Essiac Tea - Holistic Healer!

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Essiac Tea Remedy - Want to know someclaims about Essiac Tea?

Some of the claims involving Essiac include:

*It strengthens the immune system
*Improves well being
*Relieves pain
*Increases appetite
*Reduces tumor size
*Increases life-expectancy
*Lubricates bones and joints

Essiac Tea has been thought to help many cancer patients through out the world, however it is not a proven remedy or cure for any type of cancer. What cures one patient, may not have any affect on another.

Essiac was originally brought to public attention in 1922 when a Canadian Nurse named Rene Caisse learned of the tea from a patient who claimed she had breast cancer and was healed with a herbal tea of a native medicine man. She then got the recipe and reportedly treated her aunt's stomach cancer with the tea, her aunt was cured and later her mother was treated with the tea for liver cancer, her mother too was cured. Rene went on to treat thousands, free of charge with her tonic.

The original recipe was made up of 4 herbs. Burdock Root, Slippery Elm Inner Bark, Sheep Sorrel and ...
... Turkish Rhubarb Root. It is said this recipe originated from a "Native Medicine Man". There have been additions and changes to the original 4 herb recipe, however it is the original recipe that made such curing medical claims.

The recipe for Essiac has been public knowledge since 1988, and the preparation of the tea must be exact. Dr, Gary Glum released the following recipe as the original in 1988 from the affadavit of Mary McPherson who perpared the tea under the direct supervision of Rene Caisse for years.

Essiac

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.

I hope you enjoyed this information about Essiac Tea.