Is drinking Chaga tea good for your health?

The main component of Chaga is polysaccharide, which can help us supplement various vitamins and trace elements and meet the various needs of the human body. Its medicinal value is due to the fact that it is rich in a large number of anti-cancer, lipid-lowering and blood pressure-lowering ingredients, so it can enhance immunity and inhibit bacteria. It is a very good office drink to soak in water and can be used as a health care in people's lives.

1 Distribution area

The mycelium of Chaga is extremely cold-resistant, and the mycelium living in wood can withstand temperatures as low as -40°C. It is mainly distributed in areas between 45° and 50° north latitude in the northern hemisphere, such as North America (north), Finland, Poland, Russia (Western Siberia, parts of the Far East, Kamchatka Peninsula), China (Heilongjiang and Changbai Mountain areas of Jilin Province), Japan (Hokkaido) and other countries.

2 Morphological characteristics

The sclerotium of Chaga is tumor-shaped and sessile, generally 25cm to 40cm in diameter, dark brown or black on the outside and yellowish brown on the inside. When old, the surface is deeply cracked and very hard, and brittle when dry. 1 4 Habitat It grows under the bark of standing trees such as birch, silver birch, elm, and alder, or on the dead trunks of felled trees. Its sclerotium can survive on the dead trunks for up to 6 years.

3 Active Ingredients

The chemical components of Chaga include polysaccharides, betulin, betulinol, various oxidized triterpenoids, tracheolic acid, various lanosterol-type triterpenoids, folic acid derivatives, aromatic vanillic acid, syringic acid and γ-hydroxybenzoic acid. There are also reports that tannin compounds, steroids, bioalkaloids, melanins, low molecular weight polyphenols and lignin compounds have been isolated.

4 Medicinal Value

Chaga contains a large amount of plant fiber polysaccharides that have anti-cancer, blood pressure lowering, blood sugar lowering, blood lipid lowering, and immune-stimulating effects. It can enhance the vitality of immune cells, inhibit the spread and recurrence of cancer cells, prevent the absorption of harmful substances such as carcinogens in the gastrointestinal tract, and promote excretion. The refined fungus powder of Chaga has a cure rate of 93% for diabetes.

5. Directions

Grind it into powder or chop it into pieces and soak it for 1 hour. Then bring it to a boil over high heat, then simmer it over low heat for 20-30 minutes. Do this 3 times, pour all the juices together, take it 3 times a day, about one cup each time, 1 hour before meals. This is the daily dosage. (Do not use metal utensils or built-in metal heating elements to boil the medicine, so as to avoid changes in the medicinal properties). The powder can also be taken directly, and the best effect is achieved by decoction.