Chaga

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Description

Chaga Mushroom: Fortify Your Well-being from the Forest Floor

Chaga's Intelligent Network:

Incorporate Chaga to Support Your Health Goals:

Note: This information is for educational purposes and discusses general principles of nutrition and the traditional uses of herbs and nutrients for health optimization. It is not intended to suggest that any specific product is necessary for, or solely capable of, achieving these benefits. This information is not medical advice. Please see the full disclaimer in the footer.

Batch Specs

We source Chaga Mushroom from two places. We use organically grown log-cultivated Chaga from a grower-guided outdoor laboratory in the Pacific Northwest USA. We also source from the pristine birch forest of far northern Canada where one can find old-growth Chaga that is unpolluted.

Chaga Mushroom Is A Potent Medicinal †

We predominantly formulate with the sweeter and polysaccharide rich log-cultivated Chaga, so that this supplement is safer and easier-to-take for the long-term benefits.

Log cultivated Chaga has many advantages, with the main benefit being that one can harvest all parts of the mushroom for a high concentration of all constituents, especially the polysaccharides. It also produces a consistent supplement that will easily work without any natural variances found in wild Chaga that could impair potency, due to the attentive detail to cultivation in a controlled environment.

And lastly, cultivation allows us to harvest Chaga without injuring the necessary mutual relationship of chaga and the forest collective.

Old-Growth Wild Chaga must be harvested sustainably, due to the need for the intelligent mycelium to stay intact, so that, it may store and shuttle necessary enzymes and minerals around the ecosystem without being depleted; only the fruiting body and sclerotium may be harvested wild to prevent damaging the host tree and weakening the adaptability of the forest collective to natural factors found in the environment.

Old-growth wild Chaga is added to this formulation to increase the melanin content. Old-growth wild food sources are also higher in rare-earth minerals, such as the lanthanide series on the periodic table.

We formulate using a variety of extraction techniques for multi-step potency which include:

• Artisan-formulated for Wholistic Effects and Benefits
• Harvesting at Times of Full Botanical Potency
• All Active Parts of the Mushroom are Included in the Formula
• Fruiting Body
• Mycelium (Not from wild harvest host tree)
• Sclerotium
• Cold Processed Where Appropriate to Preserve Integrity of Fragile Constituents
• Dual Solvent: Water and Alcohol for 99.9% constituent content
  • Additionally Activated for Easy Digestion
• Semi-soluble Polysaccharides Included in Suspension
• Stabilized for Natural Preservation - No Preservatives
• Flash-steamed for Cracked Cell-walls to Release Chitin Bound Constituents

This formulation uses low alcohol, 25% percent by volume, so that it may be taken every day and is high in the sweet tasting semi-water-soluble polysaccharides.

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Ingredients

• 100% Chaga Mushroom (Inonotus obliquus)
  • Grower-guided Outdoor Open Laboratory
  • Fruiting Body
  • Spore
  • Mycelium
  • Sclerotium
  • Sustainably Gathered
  • Fruiting Body
  • Sclerotium
• 88% Organic Hardwood Log Grown in the United States Pacific Northwest
• 12% Wild Harvested in Old-Growth Birch Forest of Northern Canada
• Structured Distilled Water
• Triple Filtered USP Grade Organic Alcohol (25% by volume)

Dosage*

Recommended Dosage: 333 – 3,000 milligrams @ 1-3 times a day*

To find a functional dose, start with a minimum dose of 10 drops to 1 dropper and work up to a functional dose.* Many benefits of tonics come from consistent and continued use over a period of time.*

Suggested Timing:

How to Incorporate Chaga into Your Wellness Routine:

• Daily Nourishment: Chaga can be taken at any time to support your body's natural processes and overall well-being.* Consistency is key for optimal results.
• On an Empty Stomach: Consider taking Chaga on an empty stomach, as it may help facilitate your body's natural detoxification processes.*
• With Meals: Incorporate Chaga with meals as part of your holistic approach to digestive and immune health.*
• With Probiotics: To potentially enhance the absorption of Chaga's beneficial compounds, consider adding a probiotic supplement or fermented foods to your diet.*

Benefits with tonics take time; taking enough consistently rewards health †

Take as desired: consume on a continuous basis to develop the natural tonic and adaptogenic benefits that build over time.* Some benefits are immediate and some results require consumption over several days and weeks to accomplish.* A good tonic cycle is 45-90 days of a tonic adaptogen which will generate lasting health changes.*

Shake gently: secure the lid and turn the bottle over back-and-forth 3-5 times to evenly distribute the tincture. Do not over-shake as the vigorous mixing of air with the extract will oxidize and damage many of the necessary constituents for required dosage and potency.

By mouth: hold the liquid under the tongue for 60-90 seconds and then swallow the rest of extract; doing so allows digestion to begin in the mouth and will take advantage of the activated multi-step extract so that many of the constituents will bypass digestion and enter the body through the mouth and throat.*

Mix with water: squirt the drops or entire droppers into 2-4 oz. of water that is under 120*F. Water that is cool to lukewarm temperature is best to preserve the volatile and fragile constituents from being damaged and denatured which will reduce the potency of the extract.* Sip slowly to allow absorption in the mouth and throat.* This method makes it easier to become accustomed to the extract and to take larger doses of several different tinctures at once in a tonic program.*

For maximum potency: regularly consume the tincture within a period of 45 days; after 45 days of continuous consumption the extract may begin to gradually lose potency requiring a larger dosage to achieve similar benefit.* A bottle will generally last 10-30 days depending on dosage and concurrent supplementation programming.*

Further dosage reference: How to Take a Tonic Tincture

Questions and Answers

Common questions about Chaga Mushroom supplementation.

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Q: Why choose Chaga over other medicinal mushrooms?
A: Chaga is a wonderful detox mushroom that is the best choice to counteract environmental pollution. Unlike many western herbs, Chaga is tonic and promotes immune, glandular and organ health. Additionally, Chaga has a high amount of antioxidants and is an easy way to get a substantial dose in one to two droppers. The hydro-alcohol extract preserves these plant pigments very well and keeps them fresh.

Q: Do you use wild Chaga?
A: About 10% of the formula is wild Chaga. We prefer organic wood grown Chaga for consistency and a better tasting higher polysaccharide extract. Wild Chaga can have variances and depending on source and harvest.

Q: How does Chaga help the pineal gland?
A: Simply, Chaga, and to a similar extent Reishi, promote circulation and oxygenation of the glands in the body, including the brain. Antioxidants promote the health of capillaries, arteries and veins. Chaga contains melanin which supports pineal health. The combination of all these constituents and herbal actions makes it work.

Q: I get tired when I take Chaga, is this normal?
A: Chaga is a substantial stress-resistance tonic and will decrease the body's reaction to stress. Also, to get better results, be sure to eat something with Chaga as it may boost metabolism for rejuvenation.

Q: I truly love your products but I must inform you I have had two bottles of chaga in the last months that the applicator was not workable, therefore I had to pour the tonic at my own opinion and ended up using the bottle a lot earlier than I should have. Just informing you to let you know, thank you!
A: Do you mean the rubber bulb was not drawing the chaga up the tube?

Or, did you mean the end of the tube got clogged and needed to be rinsed out due to clumping at the bottom of the bottle? Because polysaccharides are semi-soluble in water, sometimes they clump, especially with extra-concentrated batches.

Feel free to pull the rubber bulb from the tube to clean it out and/or make sure the rubber bulb is fully attached to the tube with the rubber sealed around the big end.

That should help, we do try to check each dropper during bottling to see if they work. I'll let them know to keep an eye out for non-working droppers.