Chaga (parasitic birch tree fungus), have you use it?

And what did it do? Symptom relief or healing?

I now find all this natural stuff quite fascinating, but also know you need to be careful with it. I have read Chaga should not be used with people who have blood sugar issues. I personally think anyone with chronic illness (especially those with autoimmune issues) should test glucose or or better yet, ac1 on occasion anyway.

I've seen this stuff in Birch forested areas in MN and Wis many times (and why did i get Lyme LOL), not knowing what it was. People just call it birch "cankers", not knowing there are several fungus things that grow on birch AND aspen, so its easily confused with other growths that might NOT be good for you. I've seen it at road side souvenir/gift/ folk art stores, and though who would buy this here? Indigenous tribal people used it from the area, and what "tribal healers" there are left still do.

That said I have never used it, so back to my original above question.

Theres some birch woods nearby, I might stroll over there once it gets cold (which is inevitably soon).

I dont like going off trail anymore unless the ticks are bukered down in the cold under snow.

So, I went Chaga hunting. Looked at about 50 birch on a lake, no chaga, just funny shelf like hard mushrooms on the trucks (perfect for holding a beer though!) Would have been fun to find some.

Guess I'll go with some organic Minnesota Chaga from a local store (gotta be better than some huge name brand).

Another thing to try. If I only try one new thing every 1-1/2 months, this could take a while!