We would like to express our deep gratitude to the customers who trust and support Ohkinam Chaga.
Recently, numerous instances have been confirmed in major online communities and large portal cafes of malicious false information about chaga mushrooms being spread, and of illegal viral marketing activities that induce the purchase of specific products, and we would like to ask for your attention on this matter.
Currently, some advertising agencies and certain companies are carrying out work to deceive consumers in the following ways, systematically mobilizing numerous accounts.
1. Fabricating false cases: They write baseless posts to the effect that "After I consumed chaga mushrooms, my liver enzyme levels rose sharply, and I had to discontinue my cancer treatment."
2. Creating anxiety through manipulated comments: Multiple accounts post comments at the same time, saying "I also experienced similar side effects after taking chaga mushrooms," drawing out an atmosphere of fear.
3. Promoting and steering toward particular products: Afterward, another account appears and cunningly promotes a particular brand's product, saying "Instead of chaga mushrooms, I took the OOO product, my liver enzyme levels stabilized, and my body has recovered completely."
It is a natural economic activity for a company to legitimately publicize the excellence of its own products. However, the despicable way of doing business that exploits the anxious state of mind of patients and their families, who long for the recovery of their health with desperate hearts, distorts the facts, and recklessly disparages a particular food can never be tolerated.
I myself, the CEO of Ohkinam Chaga, am a person who has lived as a hepatitis B carrier since my younger years and has lived with exceptional vigilance regarding liver disease. In addition, the director of the convalescent home I operated for 14 years in the past also suffered from liver cancer for a long time. If chaga mushrooms had been a food that placed even the slightest strain on the liver, I, who am extremely sensitive about liver health, would never have made chaga mushrooms my lifelong vocation. For reference, I have been drinking chaga extract powder every single day without fail, beginning in 2003 and continuing through the present—a period of more than 20 years—and to date I have maintained a perfectly normal state of liver health.
Chaga mushrooms are a safe natural food that has been consumed as an everyday tea by the local people of Siberia for hundreds of years. Specialized research institutions, including the Ministry of Health of the former Soviet Union and the First Leningrad Medical Institute, conducted a long-term follow-up observational study spanning no less than about ten years on some 150 patients with hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. As a result, it was confirmed that chaga mushrooms inflict no toxicity whatsoever on normal cells and are safe even for long-term consumption, and a recommendation of chaga mushroom consumption was made at the national level.
Dear customers, please rest assured and do not be shaken by the distorted fear marketing and manipulated viral advertisements online. Our company plans to resolutely take all possible legal and institutional countermeasures against these illegal defamatory acts that infringe upon the public's right to know and threaten the health of patients.
Ohkinam Chaga will continue to repay the trust of our customers, keeping honest ingredients and strict processes without wavering.
Thank you.
- Kinam Oh, kinam_oh@hanmail.net
