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Essiac
is simply Caisse spelled backwards. Around 1922 or 23,
Rene Caisse received the formula from a patient who
had successfully treated her own breast cancer. The
patient had received the formula from an Ojibway Indian
medicine man. Two years later, when Rene's aunt developed
"ter-minal" cancer, the physician agreed to
let her try the herbal formula. Her aunt lived another
20 years. Nurse Caisse continued to use the formula
in cancer patients with high rate of success. She eventually
opened a clinic where patients weren't even charged
for treatment. Initially, patients were sent to her
clinic by their own physicians. As the success of Essiac
treatment became better known, physicians began to rebel
against the idea of a nurse treating patients. Over
the ensuing years, a tremendous legal battle was waged.
In 1937, the Royal Cancer Commission conducted hearings
about Essiac. Eventually, even Parliament was pushed
by the populace to vote on legislation to legalize the
use of Essiac. In 1938, the vote was taken and Essiac
failed by 3 vots to achieve approval.
In
the 1960's, she worked with Dr. Charles Brusch at the
Brusch Clinic in Massachusetts. Dr. Brusch was the personal
physician for President John F. Kennedy. Dr. Brusch
is quoted as saying "Essiac is a cure for cancer,
period. All studies in the United States and Canada
support this conclusIon." There are Innumerable
reports of Essiac working in a variety of cancers, including
those of the brain, bone, eye, ovaries and more. Many
other chronic conditions have also been improved...
diabetes, skin problems, chronic viral Infections, digestive
dysfunction and nouromuscular conditions to name a few.
So
what is Essiac and how can It help so many conditions?
Basically,
Essiac is a combination of herbs that helps to detoxify
the body of excess mucus, heavy metals, and toxic waste.
It also improves liver function, acts as an anti-oxidant,
and strengthens the pancreas and spleen. By cleansing
the body and improving digestive function, the immune
system is set free to deal with healing the body. The
formula consists primarily of four herbs, Sheep Sorrel,
Burdock, Turkey Rhubarb, aid Slippery Elm. Each of these
herbs acts to detoxify various tissues and organs. They
also provide a wide variety of micronutrients. Where
does the confusion come in? There are many products
on the market that are labeled "Essiac" or
something very close. Each manufac-turer claims to be
the only one with the original Rene Caisse for-mula.
There are those who say that these four herbs only make
up the bulk of the formula but that there were other
herbs well. Rene Caisse had a very difficult time with
thr authorities and she had people attempting to get
the formula from her for their personal financial benefit.
As a result, she became very protective of the information
she possessed. It is plausible that she only gave a
partial formula to people in order to test their motives.
Each product has testimonials supporting its benefits.
What is not known by many is that Rene Caisse used an
injectable form of Essiac as well as the oral. Currently,
I know of only one source of an injectable product.
This leads me to believe that this particular company
does have the "real thing." For more information,
give me a call.
For
more information or to arrange a personal consultation,
call Dr. Russell Swift at (954) 720-0794.
22 FEBRUARY
/ MARCH 1998
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