Something I've learned about through my autodidact pursuit about learning about trees is what chaga is. Here is a photo of young chaga on a birch tree in my Connecticut woods. I took the photo in December 2007 but didn't know what it was until a few months ago. I was curious about it back then but never took the time to figure it out until this year. Chaga has medicinal properties and has been used by people around the world for thousands of years. I have not yet wildcrafted chaga myself or used store bought chaga.
6 comments:
I never knew what those were. Now I'm going to see them everywhere...
Xa Lynn
Hello,
I am trying to find the page where you list all the resources you use for your subjects. I am not very internet savy. I love your blog. I am in my first year of homeschooling my 7th grader.
Thank you so much for your time.
Hi Nurjihan,
If you mean what resources I am using this year for my 6th grader here is that blog post.
http://thethinkingmother.blogspot.com/2011/09/grade-6-sons-homeschool-plan-2011-to.html
I didn't publish my grade 9 son's but maybe I should write it up.
Also these wind up changing as the year goes on. My 6th grader has stopped Teaching Textbooks 7 and started Khan Academy this month, for example.
LMK if this is what you wanted.
I’m sure it gave you personal satisfaction to discover something really good just within your means. Chaga doesn’t only look as a useful matter on the outside. But lies inside are a lot of medicinal benefits just waiting to be boiled, eh? :D Have you tried making some tea with it?
Mack Shepperson
Hi Mack,
I didn't do anything with the chaga because by the time I identified what was in the photo (which I'd taken months earlier) I had already moved from CT to TX. This was on my property in CT.
Also a week after this blog post was published we had a freak snowstorm in CT in October which killed many trees since they still had leaves on them at the time of the heavy snowfall. This tree was killed in that storm. When I returned to the tree in 2012 it was dead. I do not know if taking chaga from a now-dead tree is safe. Do you know?
In any event the property sold and I no longer have access to the dead tree.
Here you can find everything about Chaga Mushroom Benefits and Side Effects.
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