Exploring Birch Polypore: The Wonder Fungus of the Woods
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- The birch polypore is abundant across Europe and North America. It's a first aid kit in a fungus that has many uses. In this video I concentrate on its use as an anti-viral remedy during flu season.
I cover in brief its other uses, where to find it, how to prepare, dry and make a tea from it.
I mention a paper in the video, which can be found here:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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😂LOL 😅 🤣Thought it was crying but it was ONLY the CAT 🐈 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ LOVE 💕 IT!
@@deanframe9095 She's very vocal! 😀
Nature talks to me and I’m sick right now and I walk outside barefoot to let the earth heal naturally and I walked over to the bitch tree in my yard and it’s got a bunch of these mushrooms soo I’m learning about them and they are the key to my ultimate healing, I believe. Thank you for being you and teaching me something new about strength of nature(: im gonna go pick some now and dry em and make some tea to heal me.
Last weekend, while on a family hike, my son and I were looking for chaga since there was a lot of white and river birch in the area. We found birch polypores but didn't know they were an excellent medicinal as well, so we left them. Now, I'm planning to go back to that trail so I can harvest the polypores. Thank you for this excellent, informative video!
Really pleased you found it useful! Unfortunately for me chaga doesn't grow in my part of the world. I need to head north to Scotland but I will be taking a look around in Finland this December 😀
I thought the mushroom cried when you cut it but it was the cat 🤣 drinking lots of chaga & birch polypore tea here in Sweden. thanks for linking to the studies!
😂 that made me laugh thank you! Diddums is quite vocal all the time - usually when I want some quiet to film a video! You must be enjoying the chaga! It’s not at all common here in the south of England. It’s far more abundant further north. Thanks for watching and for taking time to comment 😀
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I mix my mushroom teas with my favorite teas
Yaayy another channel with foraging videos! Now I will proceed to watch them all 😀
Hope you enjoy them! Not very many yet but will be more soon!
Turkeytail 🦃🍄mushroom is another good one.
Hey, absolutely! It’s on my list of ones to cover! I sometimes make a blend of birch polypore, turkey tail and artist bracket if I’m very poorly! 😀
Off to make the tea now 👌🏿
Really interesting video. Never knew Birch Polypore had these benefits. Will give this a try. Thanks
You can also include turkey tail mushrooms and the arnica plant in these natural remedies. Scottish international rugby star, Finn Russel, takes these things to cure injuries and relieve pain naturally, he learned these things from his mum. You can check out his story in the 'Sottish Daily Express' newspaper. He's gone o to win 62 Scotland caps as a result of taking natural treatments.
Just started collecting some the past few weeks, should keep us going throughout the winter. What I also found and identified is my first Chaga, but it's a bit to high to get unless I come up with a cunning plan !
That’s great! Unfortunately for me chaga doesn’t grow anywhere around me. Not the right environment for it!
very informative and complete sir! good vid 🙂
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Nice. Thanks
Thanks for watching! Glad you found it useful!
I found one growing on my burning wood a few days ago. I know now what I'm gonna do with it. Thanks
Glad you found the video useful! 😀
Interesting 🤔
Thank you for sharing this information 🤎
Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful!
I brewed up Birch Polypore tea all last week for this never ending cough. No sugar coating - it tastes awful. I just drink it straight and chase it at the end with a shot of tomato juice. No way I could get my wife to drink it. This week I switched to Chaga and actually like it. My wife and I are both drinking it now. With either you can take a cup out then put more water in. You can do this at least a half dozen times and still get a nice dark drink. Just don't let it boil - slow simmer for an hour or so to start. When you are ready to do a new batch you can put all the "leavings" in a pot or bucket and save it for your vegetable garden.
Thanks for sharing! I know many people don’t like the bitter taste but tbh I don’t find it too bad. My youngest daughter quite likes drinking it but the other detests it! 😀
I enjoy it as a tea with liquorice root for sweetness 🪬
Lovely little video. Reninded me to brew the polypore I have in the fridge. Thinking would be a good idea to pick and freeze for when ill
Thank you :) You could freeze them but I usually just dry them. I was actually out this afternoon foraging for a few which I will slice up and dry!
@@liveandgrow I should really get drying. I am a lazy herbalist, end up drying small amounts without labelling then forgetting what herb it was ;) Gonna try the Henriette Kress fly agaric tincture you shared. Thanks for that, always get people asking me about sciatica. It's a hard one.
I usually put a small pinch of salt into my tea and coffee water before brewing. It really does cut the bitterness !
Would it be okay to do the same when making tea from this polypore ? Wanted to be sure the salt doesnt chemically alter the medicinal qualility of the brew.
Thank you, the video is clear and very helpful .
North Carolina, USA
I add the polypore to soups with salt content and don’t have any issues but I couldn’t tell you definitively without looking into it specifically I’m afraid!
Glad you liked the video and thanks for the feedback!
nice video, would suggest to also add the scientific name for the mushroom in the video description: Fomitopsis betulina
Thanks for the feedback and the suggestion!
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I'm confused. I've never heard of Birch Polypore. I've heard of Chaga, but I don't know if this is the same thing. I think people should learn more about identifying Birch trees and Birch Polypore, as opposed to similar looking plants. It's a wild mushroom. Many plants have look-a-likes.
Chaga is a different fungi. Very different in looks. It’s very uncommon where I live but the Birch Polypore is very abundant!
..hey great chanel you have..must find some near by..poor immune system !!
Regards Lizard cornwall 😎
I make biochar from dead mushrooms to grow more mushrooms 🏴☠️🇨🇦☮️
Interesting!
Looks very much like a pancake