What is Chaga - Background and Harvesting Approach
In the oldest Chinese book on agriculture and medicinal plants Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Classic of the Materia Medica, ~ 200 BC), Chaga is proclaimed as the “King of Herbs” because of its diverse and complete health-enhancing properties. For centuries, people have used Chaga as a daily supplement for the overall balancing of the body's immune system and promoting good health, especially for those in their advanced years.
At first glance, Chaga looks nothing like a typical mushroom. The burnt, charcoal exterior of Chaga leads you to believe that the mushroom has been engulfed in flames. On the contrary, Chaga thrives in a chilly climate. The black exterior, also known as sclerotium, is a major source of human-like natural melanin. Chaga is the only medicinal mushroom that contains an abundance of melanin, further flexing its muscle as the “King of Herbs”.
Found on birch trees, the natural symbiosis between a birch tree and the Chaga fungus allows Chaga to draw precious nutrients from the earth. This makes Chaga undoubtedly one of the earth’s treasures. It typically takes three to ten years to harvest Chaga at its proper size.
Our Canadian Wild Chaga flourishes in a rural, unpolluted environment up in the mountains of northern Canada, far away from any radiation. During the harvesting period, we pay close attention to the conservation of our ecosystem, making sure they preserve Chaga for the future. Many people try harvesting Chaga on their own, however, the lack of know-how can be harmful for the regrowth of the Chaga. Those who do not harvest the Chaga properly prevents the mushroom from regrowth, rendering it useless for the future. By preventing damages to the natural ecology as well as the birch trees, workers only harvest full-grown Chaga by hand and leave the younger Chaga to continue flourishing.
What makes our Chaga capsules unique is the dual extraction technology we use to extract the medicinal ingredients. It is a sophisticated, time-consuming, and costly process which extracts the bioactive nutrients from Chaga. Without this process, our bodies cannot fully absorb and utilize all the natural benefits from Chaga.
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