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Functional mushrooms have a long history of being used for medicinal purposes worldwide. Many bacteria fungi, including Reishi and Turkey Tail, have many potential health benefits, from supporting immune health to combating cancerous cells. These functional mushroom benefits come from the many nutrients and bioactive ingredients contained inside them. Of particular note is a polysaccharide called beta-glucan, which is a potent biological response modifier. Learn how beta glucan supplementation can stimulate the immune system and boost your overall health and why functional mushrooms are the best way to get them. What Is Beta Glucan? Beta glucans are a polysaccharide, like cellulose, glucose, and...

You may have heard about the benefits of Chaga before, but did you know it can promote healthy skin as well? Chaga mushroom inonotus obliquus has been used around the world for centuries. Typically found on birch trees in Russia, Japan, China, Korea, Alaska, and Canada. The multitude of Chaga health benefits has made it popular for improving overall health and treating illnesses. With so many benefits Chaga can improve skin health as well. Chaga Mushroom Skin Benefits Chaga comes with a variety of benefits that can help support the appearance and health of skin, hair, and nails. It contains many...

What is Chaga Mushroom? Chaga Mushroom grows on Birch trees in cold climates throughout North America, Russia, and the Northern hemisphere. Chaga mushroom Inonotus Obliquus looks like burnt charcoal or a encrusted black formation on birch trees. What is Chaga Tea Made From? Simply put, people make chaga tea by drying and milling chaga mushroom. The different grinds of the mushroom offer different options for brewing. Broken into pieces or chunks, ground to a course consistently similar to coffee called tea-cut, or milled into a powder. chunks Tea Powder fine powder Extracted Powder Traditional tea bag chaga extract The concept of extracted powder refers to...

The Mushroom of Immortality The Reishi mushroom ganoderma lucidum lingzhi has been mentioned in Chinese texts from the Han dynasty, about 2,000 years ago. It has also been depicted in ancient paintings, carvings, and pieces of furniture.  Used as traditional chinese medicine for thousands of years giving it the distinction of having the oldest written record of any other medicinal mushroom.  Reishi has been used since ancient times in a variety of cultures.  Revered by Eastern medicine as the "queen of mushrooms." Many believed reishi mushrooms prolonged life and prevented aging. However, because of how difficult it was to find and harvest in the...

As you read these words, fungi are changing the way that life happens, as they have done for more than a billion years. They are eating rock, making soil, digesting pollutants, nourishing plants, surviving in space, producing food, and making medicines. Medicinal mushrooms are a type of fungi that are highly nutritious and have a wide variety of health benefits. They have been used since ancient times for their medicinal properties and are still commonly used today. Many fungi boost the immune system, are filled with antioxidants, help treat and prevent cancer, and much more. Here's a comprehensive guide on some...