The mushroom chaga (чага) has been used for centuries to fight disease and is even a listed treatment for cancer in Russia. There's three ways to take it and we started using all three.

Hot water extract. I add a piece to my tea while steeping.

Just eat it. I swallow the little piece with my tea.

Alcohol extract. We put it in vodka making "chadka", turns it green.

Warning, drinking too much chadka can cause you to do stupid things.

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