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Essiac Tea Cancer CureEssiac
is an herbal cancer treatment developed by a Canadian nurse, Renée Caisse (1888-1978).
(Essiac is Caisse spelled backwards.) Ms. Caisse claimed that the formula had been given
to her in 1922 by a patient whose breast cancer had been cured by a traditional Native
American healer in Ontario.
Thousands of patients have since been treated with this
herbal mixture, most of them at Caisse's own Bracebridge Clinic in Ontario. While this
clinic was shut down in 1942, the controversy over Essiac simmered for years. Charles
Brusch, MD--President John Kennedy's physician--is said to have declared that Essiac
‘cures cancer’. Essiac cannot be freely marketed in either the US or Canada.
However, a company in Ontario is allowed to provide Essiac to Canadian patients under a
special arrangement with health officials there. One problem is that Caisse never made the
formula public in her lifetime.
A number of companies now sell competing "original" Essiac in the form of a tea,
but the authenticity of some of these formulas are open to question. Since Essiac is now a
very well known treatment, it is important to point out that while Caisse did provide the
herbs for oral use, most of her greatest success would seem to have involved the
injectable form of the herbs. They would obviously be more potent and fast-acting if
administered in this way. Caisse actually felt quite strongly that this method of delivery
was the only way to assure that the body could resist malignancy.
As with many that experience the frontiers of knowledge, Caisse speculated about what many
to this day do not understand. She felt there was an undiscovered gland that was affected
by Essiac, one that acts to inhibit the supply of the substances that nourish cancer
cells. Everyone, even her strongest defenders, is quick to point out that while no one has
disproved her theory, no one has corroborated it either. This said, the four herbs that
everyone agrees are the cornerstones of the Essiac formula are fairly well understood.
Many users of Essiac believe that Essiac can and does
improve the body’s ability to fight cancer and that Essiac is effective at reducing
the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Users have reported that with
the reduction in chemotherapy/ radiation side effects, they are much better able to handle
the full course of their treatments - eliminating interruptions and delays in treatment.
In 1937, Dr. Emma Carson spent 24 days inspecting the
Bracebridge Clinic in Ottawa where Caisse had done most of her work. In reviewing 400
cases of cancer patients, she declared:
"The vast majority of Miss Caisse's patients are
brought to her for treatment after [conventional treatment] has failed and the patients
are pronounced incurable. The actual results from Essiac treatments and the rapidity of
repair were absolutely marvellous and must be seen to convincingly confirm belief."
The four core ingredients of Essiac:
• Burdock (Arctium lappa).
• Indian rhubarb (Rheum palmatum): This plant has been demonstrated to
have antitumor activity in the sarcoma 37-test system. Certain chemicals in Indian
rhubarb, such as aloe emodin, catechin, and rhein have shown antitumor activity in animal
test systems.
• Sorrel: Aloe emodin, isolated from sorrel, shows "significant
antileukemic activity."
• Slippery elm: Slippery elm contains
beta-sitosterol and a polysaccharide, both of which have shown anti-cancer activity.
According to the providers of the best-known version of
the formula:
"all four herbs normalize body systems by
purifying the blood, promoting cell repair, and aiding effective assimilation and
elimination. When combined, their separate beneficial effects are synergistically
enhanced."
Homemade, this treatment costs about 4 cents per day.
No wonder, in the era of $150,000 bone marrow transplants, Essiac is becoming more
popular. Several companies sell it and all claim to have the right formula.
Ingredients: The following makes a year's supply for
$5.00 or £3.72, according to Essiac
Essentials. Mix the herbs together very, very
thoroughly. Use 1 cup of herb mix per 2 gallons distilled water each time you brew.
THE
AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL ESSIAC TEA FORMULA
6
½ cups of burdock root (cut)
1
pound of sheep sorrel herb powdered
1/4
pound of slippery elm bark powdered
1
ounce of Turkish rhubarb root powdered
Mix
these ingredients thoroughly and store in glass jar in dark dry cupboard.
Take
a measuring cup, use 1 ounce of herb mixture to 32 ounces of water depending on the amount
you want to make.
I
use 1 cup of mixture to 8 x 32 = 256 ounces of water. Boil hard for 10 minutes (covered)
then turn off heat but leave sitting on warm plate over night (covered).
In
the morning heat steaming hot and let settle a few minutes, then strain through fine
strainer into hot sterilized bottles and sit to cool. Store in dark cool cupboard. Must be
refrigerated when opened. When near the last when its thick pour in a large jar and sit in
frig overnight then pour off all you [can] without sediment.
This
recipe must
be followed exactly
as written.
I
use a granite preserving kettle (10 – 12 qts), 8 ounce measuring cup, small funnel
and fine strainer to fill bottles.
Use a Zapper Digital with the Essiac
Tea treatment to enhance the cancer fighting benefits.
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