Chaga Mushroom | Tea, Medicine, Fire Starter, History & Fabric Dye

Hemp the dog and I set forth to see what the Chaga fungus (Inonotus Obliquus) is all about. We ski over a wintery landscape to harvest a small amount for fire making and brew a medicinal Chaga tea in our Igloo. We discuss the life cycle of the fungus, it’s history and how it has been used by the peoples of the northern hemisphere for probably thousands of years. I have heard it is an excellent fire making fungus so we put that to the test! We try landing a spark on it and also igniting it by friction in the form of a hand drill and bow drill. We take an in-depth look at the purported medicinal compounds in the fungus that can be extracted by hot water and finally we make a delicious Chaga hot chocolate and a Chaga Tie-dye T shirt.
Promising human cell and animal studies

.Continuous intake of the Chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) aqueous extract suppresses cancer progression and maintains body temperature in mice

.Chaga (Inonotus obliquus), a Future Potential Medicinal Fungus in Oncology? A Chemical Study and a Comparison of the Cytotoxicity Against Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells (A549) and Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells (BEAS-2B)

.Inonotus obliquus Polysaccharide Ameliorates Azoxymethane/Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis-Associated Cancer in Mice via Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome

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Time Stamps
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - The Chaga Mushroom
01:00 - What we are looking for
01:15 - Unfortunate overharvesting
01:40 - Skiing to find the Chaga
02:25 - What is a Chaga mushroom?
03:00 - Chaga Anatomy
03:35 - Rare Chaga fruiting body and spores
04:07 - How to find a Chaga Mushroom
04:40 - Chaga Identification
05:00 - Chaga resilience and medicine
05:36 - History of Chaga
05:43 - Chaga in Russia
06:15 - Chaga in China and Japan
06:36 - Native American history of Chaga
08:41 - Give something back to nature
08:59 - Harvesting Chaga mushroom
10:05 - Chaga crust vs interior uses
10:51 - Fire making with Chaga using sparks
14:00 - How to make Chaga Tea
18:47 - Medicinal benefits of Chaga mushroom
23:53 - What does Chaga tea taste like
25:35 - Chaga fire making with hand drill and bow drill
29:21 - Chaga hot chocolate and Tie-dye T shirt
31:41 - Chaga hot chocolate
33:08 - Preparing the Dye and T shirt
35:03 - Chaga mushroom fabric dye
36:09 - Chaga Tie-dye T shirt result
Disclaimer
By examining the possible historical uses and medicinal compounds of this fungus I am not suggesting it should be used instead of a clinical medical approach to curing disease and illness. There is still a lot of research to be done on the Chaga to determine its medicinal benefits, dosing etc in human trials. Mushroom foraging can be dangerous. Never consume wild mushrooms unless you are 100 percent sure that you have the one you are looking for. Wild mushrooms can be deadly.

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