Essiac Tea

Essiac is an herbal combination formula made up of the following herbs: white willow bark, sheep sorrel, rhubarb root, slippery elm bark, burdock root, watercress, blessed thistle, kelp, red clover. (Ref 216)

Essiac is an herbal decoction with proven healing properties. Freely given by an Ojibwa medicine man in 1892, it has generated one of the most compelling stories in modern medicine. Rene M. Caisse, the woman who spelled her name backwards to give it a name, cured her mother of terminal cancer with it in 1924, then proceeded to successfully treat thousands of cancer patients over the next 54 years. The government and the medical establishment in both the U.S. and Canada reacted with vindictiveness, surveilling her, sabotaging her research, and threatening her with arrest and imprisonment. She persisted but so did the establishment, and today Essiac is only slightly closer to legalization as a treatment for cancer than it was in 1924 when Rene Caisse cured her mother with it. There is change afoot, compelling change in public attitutes about personal choice in health care. There are new laws on the books in several states that legalize the use of unapproved therapies by physicians (i.e., Oregon) typically pioneers like Rene Caisse do not see their work come to full fruition in their lifetimes, but we believe she will not have missed it by much.

What Essiac does: Essiac activates the body's own natural defenses without becoming habit-forming. Most patients experience less pain and overall improvement with the consistent use of Essiac and some patients continue to live for many years in good health. These four herbs, Burdock, Slippery Elm, Sheep Sorrel, and Turkish Rhubarb each have significant therapeutic effects on the body, and when they are combined, there is a synergistic effect.

1.Helps to cleanse the blood
2.Normalize the enzymes
3.Promotes cellular repair, and aids effective assimilation and elimination
4.Regulates cholesterol levels by transforming sugar into energy
5.Makes bones and joints, ligaments, lungs strong and less vulnerable
6.Nourishes and stimulates the brain and nervous system
7.Expels mucus clearing the lungs
8.Helps eliminate heavy metal toxins in tissues (aluminum, mercury poisoning)
9.Purifies the blood
10.Increases red blood cell production
11.Protects the body against radiation damage
12.Helps destroy parasites in the digestive tract
13.Prevents the buildup of fatty deposits in heart kidney and liver
14.Assists the liver in producing lecithin, which forms the myelin sheath protecting nerve fibers.