Chaga Tea - information

Recommended by Finlandia Natural Pharmacy for immune boosting and cancer fighting properties.
Drink twice a day. 1 tsp per cup of tea.

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Wilderness Medicinal Mushroom

Fire making aside, the chaga mushroom is also well known for its huge load of immune stimulating phytochemicals and betulin that can be consumed as a tea. Some of these compounds are derived from the birch tree and bark it consumes and concentrates in its flesh.

The chaga fungus has some of the highest amounts of anti-oxidants of any substance consumed by man. Siberian folk medicine and modern uses of a tea made from Chaga fungus include:

• boosting the immune system
• treating stomach diseases
• Intestinal worms
• Liver and heart ailments
• Cancers including those of the breast, liver, uterine, and gastric
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• anti-tumor activity
• The active compound inotodiol which works against influenza A and B viruses and cancer cells.
• Activity against HIV-1
• As an anti-inflammatory

Some experts claim the Chaga is the best anti-cancer mushroom of all.

Properties and Ingredients of Chaga include:

• Polysaccharides that enhance the immune system; treat cancer, live, HIV virus and other bacterial and viral infections.
• Betulinic acid to counter viral infections and tumors
• Triterpenes to lower cholesterol, improve circulation, detoxify the liver, treat hepatitis, bronchitis, asthma, and coughs.
• Germanium (a free-radical scavenger) to cleanse the blood, normalize blood pressure, and prevent tumors.
• Other nucleosides, phytonutrients, minerals, and amino acids including saponin, magnesium, chromium, iron, kalium, beta-glucan, inotodiol, isoprenoid, and others.