Talk:Inonotus obliquus

message: I went through birch image on Commons. I found one that might be a Chaga mushroom. -- Petri Krohn 07:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, it's a burl, not chaga. --Albval (talk) 11:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image? 

message: I have created an article on resupination and linked to it from the word "resupinate" in this article.  My familiarity with resupination comes from the Orchidaceae.  Please replace my clunky treatment of fungal resupination with a good one.  Jay L09 (talk) 12:21, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resupination 

message: Any special reason why this page is listed under the species' common name, rather than the scientific one, (the normal Wikipedia protocol)? Sasata (talk) 16:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Sasata - the mushroom's proper (scientific) name is Inonotus obliquus, and "Chaga" is it's common name (at least in various parts of the world), so the page should be moved to Inonotus obliquus, with a mention to the fact that the mushroom's common name is Chaga, which is a latinisation of yada yada yada. ¬ jujimufu (talk) 15:59, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common vs. scientific name 

message: I have no idea what the author means by "epochal effect". Please be more specific.
Bhami (talk) 18:30, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "epochal effect" ? 

message: Couldn't hot water extraction also include water-insoluble components just by floating on the surface of water just like in cold water extractions? Seems hard to image that those water-insoluble components wouldn't come off of the plant material while boiling just because they wouldn't solve in the water. Make a cup of tea or coffee and you might see oily layer on the top. Isn't that oily layer all water-insoluble components that came off of the coffee beans or tea leafs? Are there any analysis studies of the contents of hot water extractions to back up that water-insoluble components are absent in hot water extractions?--Custoo (talk) 23:02, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  hot water extraction and water solubility  

message: There are hundreds of studies into Chaga in peer reviewed journals as a quick google scholar search reveals (including animal and human studies)
https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=inonotus+obliquus&btnG=
I believe the lack of mention of this is due to bias in the editor as it certainly isnt based on scientific evidence.
There have apparently been numerous studies on the subject of the medicinal qualities of the Chaga. I'm not sure what constitutes a clinical study, but I found some articles that reference studies. Do these not count?
95.195.201.26 (talk) 21:33, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  About this "no studies" thing... 

message: Chaga, ground and water extract, contains high level of oxalates: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25576897
These crystalize in kidney and may lead to kidney stones or failure: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23149251  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6033:15:5C3A:EDBA:5DC0:12EB (talk) 12:27, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oxalate toxicity 

message: Moved this one ref to here for archiving. Not cited in article, WP:ELNO. --Zefr (talk) 15:20, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian study 

message: Why have a section on preparation without description of usages? It has been believed to alleviate cancer symptoms. Russian articles say it was used for washing by Siberians. It was used for gastritis and for herbal teas. GregZak (talk) 09:37, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Such a source and claims of anti-disease activity are unreliable and nonsense. For editing medical content in the encyclopedia, please read WP:MEDRS. --Zefr (talk) 14:20, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usages