Where to Get Essiac and How Cheap it Really Is

[Guest guest]

Michele mentioned Flora Essense . . . a commercial

form of Essiac Tea recently . . . I've been doing some

searching and found this very interesting post. For

anyone who's interested in natural healing, please

check this out. . . . This sounds doable on any

budget! (Estimated 4 Cents a day, plus a little work)

.. . . Rogene

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Where to Get Essiac and How Cheap it Really Is

The cheapest price I have found for essiac formula is

herb products company:

Herb Products Co, 11012 Magnolia Blvd., North

Hollywood, CA, 91601, Phone (818) 761-0351 or (213)

877-3104, fax (818) 508-6567, Email

info@.... Excellent low prices on bulk

items.

You can buy a " passel " of the ingredients for 20

gallons of the tea for less than 100 dollars,

including resealable amber bottles you will need for

storage. You make the tea according to the formula on

my web site:

http://www.datadepo.com/cures for cancer (see the foods

section)

Ingredients:

20 parts burdock root,

4 parts slippery elm bark,

1 part turkish rhubarb root,

16 parts sheep sorrell,

1 part Blessed Thistle,

1 part Kelp,

1 part Red Clover,

1 part Watercress.

Formula: How to Make Essiac

I make it 2 gallons at at time. This is what I do:

I get the ingredients from herb products. All are

packaged separately. You can ask them for the " essiac "

formula. If you don't, they will not tell you about it

because of FDA insanity.

Then I mix them together in a poly bag, and I divvy

them up into a dozen ziplock baggies containing one

cup of mix per baggie. Then I put all the baggies into

a larger ziplock plastic bag, put that in a brown

paper sack, and store that in the freezer. I do not

know if the freezer hurts the herbs, but I imagine

they keep fresher longer that way.

Then I make the formula of one cup of mix per 2

gallons of pure water. You do this by putting the

water in a stainless steel or enamel pot, adding the

cup of mix, bringing to a boil. Let sit 6 hours, then

stir vigorously. Let sit another 6 hours, bring to a

boil, strain out the goop, and save it is sterile

bottles. You must keep it in a cool dark area. The

caps on the bottle have poly inserts to they make an

airtight seal. Therefore, you do not have to

refrigerate until you open a bottle. I keep mine in

the pantry in the original box the bottles came in.

When I finish a bottle, I rinse well, run it throught

the dishwasher with normal dishes, then cap it loosely

and put it back in the box in the pantry upside down

so I know it is an empty. Just before my final boiling

when I am making a batch, I get out the pressure

cooker and sterilize all the bottles by steaming under

pressure for 20 minutes. I NEVER put the lids in

because the heat destroys the poly inserts. Instead, I

soak the lids in vinegar for an hour and just shake

the dew off them before capping the bottles. You can

tell if you did the sterilization and sealing right

because if you did not, a bottle will go bad and taste

rancid after a while in storage.

Regarding the issue of straining the goop

Things get kind of sloppy when trying to strain out

the goop. All the ingredients are powdered or ground

except the burdock root which is in small chunks like

a diced onion. So, after soaking and boiling, it

becomes a sloppy goop. One could argue that the goop

is good for you, but I do not find it very palatable,

even though it does not really taste bad. Some

formulas encourage you not to throw it out, but to

bottle it too, even if you have to use a blender or

food processor to remove the small chunks. I have not

done this. But if you do leave the goop in the liquid,

I do not imagine it will hurt you at all. That means

you will be taking an elixir that is very thick after

you shake the bottle. It also means you will need 16

to 20 bottles when you make a batch.

I have found the easiest way to strain the goop out is

to get a second pot, pour the first into it through a

moderately fine strainer, and toss out the chunky

goop. There will still be a massive amount of sediment

because most of the ingredients are powdered. Then, I

let the pot sit for about ten minutes. I use a big

ladle to dip gently into the pot, and I pour it

through a funnel into the bottles. When I am way down

at the end of the fluid, I skim as much as I can and

do not worry if I get some sludge in the ladle. That

is usually my 13th bottle, the one that goes in the

refrigerator. Then I pour the rest of the goop out.

I have tried straining through cheesecloth, but it is

a nasty mess and takes a long time. I have not tried

no straining at all, just letting it sit till it all

settles. The reason is that the boiled mix has a

sludgey looking slag on top and it just doesn't look

right to me.

I would appreciate it if any of you who make this

formula give your comments to me about different

methods you use and how they worked.

How Much It Makes

Since I do not have cancer, I use only 2 ounces a day.

A dozen baggies makes a lot, and it lasts a long time,

like this:

One cup of ingredients (a baggie) makes 2 gallons. The

amber bottles hold one pint, or 16 ounces. Therefore,

one bottle lasts me 8 days. The two gallon mix makes

about 13 bottles because 3 or 4 pints are lost during

the straining and boiling process. So I store the 12

bottles and put whatever is left in a jug in the

refigerator. So one batch lasts me about 100 days. The

whole passel of 10 to 12 batches will last me 1000

days.

If you have a spouse, you should give him or her a

dose a day too as a cleanse, a preventative, and an

immunity boost. I do this with my wife. One passel

will last 500 days, well over a year. If you have

cancer, you would take 4 ounces a day, so the passel

would last you that long too.

How to Administer it.

Before ingesting the Essiac, shake the bottle

vigorously. There will be some sediment in it. It is

suggested that you mix 2 ounces of Essiac tea liquid

with 2 ounces of pure distilled water, heat it, and

sip it at least 1/2 hour before eating and 2 hours

after eating ( " between meals " ). I take mine every

morning when I get up. Since I also make it for my

wife, I put 4 oz in a measuring cup, add 4 oz pure

water, nuke it in the microwave, divvy it into two

teacups, and sip. She likes it, and so do I. It has a

robustly earthy flavor. It is a soothing way to start

the day, and a nice little way to show love for my

lifemate. It makes me glad to know that she will never

get cancer, even though it " runs in the family " .

General Anti-viral Remedy

While I take Essiac regularly, I do not get sick with

viral infections. No colds or flu. When I stop taking

it, I am more susceptible. Therefore, my personal

opinion is that Essiac prevents (or helps to prevent)

viral infections. Thus, if I DO get sick, I will

immediately start taking Essiac in the dose of an

ounce every hour or two throughout the day with a

teaspoon of Cat's claw (which you can buy cheap by the

pound from herb products company). Also, several times

during the day, I take 15 drops of Echinacea under the

tongue. An ear ache or sore throat disappears in one

or two days when I do this.

What it Does and How it Works

Here is what I got from the Minnesota Wellness

directory comments on essiac:

The Essiac formula, when broken down, shows many of

its parts to be anti-tumor, anti-mutagenic (burdock

root) and immune system enhancing. The real benefits

of Essiac are that it is a wonderful detoxifyer and

regenerates the liver and pancreas. An interesting

side effect of the tea is the reversal of type II

diabetes.

rmhurt@...

R. Mathis Hurt

http://www.datadepo.com/cures for cancer