Chaga is truly a powerhouse when it comes to natural wellness. It’s packed with antioxidants, which can help support your body’s defenses against everyday stress. Chaga also contains long-chain polysaccharides that support your body’s natural energy production, offering a steady, sustained boost to help you take on the day. As one of the richest natural sources of melanin and antioxidants, Chaga benefits for skin can help support healthy and radiant skin from the inside out. And because Chaga is an adaptogen, it helps your body maintain balance and respond to stress in a healthy way. With its wealth of beneficial compounds— from polysaccharides and polyphenols to triterpenes and lignin—Chaga is a smart addition to your daily routine for overall vitality.
Chaga Mushroom Benefits
Chaga Warnings
While the list of Chaga health benefits is long, there are also some risks for certain users to be aware of. Chaga contains oxalates, so folks with a history of kidney stones or osteoporosis may opt to avoid it.
Additionally, folks with diabetes, blood clotting disorders, or who take medications that regulate blood pressure should consult with their doctor before trying Chaga. Learn more about the warnings and side effects of chaga.

The Ultimate Guide to Chaga
Looking for even more information on all things Chaga? Check out our comprehensive guide with everything we know about Chaga. Learn how it grows, how we harvest it sustainably, and how we use Chaga to make our products.
Chaga Tincture – We make dual-extract Chaga mushroom tincture using just three simple ingredients: Chaga, organic cane alcohol, and distilled water. No fillers, no fake stuff from China.
Chaga Tea & Chaga Coffee – If you want a Chaga mushroom supplement without alcohol, we have Chaga mushroom tea as well as Chaga coffee.
Chaga Mushroom Powder – We also make an instant extract powder that’s ready to go in your beverage of choice. ChagaNOW is Birch Boys’ own Chaga mushroom extract powder, made only from 100% USA-sourced Chaga with no additives.
Raw Chaga Mushroom – For DIYers that want to perform their own extractions on chaga.
Chaga Skincare – Did you know Chaga is great for skin health too? We’ve formulated Chaga skincare products that help keep your skin healthy and radiant.
Frequently asked questions about Chaga
All of our Chaga is sustainably wild-harvested right here in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. We lease over 220,000 acres of wild forest land for harvesting Chaga and other fungi.
Yes, our Chaga is third-party lab tested for its purity and contents. You can read our COA for yourself to see just exactly what is inside our tinctures.
The most beneficial compounds found within chaga, like betulinic acid, come directly from the birch tree. Chaga that grows on maple, ironwood, or other types of trees won’t contain the same compounds as birch chaga.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Birch Boys Products are not intended to treat, cure, diagnose or prevent any disease.