy.
For residents of Siberia and far east the birch mushroom has always been a panacea in the treatment of many diseases. There are descriptions dating from the 16th century, in which chaga was used to treat the stomach, intestines, cancer, male and female genital organs, treat boils, and sore joints.
In the eighteenth century. reference books and Russian herbalists appeared, where there are also recipes for the treatment of various diseases, including malignant tumors. Traditional healers, along with recipes, suggested drinking tea steamed with a birch mushroom so as not to get sick.
It should also be noted that in places where the chaga mushroom grows, the population often drinks it instead of black or green tea, and people there get less cancer.
How and when is chaga harvested
In order to use chaga for medicinal purposes and to collect it correctly, it must be remembered that only the chaga mushroom growing on living trees and only on birches is useful.
On dead trees, chaga is destroyed and becomes unusable for medicinal purposes. If the trees grow in a damp place, you cannot use the mushroom growing on the lower part of the trunk.
Chaga also needs to be distinguished from other polypores, which are shaped like a hoof with a downward plane. There are also non-medicinal tinder fungi that have the shape of a semicircle, grayish or brownish in color, with a smooth surface. They are attached to the tree trunk with their central part and easily come off, unlike the chaga mushroom. Chaga tastes bitter and odorless.
Chaga, unlike other polypores, consists of three layers:
- external, having a black, resinous or black-brown color, bumpy and cracked surface,
- the middle layer is dense, granular at the fracture, brown-brown color,
- and the inner one is brownish-reddish, with white-yellow veins, without a spongy layer.
Chaga is harvested at any time of the year. For treatment, use the middle of the mushroom, cutting and drying which, they make decoctions, infusions, including alcoholic ones.
Useful medicinal properties of birch mushroom
The chaga mushroom has an unusually complex chemical composition, which determines its unique therapeutic properties.
Chaga contains polysaccharides and organic acids, lipids and fiber, steroid and pterin compounds, various trace elements such as copper, zinc, iron, barium, aluminum, calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, dyes, a small amount of alkaloids, water-soluble pigments, agarcin and humic-like chagic acids.
An important element contained in large quantities in chaga is manganese, an activator of many enzymes. Scientists have determined that the main thing in chaga is the presence of a chromogenic polyphenolcarbon complex, which has the highest biological activity - it is a powerful biostimulant that is not found in any other tinder fungus.
Thanks to this unusual composition, chaga has a positive effect on the metabolism, nervous system and immune responses of the body. Chaga relieves intoxication well.
The use of chaga in the treatment of oncological diseases is associated with such a useful ability of it as the removal of toxins from the body, which are formed in tumors. It should be noted that the chaga mushroom can be useful and effective in all types of tumors.
In addition, the properties of chaga include the fact that this mushroom:
- increases the protective properties of the whole organism,
- has a stimulating effect on the central nervous system,
- positively affects the metabolism and has a stimulating effect on the metabolism in the brain tissue,
- activates inhibited enzyme systems,
- has a good effect on the activity of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems,
- increasing the level of leukocytes, stimulates hematopoiesis,
- it is also used as an anti-inflammatory agent,
- increases the activity of anticancer drugs,
- inhibits the growth of tumors, restoring the body's defenses,
- has antispasmodic properties,
- excellent diuretic,
- is an antimicrobial, healing agent,
- normalizes the activity of the gastrointestinal tract and intestinal microflora,
- helps scarring stomach and duodenal ulcers,
- lowers blood pressure in hypertension and decreases heart rate.
Chaga - how they are treated, folk recipes
Chaga mushroom is very effective in treating many ailments, but you should consult your healthcare professional before taking chaga.
For medicinal use, only the middle of the mushroom is suitable. Chaga should be grated or cut into small pieces and dried, and then prepare decoctions, tinctures (alcoholic ones too), ointments and oil from it.
With uterine fibroids Chaga can also be used with the main treatment. To do this, prepare an infusion according to the following recipe. Take 250 grams of chaga mushroom and soak in 2 liters of water, then rub it on a grater and pour it back into the same water. Then put on a small fire and steamed, without bringing the composition to a boil, for about 1 hour. Then they are removed from the heat and, having allowed to cool, filtered. Next, a glass of dried viburnum fruits are insisted for at least 6 hours in one liter of cold water, after which they are boiled in a water bath, cooled, filtered, mixed with mushroom infusion, 250 grams of honey and 250 ml of agave grass juice are added. Mix everything well, add boiled water to a volume of 4 liters and leave to ferment in a dark place for 6 days. As soon as this mixture ferments, it must be refrigerated. Take the resulting infusion should be 2 tablespoons 3 times a day before meals for 30 minutes. The interval between doses of the medicine should be more than an hour. It is undesirable to combine the intake of chaga infusion with the intake of other drugs. The general course of treatment is up to 6 months.
Chaga is useful and to stop growth cancerous tumors ... With oncological diseases of the intestine or stomach, an infusion of chaga and coil roots helps. They are taken in equal proportions, a glass of boiling water is added and insisted for about 10 hours in a thermos.
With gastritis , regardless of its form, acute or chronic, they drink an infusion of chaga prepared from fresh or dried mushroom. Drink 1 glass 3-4 times a day half an hour before meals.
Treatment of adenoma of the prostate carried out also with the use of chaga mushroom as part of a medicinal decoction. The broth is prepared as follows. Option 1: 1 tablespoon of chopped dry mushroom and 1 table. a spoonful of hazel leaves is poured with 2 tbsp. water, boiled for 5 minutes, filtered. Drink 2 teaspoons half an hour before meals three times a day. Option 2: mix a decoction of burdock root and an infusion of chaga. The broth is prepared as follows: take 1 table. a spoonful of chopped burdock root, fill it with 2 glasses of water and put on a fire to boil. They boil for no more than 3 minutes, then set aside for infusion for 4 hours, after which they filter and drink 2 tables each. tablespoons half an hour before meals 3-4 times a day. The course of treatment lasts 21 days.
Heart arythmy. For treatment, a mixture of chaga infusion (100 ml), honey (300 gr.) And lemon juice(1 table spoon). Mix everything well and take 1 tablespoon 2 times a day one hour before meals for 10 days.
Arthritis. To relieve pain in the joints, compresses and rubbing from the infusion of chaga to the sore areas are made.
For the treatment of atherosclerosis infusion of chaga mushroom (1 tbsp. spoon) is mixed with 1 tbsp. spoon of unrefined sunflower oil and immediately drink. Before taking, you can not eat anything for at least 2 hours and drink this composition at least 20 minutes before meals, 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 10 days, then a break for 5 days, they drink again for 10 days, and then a break for 10 days and again they drink for 10 days.
Chagoy is also treated with leukoma ... Prepare a decoction of eyebright herb (1 tbsp) and mushroom (1 tbsp) and 2 tbsp. water. Bring to a boil, cool, filter, and then moisten a tampon and apply to the sore eye.
Treatment of liver diseases is carried out only with decoctions or infusions. The course of treatment for acute diseases - 10 days, chronic - up to 2 months with a break of 5 days every 10.
Chaga is good at lowering blood pressure. Chaga decoction and hawthorn decoction are mixed in equal proportions and drunk at 1 tbsp. l. before meals twice a day.
Contraindications in the treatment of chaga
Chaga is practically harmless, but chronic colitis, pregnancy or breastfeeding of a child can serve as a contraindication. In addition, you must remember that during the period of treatment with chaga, you must completely stop smoking and drinking alcohol, adhere to a lactic acid diet and do not eat smoked foods, spicy and salty foods.
Also, you can not do injections of drugs containing glucose, and injections of penicillin. Do not give chaga to small children.