Harmonic Arts Chaga Concentrated Mushroom Powder
I've been experimenting with mushroom powders in skin care, and now you can, too! This product is extracted from the fruiting body of Chaga mushroom using both hot water and alcohol making it very soluble and thus readily available for absorption by skin.
Chaga mushroom shows up as a sclerotia (concentrated growth) that is found mostly on birch trees in the northern regions of our planet. It has been used for at least several hundred years in Russia and Eastern Europe and is well known and used extensively by indigenous people of northern Canada, Europe and Siberia. As a superfood and medicine Chaga has gained much popularity over the last 10 years, mostly due to its heavily researched potential anti-tumor and immuno-modulating properties. Chaga is also employed as a potent antioxidant for which it is starting to get quite a reputation.
Indeed, it is these antioxidants (primarily polyphenols, which are components of melanin and hispidin analogs, and superoxide dismutase and catalase) that help to reduce cellular damage while improving elasticity and potentially minimizing the effects of scarring. Naturally occurring betulonic acid and zinc help to regenerate skin cells to facilitate healing. And, it's anti-inflammatory properties are especially beneficial to skin prone to swelling and/or redness. All in all, a fantastic ingredient to help protect skin.
This dual extracted powder blends easily with water for use as a mask. Use it alone or blended with a light clay to help draw impurities away from the skin.
Please note: This product is offered for use in facial care. For use as a dietary supplement, please consult your health care provider for information specific to your individual needs, including suitability for internal use during pregnancy/nursing.
Ingredients
Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) extracted in alcohol and hot water. 9:1
4.5g/dose 30% polysaccharides
Fruiting Body Only
Format
**Formerly named Dual Extracted Mushroom
45 g packed in an amber glass bottle. Once opened, this product is final sale.
To effectively control moisture within the package the use of a desiccant is recommended. It is included in the finished good and should be kept with the product while stored, tightly closed when the product is not in use.
Sourcing
Sustainably cultivated on living birch trees in an organic-certified Siberian forest. This ensures a high concentration of betulinic acid and triterpenes.