Chaga

  • What are the benefits of Chaga?

    Chaga addresses gut/digestive function and supports healthy hair/skin/joints/eyes/nails. See these articles for more information: What is Chaga Chaga Mushroom Benefits Check out some inspiring recipes here

  • Why do you say Chaga sclerotium and not Chaga mushroom?

    While Chaga is commonly referred to as a mushroom, the part of the Chaga that is wild harvested is actually not a mushroom but a sclerotium. A sclerotium is a hardened, dense mass of mycelium. Chaga is unique in that it is not pure mycelium like other sclerotia’s (poria, polyporus) as...

  • Chaga and ORAC values

    While there are many sources that suggest that Chaga contains a high ORAC score (oxygen radical absorbance capacity). This ORAC value is misleading and not backed by sound research. This is why we do not test our Chaga for its ORAC value.

  • Do I need to be worried about Chaga and oxalates?

    This often gets asked in reference to this paper. The woman in this paper was taking around 10 grams Chaga per day which we do not recommend on any of our products without consulting your health practitioner. The paper does not say whether it was raw Chaga or an extract powder and it is also the ...

  • Is Chaga in symbiosis with the tree it grows on?

    This is a common misconception. Chaga is classified as a tree disease in British Columbia. It infects the host tree, typically birch, and slowly consumes it. At some point in the future, the tree will die due to Chaga weakening it from the inside. This might be 5 years or 20 years but eventually...

  • Is it true that Chaga is super rare?

    There’s an internet myth that Chaga is only found on 1 to every 10,000-20,000 birch tree (<0.01%). The source of this information seems to stem from an issue of Mycophile magazine from 2006 which stated: “according to one Chaga product site, only one birch tree in 15,000 bears Chaga”. Safe to ...

  • Is wild Chaga harvesting sustainable?

    While many claim otherwise, from the data that we’ve seen it definitely looks to be sustainable. The only sustainability report that we’ve found was done in Russia, which is done by a large exporter of Chaga. It showed that Chaga could easily sustain existing demand for the foreseeable future. ...

  • Where do you get your Chaga from?

    All of our Chaga is harvested from the forests in Siberia.