22/03/2020
Consider Medicinal Mushrooms when you think about immune health. They offer potent immuno-modulating effects… Reishi, Lion’s Mane, Maitake, Turkey Tail can all help support the health and function of the immune system.
Yet it has been said that one of the most potent immune mushroom tonics of all is Chaga!
In traditional Chinese medicine, Chaga is classified as a powerful CHI/QI tonic - known to aid the Wei Qi. Wei Qi is also called the Surface Defense Qi. This protective Wei Qi barrier is somewhat similar to the Western concept of the Aura, however the Daoist Wei Qi is very different in emphasis, cultivation, and how it is used.
The Wei Qi is a protective energy field which emanates from the body guarding and protecting the immune system from external pathogenic influences, emotional energetics, climatic weather fluctuations, environmental toxins and electro-magnetic intrusions…The Wei Qi also regulates the body's ability to appropriately open and close the pores in the body, in order to defend oneself from pathogens while still being able to vent heat. The difference between two individuals exposed to the same pathogenic influence and one of these individuals becoming sick is the integrity of their respective Wei Qi.
By tonifying our Chi/Qi, consumption of potent Chi/Qi tonics like Chaga or Reishi are instrumental in defending the immune system from external pathogenic influences such as cold, germs, flus and viruses.
Never underestimate how helpful it is to supplement an herb that is able to replenish and support this vital life substance.
Studies have found that Chaga has antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-proliferative effects, and even “affords cellular protection against endogenous DNA damage” and oxidative stress. It has a rich makeup of betulin, melanin, polysaccharides, and other chemical constituents.
Along with high potency medicinal mushrooms there is also the practice of Qigong that can assist greatly in building Wei Qi.