Description
Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is a highly prized tonic fungus (mushroom), long used in traditional Siberian, Korean, Chinese, North European and Scandinavian herbalism. It is found growing wild in old forests throughout the colder regions of Northern Asia, Northern Europe and North America. The best Chaga is believed to come from subarctic birch forests in Siberia. Dragon Herbs premium Wild Siberian Chaga is collected from remote near-arctic Siberian forests. In Russia, after ten to fifteen years of parasitism on birch trunks, the black shapeless overgrowth of fungus acquires the status of Chaga. At 20 years Chaga is considered herbally fully mature. The vast majority of Chaga used to make formulations sold in the United States use Chaga that has not achieved maturity, and is therefore not truly Chaga. In fact, there are Chaga farms in tropical countries such as Myanmar that produce Chaga in just 3 or 4 years, but this Chaga is not even close to the potency of Siberian Chaga that has reached full maturity after 20 years of wild arctic growth. Why Siberian Chaga? Like ALL major tonic herbs, the source of the raw material (the herb) should be selected based on both tradition and modern chemical analysis to assure the best product. Dragon Herbs is a Di Tao company, meaning we use only raw materials from the authentic source to make our herbal products. The source of the raw material for Dragon Herbs Wild Siberian Chaga is a remote region of Siberia in northern Russia. Chaga grows in many places, but chemical analysis has definitively demonstrated that genuine wild Siberian Chaga is the most potent form of Chaga. Wild Siberian Chaga has special properties that must be sensitively extracted.