Chaga tincture: application, recipes, medicinal properties

Chaga or in other words birch mushroom is a perennial mushroom belonging to the Trutov family. Its favorite habitat is the trunk of a birch tree, but it can also be found on alder, maple, elm and rowan.

The homeland of this mushroom is distant Siberia, but at the moment chaga has spread widely and covered almost the entire European part.

Its lifespan is about 20 years, after which the birch tree that fed it gradually dies. Having a negative effect on the tree, the mushroom undoubtedly saves and helps with many diseases.

In appearance, chaga is an irregular growth of dark color. They penetrate the bark of the tree and gradually fill the space, reaching the core and exiting to the other side.

Beneficial properties and for what diseases is chaga used?

Back in the 11th century, the use of chaga for medicinal purposes was widespread. Cases of healing properties and cures of patients from cancer have even been described. The mushroom contains many useful substances:

• organic acids;
• polysaccharides;
• cellulose;
• water-soluble chromogens;
• iron;
• copper;
• phosphorus;
• potassium;
• calcium;
• silver;
• aluminum;
• nickel;
• sodium, etc.

All medicinal properties can provide invaluable support to the body. A rich vitamin and mineral complex provides stimulation of neurohumoral and nervous activity, improvement of metabolism in the body and normalization of cardiovascular activity.

Using chaga at home activates and restores the body's protective functions and inhibited enzymatic processes. Mushroom tincture also helps in the fight against cancer, stopping the growth of tumors.

In addition, chaga has antimicrobial, diuretic, antispasmodic, analgesic, wound healing and hemostatic effects. In the fight against pathological disorders, it can be used for the following diseases:

• kidney diseases;
• obesity;
• myoma;
• mastopathy;
• gastritis;
• psoriasis;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• lower limb disorders;
• chronic constipation;
• haemorrhoids;
• eczema;
• trophic ulcers;
• periodontal disease;
• diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Chaga tinctures

Alternative medicine has not stood aside, and the use of chaga in folk recipes is striking in its diversity. The list of numerous tinctures includes the following examples:

• This recipe can be used to treat ulcers. You need to take 1 tablespoon of chamomile flowers, 1 teaspoon of chopped mushroom, 1 tablespoon of aloe juice, 2 tablespoons of dry crushed nettle and 3 cups of boiling water. Mix all the plants except chaga and pour boiling water over them, then boil and let it brew for 1 hour. After this, you need to add the softened mushroom and boil again.
  The resulting decoction is infused for some time, then decanted and taken on an empty stomach 3 times a day, half a glass.
• To prepare the following tincture you need to take 100 g of pine buds, 5 g of wormwood, 100 g of rose hips, 200 g of crushed chaga, 10 g of licorice root and 5 g of St. John's wort herb. All components must be mixed together and poured with cold water in the amount of 3 liters, then let it brew for 2 hours. Next, you need to boil the resulting mixture over low heat, let it cool and brew for 24 hours in a warm room. The next step will be to strain the broth, add 200 g of aloe, 500 g of honey and 250 ml of cognac to it. Next, let the healing agent brew for 4 hours and take 3 times a day, 2 hours before meals, 1 teaspoon. Birch chaga in this tincture recipe helps with oncological diseases and rectal cancer when taken in the form of microenemas.
• Tincture of honey and chaga helps with diabetes, eliminating unfavorable symptoms, helping to reduce sugar and normalize blood pressure. To prepare, you need to take 1 liter of water, 100 g of honey and 100 g of mushroom. At the initial stage of folk cooking, you should soak the mushroom in boiling water and put it on low heat. It cooks for 2 minutes, without bringing the process to a boil. The resulting decoction should be left for 48 hours, after which honey or raisins should be added to it if individual intolerance occurs. The treatment course consists of 30 days, during which it is necessary to consume 1 tablespoon 3 times a day half an hour before meals.
• Using the mushroom gives a positive effect. To prepare, you need 300 g of birch chaga and half a liter of water. This tincture is very simple to make. To do this, you need to crush the chaga to a powder and add water to it. The medicinal solution is infused for 2 days and filtered, after which it is consumed three times a day.
• To prepare a vodka tincture, you need to take 100 g of chopped mushroom and put it in a glass container. Next, the ingredient is poured with vodka and left in a dark, cool place to allow the solution to infuse. The infusion time is 2 weeks, and once a week the mixture must be shaken vigorously. After the time has elapsed, the resulting medicinal tincture is taken 1 teaspoon, previously diluted with water half an hour before meals, 3 times a day. The use of such a remedy is permissible for cancer, gastritis and other gastric disorders. To get rid of eczema, you can use a compress from the tincture at night.

Before you start preparing folk recipes based on this mushroom, you need to know some features and recommendations for use:

• If you use a medicinal tincture for a long time, manifestations in the form of nervous excitability and increased irritability are possible. In this case, you should completely stop using it or significantly reduce the dosage.
• Traditional treatment cannot be combined with antibiotic therapy. These two drug groups are incompatible with each other.
• To obtain the maximum benefit and high medicinal effect, you must adhere to the dietary instructions recommended by the doctor.
• If the patient has a complication or possible risk associated with excessive fluid retention in the body, the chaga tincture should be more saturated in composition to minimize fluid intake.
• Medicinal infusions should not be used in combination with intravenous glucose.
• During traditional therapy, you should refrain from drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco products.
• Chaga alcohol tincture has more content when used, because it can be taken not only internally, but also rubbed externally.

Contraindications for the use of chaga

It should first be noted that chaga is a hypoallergenic product and does not have a cumulative effect, that is, it does not tend to accumulate in the body.

Contraindications include pregnancy, lactation period and childhood. Despite the hypoallergenic nature of the mushroom, one should not forget about individual intolerances to some of the components included in chaga. In any case, before you start taking a tincture of this drug, you should consult your doctor to avoid the development of complications.

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