Bristol Fungarium have just launched their Organic UK Wild-Harvested Chaga Tincture, the first 1:4 Triple Extracted Tincture to be Soil Association Certified - and to donate funds from every sale back to reforestation initiatives in the Scottish Highlands.

Chaga is hailed as the most nutrient-dense super food in the world. known scientifically as Inonotus obliquus, this unique fungus takes up to 15 years to grow on mature birch trees and has been used for centuries as traditional medicine in Northern Europe & North America to improve overall health as well as immunity.

An antioxidant powerhouse - Chaga extract is a valuable supplement to inhibit oxidative stress, due to containing free radical scavengers - and strong ones at that. Particularly rich in the antioxidant known as Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), which is beneficial to the skin and shown to reduce free radical damage to ultimately prevent wrinkles, fine lines, and age spots.

Chaga is also one of the most alkaline food sources on earth due to their high mineral content i.e.: calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, rubidium, sulfur, and remarkably high zinc levels - and from an immunomodulatory perspective, it stimulates white blood cells, which are essential for fighting off harmful bacteria or viruses. As a result, Chaga can help fight infections — from minor colds to serious illnesses.

But, you can't eat Chaga to obtain these incredible benefits (it's form is similar to that of a tree conk, and it's almost as solid as the birch itself), so Bristol Fungarium take the fantastical fungi through a triple extraction process in the lab at their organic mushroom farm in Somerset, to create a potent 1:4 ratio tincture extract that can be added to water, juices, smoothies, or vegan recipes to make the bioactive compounds readily available and easily absorbed by the body.
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About Bristol Fungarium:

Bristol Fungarium's mission is to grow, process and provide the best medicinal mushroom products available here in the UK - with the least negative impact on the environment, while inspiring and educating people about the history, science and healing opportunities of the mushrooms they grow and love.

Striving to do things differently by offering native strains, organically grown, processed, and packed under a single roof. They are the first to not only make the whole supply chain short and transparent - but potentially the only company who knows exactly where the mushrooms they grow from clone to fully fledged fruit-body actually originated in the wild.

By prioritising strains that are native to the land, they are avoiding the spread of billions of spores from commercial mushroom species that have been selected specifically for their ability to grow fast and fruit heavily, and will therefore easily outcompete a lot of the mushroom strains we are so lucky to have here in the UK.

Their medicinal mushroom tinctures are also some of the most powerful extracts available in the UK at present - triple extracted using only the fruiting body at a 1:4 ratio for maximum efficacy and bioavailability, with everything being:

• 100% Soil Association Certified
• Fully vegan / never tested on animals
• Packaged in eco-friendly glass bottles
• Crafted in small batch runs to ensure fresh tinctures with maximum bioavailability of compounds that can otherwise degrade over time