SPOTLIGHT
Essiac (René Caisse’s Herbal Remedy)

Rene Caisse was a nurse in Canada. In 1923 she observed that one of her doctor’s patients, a woman with terminal cancer, made a complete recovery. Enquiring into the matter, Rene found that the woman had cured herself with a herbal remedy which was given to her by an Ojibway Indian herbalist. Rene visited the medicine man, and he freely presented her with his tribe’s formula. The formula consisted of four common herbs. They were blended in a fashion which caused the concoction apparently to have greater medicinal potency than any of the four herbs themselves. The four herbs were Sheep Sorrel, Burdock Root, Slippery Elm Bark, and Rhubarb Root.

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 for 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.

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 who cured his own bowel cancer using Essiac alone. After 10 years of research into the concoction, 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 the back of James Percival’s The Essiac Handbook, published by Credence.

Reported benefits of Essiac include:
1.Preventing the build up of fatty deposits in artery walls, heart, kidney and liver
2.Regulating cholesterol levels by transforming sugar and fat into energy
3.Destroying parasites in the digestive system and throughout the body
4.Counteracting the effects of aluminium, lead and mercury poisoning
5.Nourishing and stimulating the brain and nervous system
6.Promoting the absorption of fluids in the tissues
7.Removing toxic accumulations in the fat, lymph, bone marrow, bladder, and alimentary canals
8.Neutralising acids, absorbing toxins in the bowel and eliminating both
9.Clearing the respiratory channels by dissolving and expelling mucus
10.Relieving the liver of its burden of detoxification by helping to convert fatty toxins into water-soluble substances that can then be eliminated through the kidneys
11.Increasing the body’s ability to utilize oxygen by raising oxygen level in the tissue cell
12.Increasing the production of antibodies like lymphocytes and T-cells in the thymus gland, which is the defence of our immune system
13.Inhibiting and possibly destroying benign growths and tumours

RESOURCES (shipped globally)
The Essiac Handbook (ebook download)
Rene Caisse’s Herbal Remedy (not available from UK to Australia)
Rene Caisse’s Herbal Remedy (5 sachet special)