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The Incredible Story of Essiac
With her doctor's permission, Rene began to administer the herbal remedy to other terminal cancer patients, who had been given up by the medical profession as incurable. Most recovered. Rene then began to collect the herbs herself, prepare the remedy in her own kitchen, and treat hundreds of cancer cases. She found that Essiac, as she named the herbal remedy (her own name backwards), could not undo the effects of severe damage to the life support organs. In such cases however, the pain of the illness was alleviated and the life of the patient often extended longer than predicted. In other cases, where the life support organs had not been severely damaged, cure was complete, and the patients sometimes lived another 35 or 40 years. Some are still alive today. Rene selflessly dedicated herself to helping these patients. She continued to treat hundreds of patients from her home. She did not charge for her services. Donations were her only income. They barely kept her above the poverty line. Over the years, word of her work began to spread. The Canadian medical establishment did not take kindly to this nurse administering this remedy directly to anyone with cancer who requested her help. Thus began many years of harassment and persecution by the Canadian Ministry of Health and Welfare. Word of this struggle was carried throughout Canada by newspapers. The newspaper coverage of Rene's work began to make her famous throughout Canada. Word was also spread by the families of those healed by Essiac. Eventually the Royal Cancer Commission became interested in her work. They undertook to study Essiac. In 1937 the Royal Cancer Commission conducted hearings on Essiac. Much testimony was furnished that Essiac was a cure for cancer. Eventually the Canadian Parliament, prodded by newspaper coverage and the widespread support generated by Rene by former patients and grateful families, voted in 1938 on legislation to legalise the use of Essiac. Fifty-five thousand signatures were collected on a petition presented to the parliament. The vote was close, but Essiac failed by three votes to be approved as an officially sanctioned treatment for cancer. The complete story of Rene Caisse's life and struggles is told in a book written by Dr. Gary L. Glum, entitled The Calling of an Angel. It tells of the documented recoveries of thousands of cancer patients who had been certified in writing by their doctors as incurable. Rene continued her work for 40 years until her death in 1978. Rene had entrusted her formula to several friends, one of whom passed the formula along to Dr. Glum. Of interest is that, in the 1960's, Rene Caisse worked with the well-known Brusch Clinic in Massachusetts. Dr. Charles A. Brusch was the personal physician for President John F. Kennedy. After 10 years of research into Essiac, Dr Brusch made the following statement: "Essiac is a cure for cancer, period. All studies done at laboratories in the United States and Canada support this conclusion." A testimonial letter from Dr. Brusch is included in this handbook. Further details are explained in Dr. Glum's book. Instructions on how to order a copy of the book are contained in this handbook. Dr. Glum also distributes, free of charge, the complete formula for Essiac along with instructions on how to brew it. This information is also contained in this handbook. We are indebted to Dr. Glum for his work. He has undergone significant sacrifice to get this information to us. Dr. Glum has also been harassed by his government for his efforts to inform us about Essiac. We trust he is somehow recompensed and rewarded for the losses he has incurred whilst working to spread the word of Rene Caisse's herbal formula. Sheep Sorrel: Sheep Sorrel is viewed as the primary healing herb in Essiac. Burdock Root: Slippery Elm Inner Bark:
It contains as its primary ingredient, a mucilage, as well as quantities of gallic acid, phenols, starches, sugars and vitamins A, B, complex, C, K, and P. It contains large amounts of calcium and selenium and trace amounts of iron, phosphorous, silicon and zinc. Slippery Elm Bark is known among herbalists for its ability to cleanse, heal and strengthen the body. Rhubarb: Rhubarb root contains vitamin A and many of the B complex, C, and P. Its high mineral content includes calcium, chlorine, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, potassium, silicon, sodium, sulphur and zinc. REPORTED
BENEFITS OF ESSIAC 1. Prevents the build up of fatty deposits in artery
walls, heart, kidney and liver. CHRONIC
FATIGUE, We have found Essiac to be very helpful to many people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer's. We have also witnessed very rapid recoveries among chronic fatigue sufferers. Usually they report a dramatic increase in energy. Some Multiple Sclerosis sufferers had less dramatic but steady improvements in their conditions. One lady put her crutches away after taking Essiac for three months. Alzheimer's sufferers have reported improvements. Some with Arthritis have reported improvement, although apparently not all arthritic sufferers are helped by Essiac. It appears that Essiac's actions to remove heavy metals, detoxify the body, restore energy levels and rebuild the immune system all act to restore the body to a level where it is better able to defeat the illness in question. In other words, Essiac seems to help in the rebuilding of the immune system and improves the illness defeating ability of the body so that it can then rid itself of the illness. ESSIAC AND AIDS In 1993, Dr. Gary Glum worked with an AIDS project
in Los Angeles. The project had sent 179 AIDS patients home to die. They
had pneumocystis carinii and histoplasmosis and were all underweight.
The project gave Dr. Glum five of these patients to work with. He took them off AZT and put them on a protocol, taking 2 ounces of Essiac three times a day. By February of 1994, all of the other patients had died. Dr. Glum's five patients were still alive. They were exercising, eating three meals a day, their weights were back to normal and they had no appearance of illness. AN ENDORSEMENT BY DR. WHITAKER, M.D. Dr. Julian Whitaker publishes a very informative and enlightening monthly newsletter named Health and Healing. It has 430,000 subscribers. In his November 1995 issue, he had an article entitled "What I Would Do If I Had Cancer". He states that if he had cancer he personally would follow a regime which included Essiac Tea. Dr. Whitaker has over twenty years' experience. He has written five major health books: Reversing Heart Disease, Reversing Diabetes, Reversing Health Risks, A Guide to Natural Healing and Is Heart Surgery Necessary? Dr. Whitaker directs the Whitaker Wellness Institute in Newport Beach, California, which has treated thousands of patients. RENE CAISSE: "I could see the changes in some of the patients. A number of them, presented to me by their doctors after everything known to medical science had been tried and failed, were literally carried into my clinic for their first treatment. To later see these same people walk in on their own, after only five or six treatments, more than repaid me for all my endeavours. I have helped thousands of such people. I offered the treatment at no charge." "Most importantly, and this was verified in animal tests conducted at the Brusch Medical Centre and other laboratories, it was discovered that one of the most dramatic effects of taking this remedy was its affinity for drawing all of the cancer cells which had spread, back to the original site at which point the tumour would first harden, then later soften until it vanished altogether. In other cases, the tumour would decrease in size to where it could be surgically removed with minimal complications."
CHARLES A BRUSCH, M.D. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I personally monitored the use of this old therapy along with Rene Caisse R.N., whose many successes were widely reported. Rene worked with me at my medical clinic in Cambridge, Massachusetts where, under the supervision of 18 of my medical doctors on staff, she proceeded with a series of treatments on terminal cancer patients and laboratory mice. Together we refined and perfected her formula. Remarkably beneficial results were obtained even on
those cases at the "end of the road", where it proved to prolong
life and the "quality" of that life. In some cases, if the tumour
didn't disappear, it could be surgically removed after ESSIAC with less
risk of metastases resulting in new outbreaks. Haemorrhage has been rapidly brought under control
in many difficult cases, open lesions of lip and breast respond to treatment,
and patients with cancer of the stomach have returned to normal activity
among many other remembered cases. Also, intestinal burns from radiation
were healed and damage replaced, and it was found to greatly improve whatever
the condition. All the patient cases were diagnosed by reputable physicians
and surgeons. I do know that I have witnessed in my clinic, and know of
many other cases, where ESSIAC was the therapy used - a treatment which
brings about restoration through destroying the tumour tissue and improving
the mental outlook which re-establishes physiological function. I remained a partner with Rene Caisse until her death
in 1978 and was the only person who had her complete trust and to whom
she confided her knowledge and "know-how" of what she named
"ESSIAC." Others have imitated, but a minor success rate should
never be accepted when the true therapy is available. In the fall of 1992, my mother, who lives in Ohio,
was told that her throat and lung cancer had reached the point that she
only had ninety days left to live. My sister and I began to help her straighten
out her affairs. I heard about Essiac. I sent her some. She drank it for
two months. On December 22, she went back to visit the doctor. He thought
that she was coming in to say goodbye. When he checked her she was in
total remission. I am a nurse, and I have kept her x-rays as proof of
her recovery. I started taking your Essiac several months ago. The
results have been profound and dramatic. Thank you. My uncle had lung cancer. They gave him six months
to live. He started taking Essiac. That was four years ago. He is convinced
the Essiac saved him. My friend Joe Roberts was in a very bad way with Lupus.
He could hardly move about. Some thought he was close to death. I gave
him two bottles of herbal tea (Essiac). He improved, and started taking
Essiac regularly. Within a month he looked like a new man, and appeared
completely healed. I had prostate cancer. My doctor gave me six months.
I took Essiac as well as several other natural cures. My prostate cancer
is gone. My husband has been through every treatment for his
illness, and I am now trying Essiac tea. I thought I would try it first
for my various aches and pains, stress, etc. I believe it has done wonders
for me so I have started giving him the tea. It won't hurt and maybe his
life will be better. A friend of mine has liver cancer and even though
the oncologist gave him six months, he is now going on two years and says
the only thing he takes is Essiac tea. Believe me, he is living proof
of its success for him. I met a friend at a seminar. He told me about Essiac.
I had a cancerous condition in my female organs which was causing me a
lot of pain. I took the Essiac, my pain went away, and I am now free of
cancer. God bless you. My eyes are now opened up to the value of natural
healing systems, and I spend a lot of time preaching this new religion
to my friends. I am 71 years old. I have had a very rare illness for
twenty years. The medical people don't know what causes it, and they don't
have a cure. It's called Cogan's Syndrome. It has destroyed my hearing
in both ears, caused a lot of vertigo, a lot of aches and pains, and has
damaged my heart. Most of my life I've had several colds every year and
usually a case of flu. In January of 1996, the flu turned into pneumonia.
That was when I decided to give your herbal Essiac Tea a try. I am happy to tell you that since I began using your
Essiac I have not had a cold or a sign of flu. I do believe that it has
helped my recovery from pneumonia. I plan to continue its use. I drink
2 ounces about three times a week. My brother-in-law gave me a bottle of Essiac herbal tea to try as a preventative measure. I enjoyed the taste. Soon realized a twenty-year stomach problem was gone, and it gives me an all-round better feeling. I am 60 years old and I work 7 days a week. My nephew in Wisconsin learned he had cancer. He is
unable to take chemo because of other health problems. He takes your tea
faithfully. One year later all is in remission. Our family also uses organic
sea salt. My wife used to have water retention. No longer has a problem
there. We enjoy your products and keep up the good work! I had prostate cancer. On August 10, 1994 I was given
chemotherapy. I never told the doctor that I was taking Essiac and as
a result the PSA rating went well below 0 (zero). I took the combination
for 15 months and when it held below zero I quit the chemotherapy. Since
then the PSA readings went like this: I have multiple sclerosis. My friend Kelly started
me on Essiac. After three months I was able to put my crutches away. After
a year, I walk with only a slight limp. I am in my fifties. It seems as if all my life I have
had the flu at least once each year, and a bad cold for several times
each year. It was like you could block out 1 to 2 months of each year
when I would be laid up with the flu or a bad cold. I started taking Essiac
five years ago. Since that time I have not had the flu, and only had a
cold once (I think that the cold was part of a detoxification process).
I am sure Essiac did this for me. My brother was diagnosed one year ago with very, very
severe leukemia. His doctors gave him chemotherapy for four weeks. The
chemo made him look deathly ill. My sister and I were appalled. He looked
like death itself. This large man who was over 6 feet tall, lay in his
hospital bed in a fetal position, shaking from the chemotherapy. The doctors told him that he would die in hospital
if he stayed, or he could go home and die. My sister is a nurse, and she
was determined to save my brother. She knew of the herbal remedy for cancer
called Essiac. She asked the doctor to approve bringing Essiac into the
hospital to give to our brother. The doctor felt that there was nothing
else he could do, so he paved the way with the medical authorities. My brother began taking Essiac and 10 drops of Pau
D' Arco herbal formula each day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
His blood count was at 4,800 (10,000 is normal). Within one week of the
Essiac treatment he was not only alive, his blood count was at 10,800.
In one more week his blood count was up to 14,000 - 4,000 higher than
normal. My brother began his Essiac treatments in August, 1992.
He was so healthy by the next January that he and his wife went on a four-month
cruise around the world. It is now August 1993, and he is very healthy,
active and robust. I have to withhold my name because I do not want a
lot of people calling me about his experience. I love my brother very
much, we are very close, and I just thank God for simple things like Essiac,
and the people all over who prayed for his recovery. Several years ago, I escorted my mother to the outpatient clinic of a local hospital to have a small lump removed from her parotid gland on the left side of her face. What a shock when the doctors found advanced lymphoma cancer throughout her body. I began researching volumes of books looking for some unknown answer. A program of nutritional supplementation and natural food diet was begun, in addition to chiropractic care, positive thought and humour therapy. It was extremely tense as the doctors began chemotherapy. In fact mother was taken to the emergency room six times that first month. Being 80, it was probably her strong heart that kept her alive and with me to tell her story today. Dancing and teaching others to stay well through dance has kept her going strong all her life. Letters with prayers for her improved health poured in and a friend sent an article about Essiac tea. Hopeful that this herbal formula could somehow help, I went searching for the ingredients, brewed the tea, and added it to her growing list of nutritional supplements. On Christmas Eve, 1992, three months after my mother's
diagnosis of lymphoma, the doctors pronounced that my mother was not just
in remission but was cancer-free! While we will probably never know what
cured her of this dreaded disease, we feel in our hearts that Essiac and
nutrition played a major role. Our family was devastated when my mother-in-law, Myrna, informed us that she had been diagnosed with cancer. In her case, it was ovarian cancer that had spread to the lymph glands and then to her lungs. It was diagnosed as inoperable and the doctors told her to get her affairs in order. After a hysterectomy, they told her that she would have about six months to live. The tumours in her lungs were too numerous to remove. My sister asked if there was some nutritional approach that might slow down the progress of the disease. The doctor assured her that there was none. By chance, my father heard a radio program where Essiac was explained. The remedy was so simple and straightforward that I knew my mother-in-law could take it. She took a little each night. We held our breaths. The doctor and our nurse cousin told us not to get our hopes up. Yet the weekly x-rays began indicating something they did not expect. Little by little the tumours in her lungs stabilized… and they began to diminish. The nursing staff at the doctor's office reacted in awe as week after week the tumours began disappearing and her blood count return to normal. A little more than a year after beginning Essiac, the
doctor called to tell Myrna that she was an official miracle. Her charts
showed no indication of cancer in any system. To date, five years later
on, there has been no recurrence of cancer. I began taking Essiac for severe arthritis and severe
fatigue. The results are unbelievable! I am doing everyday normal things
that I haven't been able to accomplish for ten years; ten years that have
taken a great toll on my life. Since I have been taking Essiac, I have
felt the years float away and I have regained the feeling of youth again.
I am very happy with the results. My daughter, Donna Geary of Alta Loma,
gave me my first bottle. The results are wonderful. The results were also
immediate. Thank you for this wonderful drink. My brother-in-law gave me a bottle of Essiac. I enjoyed
the taste, and soon realised a 20-year-old stomach problem was gone. It
gives me an all-round better feeling. I am 60 years old, and I work 7
days a week. My nephew in Wisconsin learned that he had cancer.
Sent him the book "Canada's Cancer Cure" about Essiac.
He was unable to take chemo because of other health problems. He takes
the tea faithfully, and one year later all is in remission. My friend was diagnosed with lung cancer. I took it
upon myself to give him a book on Essiac. He returned the next day to
tell me he was interested, and I set him up with a supply. They had planned
on chemotherapy but first wanted to monitor the growth rate, which consisted
of periodic x-rays. The first sets of x-rays showed such slow (almost
negligible) growth that they waited for the second set to confirm the
situation. After the second set of x-rays, the doctor told Bob that if
he had had such success with chemotherapy, he (the doctor) would have
been pleased to take the credit for such improvement. We are both grateful to the people who keep an open
mind and heart to give cancer patients hope for cure. I deeply believe
Essiac has helped cure Bob, and I'm much more comfortable using it than
making no effort to stay healthy systemically. If you would like to share
this letter with anyone, you have our blessing. I had ovarian cancer, which was diagnosed as widespread. They removed my ovaries and six inches of colon. I was advised afterwards that they could not remove all of the cancer cells and they recommended chemotherapy. I refused because of heart problems (I had two heart surgeries the previous years). I had found an article about Essiac and told the doctors I was going to try it. Well, the results have been remarkable. I had lost
over sixty-two pounds and have now gained over sixteen back. Have been
stronger and able to resume my work with ceramics. I do not believe that
I would be alive now if it had not been for Essiac. I recommend it to
everyone, and I am amazed at how cancer touches so many lives. I had breast cancer. I started taking Essiac 3 weeks
prior to my first chemotherapy session. Every side-effect that was predicted
I would have were so-o-o diminished that I hardly noticed them. My blood
work, both chemistry and hemo were, I was told, FANTASTIC for a chemotherapy
patient. I play duplicate bridge with as many as 140 people attending
a local game. Everyone commented on my appearance and energy level and
were amazed. Some started taking Essiac for general health reasons. How
do I know that it was Essiac? I went to California after my 5th chemo,
and stayed for three weeks. Since we were moving from place to place,
I did not take Essiac. Upon returning home I received my 6th and final
treatment. I was so very sick: nausea, diarrhea, heartburn so bad that
I couldn't sleep, and I was so very tired. I start radiation in a week,
and you can bet that I will not be without my Essiac. FROM PHILLIP DAY, Our research has shown that cancer patients struggle
with fungal and yeast infections fed by trapped blood sugars in ductal
structures in the body. Over 96% of all cancers are located in these zones.
Essiac can be used to great effect in killing fungi, yeasts, Candida
albicans and other microbe infestations when used in conjunction with
a raw, wholefood, organic diet. Essiac is covered in my best-selling book,
Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth, available through
Credence. Further Resources: Click
here to purchase or review any of the above. The Calling Of An Angel by Dr. Gary Glum, 1988, Silent Walker Publishing, PO Box 80098, Los Angeles CA, 90080 The Medicine Man's Gift by Caitlin Grieve. Available for $12.00 post-paid from Canadian Heritage Books and Manuals, 6-2400 Dundas St. West, Suite 248, Mississauga, Ontario L5K 2R8, Canada. The Essence of Essiac by Sheila Snow. 1993 Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth by Phillip Day, Credence Publications, PO Box 3, TONBRIDGE, Kent TN12 9ZY UK www.credence.org Essiac: Nature's Cure For Cancer An Interview With Dr. Gary Glum by Elizabeth Robinson, "Wildfire Magazine" Vol. 6 No. 1 Cancer Therapy by Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D., Equinox Press, 331W. 57th St., Suite 268, New York, NY 10019, 1992 Health and Healing newsletter by Dr. Julian Whitaker, Phillips Publishing, 7811 Montrose Road, Potomac MD 20854 |
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