Piptoporus Betulinus (Birch Polypore) Medicinal Benefits

Hello All,

Straying completely away from flying relating postings and only slightly askew from prepping, I want you guys to get a clearer picture of the major health benefits available from this amazing mushroom. Piptoporus Betulinus (Birch Polypore), along with other similarly beneficial mushrooms such as Trametes Versicolor (Turkey Tail aka Coriolus) and Inonotus Obliquus (Chaga) can offer immune system boosting benefits. I suggest you search further and/or watch the video links embedded in this sentence for information regarding Turkey Tail and Chaga but in this post I will cover Birch Polypore.

Birch Polypore tends to only be found on Birch trees, it's a firm white mushroom that develops a 'tea stain' colouration on it's top surface as it matures. The rim and underside will remain white in colour but as the mushroom comes to the end of it's life, it will become bug-infested and rotten looking (especially underneath).

Just like Chaga and Turkey Tail, this mushroom has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-tumour and immune modulating properties.

The following two videos from Nyishar The Magical Birch Polypore! & The Secret Life Of The Birch Polypore! go into great detail regarding these benefits.

Below I will show you 2 B.P. mushrooms that I acquired and processed from a wood back in 2016 in order to make a 'tea'.

These mushrooms are quite firm and rubbery and cutting them up can be a bit challenging. With a very sharp kitchen knife, I cut them into roughly 10mm cubes, placed them onto a baking tray and left them in a warm spot in the house for several days to dry out. Once they were dried out, I gave them a quick blitz in a food processor. This soft, granular mass should now keep for many months it a secure tub or container.

In order to extract the maximum medicinal value out of these mushrooms, a small quantity (perhaps a tablespoon or two) should be simmered in a pan of a litre or two of water for several hours. Add more water if necessary or place lid on top of pan.

Although I've not got to the point of making the 'tea' as yet, I've read that it can be bitter to taste. Here is a video on a similar vein about making Chaga tea, I believe Chaga is a harder mushroom and is processed slightly different but still, it is an informative video.

One final thing, the 'skin' of these Birch Polypores make an excellent band-aid for dressing small wounds.

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Many thanks,

Rob.