Very often on birches you can see strange growths. This is not a disease, but a special kind of mushroom - chaga. Parasitizing on the tree and eating its juices, the fungus acquires amazing properties. However, few know how useful chaga. But in folk medicine it is used widely enough.
What is useful for chaga?
Use for medicinal purposes should only young mushrooms, in which the surface is not covered with a brown crust, but has a light tint. Useful properties of the fungus chaga are due to the presence in it of valuable trace elements, for example, iron, zinc and potassium , as well as special phytoncides that are found in the bark and birch sap. Therefore, they can treat a large number of different diseases, ranging from colds and gastrointestinal pathologies, ending with purulent wounds. To receive the inside of the chaga, decoctions are prepared, for external use, alcoholic tinctures are made.
Oil is also often used, which is prepared from an infusion of a mushroom mixed with vegetable oil and left for a while in a dark place. All useful properties of birch fungus chaga in such a concentrate are preserved to the fullest. They treat sinusitis, joint pain, vascular gauzes on the skin, tumors and bruises.
Decoctions of chaga are also used as a means of preventing oncological diseases.
Can I use chaga for weight loss?
Mushroom chagu and for weight loss can be fully used. But do not think that this magic tool will help immediately lose weight. Tincture of chaga with propolis and honey on an empty stomach can reduce appetite and improve metabolism , speeding up the process of splitting fatty deposits. But one will not be enough to get rid of extra pounds. We will also have to revise our menu, increasing the amount of plant food in it and reducing the share of smoked and fat. Also have to add a little exercise.