When my doctor came to stand beside my hospital bed and told me
my bowel tumor was malignant, I reeled with shock. My roommate was an
elderly woman whose daughter was visiting her just then. The daughter
came to my bed gave me a piece of paper and said, "I heard what the
doctor said. I've been praying for you all week. My brother had colon
cancer seven years ago and he is well. He drinks Essiac tea. Here is
a telephone number of a friend who brews the tea. Give him a call.
You will be all right."
That was nine years ago this week! I'll never forget the moment-
a divine appointment for sure. We checked out the tea at a health food
store. We checked it with a naturopath. A friend who had succesfully
batled uteran, breast and later lung cancer, wrote me a lovely letter
recommending I drink the tea among other things.
Here's the story of how the tea came to be.
In 1922, a registered nurse, Rene Caisse, received the recipe for an old
Indian herbal tea from an elderly patient who claimed it had cured her of
breast cancer. In the next few years, Rene Caisse successfully used the
herbal tea to extend the lives of two terminal cancer patients, her mother
and her aunt, by 18 and 21 years.
Local doctors began sending her hopeless cancer patients to be treated
with her tea. In 1934, Rene opened a Cancer Clinic in facilities given
her by the town of Bracebridge, Ontario, where she treated a large number
of patients a week. Some of these patients were still alive in 1977. Of
the patients who did not survive the cancer, many lived longer and with
less pain than had been expected.
Doctors came from all over to observe Rene's work. Dr. Banting, the
discoverer of insulin, offered her the chance to do clinical studies.
Rene declined because she did not want to close her Bracebridge Clinic.
Doctors and patients petitioned the government to allow the use of her
tea (which she named "Essiac," the backward spelling of her last name)
as a cancer treatment. Rene was threatened with jail, but since she
could prove results and didn't charge a fee, she was allowed to continue
her practice.
In 1937, a provincial parliament member's private bill, supported by
55,000 signatures came within three votes of legalizing the tea as a
cancer treat- ment. Despite this setback, Rene worked for the remaining
40 years of her life to provide Essiac for those in need. Rene observed
that the primary cancer growth would enlarge at first as it drew
metastasized cells back to the original growth. The cancer would then
slough off and be eliminated through normal bodily excretions.
In 1977 Rene signed all rights to the recipe and the name Essiac over
to Resperin Corporation for $1.00. She died in 1978 at the age of 90.
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The Essiac recipe contains sheep sorrel, burdock root, slippery
elm bark, turkey rhubarb root and red clover blossoms. These herbs contain
at least 29 active nutrients - all beneficial to the body to purify the
blood and remove harmful toxins. The origin of cancer is believed to be
cell mutations. A healthy immune system can destroy deformed cells -
cells which break the rules. But we've overloaded our immune system today
as it also has to deal with harmful chemicals we ingest through our air,
water and food. Some of these chemicals are proven to be carcinogenic -
play a role in increased cell mutations and development of tumors.
Essiac strengthens and aids in flushing out what is potentially harmful.
Makes sense to me!
During my chemotherapy treatments, I took 2 oz. of Essiac three
times a day. Since then I've been taking 1-2 oz. a day. Hubby, Joe, makes
it (adds a cup of hot water) and brings it to me in bed! He also takes
responsibily to buy it and sees to it that I never run out. He says he
wants to keep me!
Angie
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