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Organic Chaga Mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) Powder


Botanical name: Inonotus obliquus
Origin: Canada
Production: Bloomble’s chaga mushrooms are harvested with sustainable practices in the wild and remote forests of Eastern Canada. This means that care is taken not to damage or puncture the bark of the birch trees which host the fungi, as well as 30% of the chaga is left unharvested, to insure the renewal and growth of the mushroom and continued health of ecosystem that it is a part of.
Common Use: Chaga has been in use as a medicine traditionally by indigenous peoples in Russia, Europe, Asia, and North America. The most common method of consuming Chaga mushroom is to make a tea. The tea can be prepared by simmering the mushroom in water for one hour or more, a crock pot works great. The pieces can also be reused, until they stop coloring the tea water with the dark brown color.  The mild tasting tea can then be consumed on it’s own, or as a base for other teas, coffees and even soups. Chaga can also be tinctured in alcohol.
Storage: Store in a cool, dark, dry place in a sealed bag or container

Disclaimer: This information is for educational purposes only and has not been evaluated by the CFIA or FDA. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This product has been packaged in the same facility as peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, and other potential allergens.

$8.00

What are Organic Chaga Mushrooms?

Generally found growing on birch trees and other hardwoods, chaga is a sclerotium, or mass of mycelium, resembling burnt charcoal. The sterile conk has been prized for centuries by northern indigenous populations and herbalists alike for its beneficial properties. Our chaga mushroom powder is ground from organic Inonotus obliquus. Chaga powder can be tinctured, decocted, encapsulated, or blended into a mushroom hot chocolate.

The antioxidant activity of polysaccharides (beta-glucans) contained in chaga help maintain cell integrity and fight free radicals. Chaga is used in traditional Russian Folk Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine to support gastrointestinal health, and as a tonic to support overall health.*

Chaga is a fungus, a parasitic carpophore that looks like the charred remains of burned wood on the side of a birch tree (sometimes growing on Elm and Alder, but Birch is its favorite). It is not the fruiting body of the fungus, but a sclerotia or mass of mycelium. The parasite enters the tree through a ‘wound’ in the bark of a mature tree. It then grows under the bark until it erupts in a deeply cracked, black charcoal like extension. It usually takes another 5-7 years for it to fully mature, at which point it falls to the forest floor, most times killing the host tree in the process. Chaga has been a part of folk medicine in Russia, Poland, China and numerous Baltic countries for many centuries. It was documented by Chinese herbalist Shen Nong in his herbal texts as early as the first century B.C.E.

Chaga supports immune health to help you stay feeling your best and supports the body’s immune defenses to stay feeling healthy.*

Chaga is typically and historically ingested as a tea, but it also has been made into a tincture, and less commonly into powder that is then used as a tea; Encapsulation seems to be rare. There have been reports of it being the base for liqueurs and as a substitute for hops in beer. In Russia, it can be found as a syrup, a tablet, an aerosol, and even as a suppository. If you are using the cut chaga for the purpose of making a tea, you can re-brew your material a second time without loss to flavor or potency. Our chaga powder is milled from the entire sclerotia.

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1 oz.

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