Chaga (other names: tinder fungus, inonotus, birch mushroom) is a parasitic plant that appears on damaged trees, most often birches, but sometimes settles on other deciduous trees - aspen, rowan, alder, maple.
Chaga for prostatitis does not help cope with the cause of the disease, but helps reduce symptoms and prevents the development of complications.
Beneficial features
Medicinal properties are based on the chemical composition. The main active ingredient is melanin. Contains a large amount of organic acids: acetic, oxalic, formic, agaricic. It also contains many micro- and macroelements (manganese, calcium, zinc, iron), resins, polysaccharides, tannins, sterols, lignin, polysaccharides, terpenoids.
Treatment with chaga for prostate cancer has been studied in many domestic and foreign laboratories. In all cases, scientists came to the conclusion that chaga and prostate cancer (as well as oncological processes in other organs) reduce their activity and division. This is due to the presence of pterins in the composition, which have a powerful antitumor effect.
Thanks to such a rich chemical composition, tinder fungus is used in the treatment of various diseases:
- genitourinary system;
- oncology;
- of cardio-vascular system;
- metabolic disorders;
- decreased immunity;
- dermatological
The mushroom is useful because it has:
- anti-inflammatory;
- immunostimulating;
- antitumor;
- antiseptic;
- hemostatic;
- diuretic;
- choleretic properties.
In addition, birch mushroom improves the functioning of the nervous system and has an adaptogenic effect on the body.
Caution is required when taking mushroom-based folk remedies for:
- proneness to allergies;
- bowel disorders (constipation, diarrhea);
- irritable bowel syndrome;
- taking antibiotics.
How to prepare
You can harvest raw materials at any time of the year, but it is best to do it in the fall. At this time, birch chaga accumulates the maximum amount of useful substances.
It is necessary to cut from still living trees, in environmentally friendly places, away from roads and industries. The growths on fallen trunks do not have medicinal properties. You cannot take an old mushroom (black).
After separation from the tree, it is necessary to remove the bark and crumbling parts. Dry on a stove or in the oven on a wire rack at low temperature. Can be stored for 2 years.
Recipes
Preparations from chaga for the treatment of adenoma and prostatitis are prepared only from mushrooms collected from birch trees. Before cooking, you need to inspect the raw materials for rot. Treatment of prostatitis with chaga is most often carried out according to the following recipes:
- water decoction;
- water infusion;
- tea;
- use of pharmaceutical extract.
Decoction
To prepare the decoction:
- Take 100 g of raw materials and 500 ml of water.
- Place on fire and boil.
- After boiling, place on low heat for another 30 minutes.
- Let cool to room temperature.
You can drink chaga throughout the day; it is best to divide the intake into 2 times - morning and evening.
To enhance the healing effect, hazel and chaga are mixed. To prepare the decoction you need to take 3 tbsp. l. mushroom and 2 tbsp. l. hazel leaves, pour 400 ml of water and boil for 5 minutes. Cool, strain and take 10 ml of chaga for prostate adenoma half an hour before meals 3 times a day. Duration of treatment is 2 weeks.
Infusion
Prepare the chaga infusion as follows:
- Raw materials and boiling water are prepared, the required proportions are 1 tbsp. l. chopped mushroom per 100 ml of water.
- Everything is poured into a thermos, closed and infused for 2 days.
- Before use, filter the tincture through cheesecloth.
- You need to take 50 ml of infusion 2 times a day, morning and evening.
- The course of treatment is a month. The finished broth should be stored in the refrigerator, but no longer than two to three days.
Tea
Tea made from tinder fungus is much healthier than classic green and black drinks. But you need to know how to brew chaga correctly. There are several rules:
- The water temperature for brewing should be no higher than 90 degrees.
- Do not use with fatty, smoked, spicy and salty foods.
- To enhance properties and improve taste, you can add honey rather than sugar to tea.
The simplest recipe for making tea is to brew it with hot water for a few minutes.
You can complicate the recipe by adding medicinal herbs, lemon, ginger, mint, kelp.
You can drink tea throughout the day, but not more than 100 ml at a time.
Extract
You can buy birch mushroom extract in the pharmacy chain. Its use is carried out according to the instructions, the dosage depends on the concentration and composition. The extract can also be used to create multi-component medicines by adding to infusions and decoctions of other plants.
