Post by Sherry on Mar 7, 2011 16:40:18 GMT -5
The Rene Caisse Essiac Recipe
The "old medicine man" recipe was 8 herbs -- the 4 essiac herbs, periwinkle,
red clover and watercress. Rene Caisse left no written record of the 8th
herb. According to Essiac Essentials, in the early 1920's while working with
Dr. Fisher, Rene "tested decoctions of each herb individually until the
eight original herbs were gradually modified down to the four herbs in the
recipe as we know it today, i.e., Burdock root, Sheep Sorrel, Slippery Elm
inner bark and Turkey rhubarb root."
Rene Caisse signed over her formula to Resperin Corporation in 1977 and she
died the next year. In 1995 Resperin Corporation sold the formula to the
current Canadian Essiac® trademark holder.
But Rene had revealed her formula to a few people, including her helper Mary
McPherson, who continued making Essiac for Rene's remaining patients before
and after Rene's death in 1978. Mary's sworn affidavit (made on December 23,
1994, Bracebridge, Ontario) revealed Rene's recipe and brewing instructions.
In 1988, Mary was present when Gary Glum claimed he had bought the recipe
from Rene's patient Pat Judson of Michigan. Mary later verified Glum's
recipe as authentic.
Rene Caisse's measurements are confusing. She used volume (in cups) for
Burdock and weight (in ounces) for the other three herbs. The book Essiac
Essentials solves this problem by using weight units for Burdock too,
specifying Buckock root chopped to size of small peas (like Rene had done).
Burdock is the only "cut" herb, the Rene Caisse recipe calls for the
powdered form of the other herbs. Rene Caisse's recommended doses are below
as well as some possible side effects and interesting notes about who should
not take essiac and who should use caution.
Ingredients using US/Canada/Imperial/Metric measurements:
Herb Volume Weight Form Recipe %
Burdock root 6 ½ cups 24 ozs. (1.5 lb.) 680g pea-size cut 53%
Sheep sorrel 16 ozs. (1 lb.) 453g powdered 36%
Slippery Elm bark 4 ozs. 113g powdered 9%
Turkey rhubarb root 1 oz. 28.35g powdered 2%
a.. Mix the herbs together very very thoroughly.
b.. Use 1 cup of herb mix per 2 gallons distilled water each time you
brew.
c.. Your herb mix or essiac herbs should be stored properly.
"This makes a year's supply for $5.00 or £3.72" according to Essiac
Essentials,
written in 1999. Cost increases and exchange rate changes updated to 2005
would be more like $7.50 or £4.00. for "a year's supply".
Herb Volume Weight Form % of Recipe
Burdock root 4.25 ozs. 120g pea-size cut 53%
Sheep sorrel 2.8 ozs. 80g powdered 36%
Slippery Elm bark 0.7 ozs. 20g powdered 9%
Turkey rhubarb root 0.18 oz. 5g powdered 2%
Scales: "The Gourmet Weigh" scale by Metrokane for $24.99 does ounce/metric
weight. Metrokane also has "Scale Polder" ounce/metric for weighing up to 7
pounds, for $14.99.
Another approach is to use volume measurements, if you are allergic to
metric measurements. The trouble with volume measurement is that herb volume
can vary widely depending on supplier.
To make 1 cup of mix to brew with 2 gallons of distilled water:
Burdock root (cut) = 1/2 cup
Sheep Sorrel (powdered) = 3/8 cup
Slippery Elm bark (powdered) = 2 Tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
Turkey rhubarb (powdered) = 1 teaspoon
Approximate number of bottles of tea made, depending on water loss
1 cup herb mix + 2 gallons of water = about 224 liquid ounces of tea
will fill fourteen 16-ounce pint bottles, or seven 32-ounce quart bottles.
1/2 cup herb mix + 1 gallon of water = about 112 liquid ounces of tea
will fill seven 16-ounce bottles, or three and a half 32-ounce quart
bottles.
1/4 cup herb mix + 1/2 gallon of water = about 56 liquid ounces of tea
will fill three and a half 16-ounce bottles, or almost two 32-ounce quart
bottles.
Supplies Needed Do not use anything made of aluminum.
Stainless steel kettle with lid (or glass, UK unchipped enamel, CND granite
pot)
Stainless steel sieve
Large stainless steel or wood stirring utensil
Stainless steel funnel or 2-cup glass measuring cup
Glass bottles can be amber, colored or clear glass
Sizes of kettle and how many bottles depend on amount of tea prepared.
3 gallon kettle and 14 bottles are ideal for 1 cup herb mix + 2 gallons of
water.
Bottles and lids can be sterilized by one of these methods:
1) Boil for 10 minutes with a little food grade peroxide or Clorox.
2) Boil bottle caps, put bottles in 250 degree oven for 10 minutes.
3) Soak for 5 minutes in 1 ounce 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide plus 11
oz. distilled water.
4) Soak for 5 minutes in 1/2 teaspoon Clorox plus 1 gallon distilled water.
5) 16 oz. size bottles can be sterilized in a microwave oven carefully.
The water you use for making essic tea should be as pure as possible. Don't
use tap water. Most people use distilled water. Nice but not vital, you can
"re-energize and re-oxygenate" distilled water by shaking it well or setting
it in the sun for a few hours.
Preparation is pretty much the same in essiac books by Snow/Klein and
Cynthia Olsen:
1.. Mix dry ingredients thoroughly.
2.. Measure out desired amount of dry ingredients.
3.. Pour proportionate amount of water into pot.
4.. Bring water to a rolling boil with the lid on.
5.. Stir dry ingredients into boiling water.
6.. Replace lid and continue boiling at reduced heat for 10 minutes.
7.. Turn off stove. Scrape down sides of pot and stir mixture thoroughly.
8.. Replace lid, let pot sit and cool undisturbed for 10-12 hours
(overnight).
9.. Reheat to steaming hot, but do not let it boil.
10.. Turn off heat and allow herbs to settle for a few minutes.
11.. Pour hot liquid through sieve to catch sediment.
12.. Use funnel to fill sterilized bottles, put lids on.
13.. Allow bottles to cool, then tighten lids.
14.. Store in dark cool place, always refrigerate an opened bottle.
Essiac contains no preservatives, discard if mold develops. "When in doubt,
throw it out".
Unopened bottles can be stored in a cool, dark place, or keep all the
bottles in the refrigerater. Don't freeze essiac or warm it up in a
microwave (use hot water to dilute and warm it).
Directions for Use according to the book Essiac Essentials:
1 fluid ounce (30 ml) essiac tea per day, diluted in 2 fluid ounces (60 ml)
hot water.
This should be sipped, preferably at bedtime on an empty stomach.
Food should not be eaten within one hour before/after drinking the tea.
As a daily tonic or to enhance the immune system:
Take half a fluid ounce (15 ml) per day, diluted in one ounce hot water.
According to Sheila Snow and Mali Klein on page 41 of their book Essiac
Essentials,
"It is very important to use the dosage as Rene recommended, which was based
on more than 54 years' experience. Rene was very concerned about this, which
is why she personally administered the dose to her patients." Depending on
special circumstances, very occasionally in her later years, Rene would
sometimes advise an initial dose of one fluid ounce twice daily for the
first five, ten or (rarely) thirty days before reducing to one fluid ounce
once a day. In the same book Rene Caisse is quoted as saying,
"There is no need to to exceed this dose."
"People will not stick to the dose I give. They'll decide on their own
-- if a little's good, a lot's better. That's the way they think."
Notes about side effects, although side affects are rare when taking essiac:
Diarrhea, headache, lower-back kidney ache, flu-like symptoms or upset
stomach are usually caused by too high of a dose and not drinking enough
water. Cut dose back to half the amount of essiac or stop for a few days,
drinking a gallon of water every day to flush out your system (not juice,
tea or other beverages). Anyone taking essiac should increase their water
intake.
If you become itchy or develop some rashes when you take essiac tea, that is
an allergy to the sheep sorrel. People who take too much essiac tea for too
long can also develop this allergy. Many herbalists recommend using a "5
days on, 2 days off" rule with any herbal decoction.
Cynthia Olsen Notes (from Essiac, A Native Herbal Cancer Remedy, 2nd Edition
page 61)
Though side effects are rare when taking Essiac, there are three general
ones:
1.. nausea and/or indigestion, generally caused by eating or drinking too
soon before or after drinking the tea,
2.. severe intestinal or digestive discomfort, caused principally because
as toxins dissolve, the body tries to eliminate them quickly,
3.. an increase in the size of an existing tumor, caused by the
metastasized cells gathering at the original site, before the tumor softens
and reduces in size.
Sheila Snow Notes (from Essence of Essiac, page 48)
Here are three possible causes of adverse reactions:
1.. A full stomach of undgested food or consuming beverage just before
taking the remedy, especially tea or coffee.
2.. Waste materials build up in the body, it attempts to eliminate them
all at once. This could create extreme discomfot in the digestive tract,
occasionally to the point of vomiting.
3.. A tumor may increase in size (as metastisized cells are gathered to
the original site) and could cause a blockage in some vulnerable area of the
body, before it softens and reduces in size.
"When any discomfort occured, Rene always cautioned her patients to stop
taking the decoction for several days until they felt better. Then they were
told to begin again with just half an ounce every other day and gradually to
increase the dose to one ounce each day. This usually corrected the
problem."
Kathy Sedler advice about who should not use essiac and who should use
caution:
Editor note: Most of the cautions below are not found elsewhere or in
conventional essiac books. Start taking essiac in minimal doses or ask your
doctor about taking essiac if you're concerned.
A California nurse named Kathy Sedler used to sell essiac herbs online.
According to Kathy's research (no longer online), she advised not taking
essiac if you are pregnant, nursing or trying to conceive, if you have
kidney disease, are prone to kidney stones or kidney infections (due to
oxalic acid in essiac), have ulcers or colitis or have increased levels of
iron in your blood.
Kathy Sedler's "When To Use Caution In Taking Essiac" was for those taking
anticoagulant prescriptions, cardiac glycosides (like Digoxin), those with a
cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder) and osteoporosis. Kathy had
this caution for people with diabetes,
"Diabetics who are insulin dependant may need to adjust their dosage, also
those on anti-diabetes medications. All diabetics should monitor their blood
sugar closely while on this tea. Some of the constituents in this tea can
affect the way glucose and insulin are taken up in the cells and utilized.
Many people find they need less medication while taking this tea. This is
not always the case, but is worthy of mention."
*************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Hi, Sherry! Humans are to take this on an empty tummy, and not eat for an
hour, but for the ferrets, we have always put it right into their soup. They
lap it right up. We start ours with 1cc in the morning soup, & 1cc in the
evening soup.
It is to be refrigerated, but not frozen. Because it makes quite a lot, if
you`re not planning on taking it too, you might want to cut the recipe in
half. (We do use distilled water.) The stuff is an incredible immune
booster.
We buy our herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs. They`re organically grown,
reliable & reasonable.
ALSO-- We have never had an issue with it lowering the BG massively, but
we do suggest monitoring them, just in case, if they`re insulinomic.
Best
wishes!
Love,
Zoo
The "old medicine man" recipe was 8 herbs -- the 4 essiac herbs, periwinkle,
red clover and watercress. Rene Caisse left no written record of the 8th
herb. According to Essiac Essentials, in the early 1920's while working with
Dr. Fisher, Rene "tested decoctions of each herb individually until the
eight original herbs were gradually modified down to the four herbs in the
recipe as we know it today, i.e., Burdock root, Sheep Sorrel, Slippery Elm
inner bark and Turkey rhubarb root."
Rene Caisse signed over her formula to Resperin Corporation in 1977 and she
died the next year. In 1995 Resperin Corporation sold the formula to the
current Canadian Essiac® trademark holder.
But Rene had revealed her formula to a few people, including her helper Mary
McPherson, who continued making Essiac for Rene's remaining patients before
and after Rene's death in 1978. Mary's sworn affidavit (made on December 23,
1994, Bracebridge, Ontario) revealed Rene's recipe and brewing instructions.
In 1988, Mary was present when Gary Glum claimed he had bought the recipe
from Rene's patient Pat Judson of Michigan. Mary later verified Glum's
recipe as authentic.
Rene Caisse's measurements are confusing. She used volume (in cups) for
Burdock and weight (in ounces) for the other three herbs. The book Essiac
Essentials solves this problem by using weight units for Burdock too,
specifying Buckock root chopped to size of small peas (like Rene had done).
Burdock is the only "cut" herb, the Rene Caisse recipe calls for the
powdered form of the other herbs. Rene Caisse's recommended doses are below
as well as some possible side effects and interesting notes about who should
not take essiac and who should use caution.
Ingredients using US/Canada/Imperial/Metric measurements:
Herb Volume Weight Form Recipe %
Burdock root 6 ½ cups 24 ozs. (1.5 lb.) 680g pea-size cut 53%
Sheep sorrel 16 ozs. (1 lb.) 453g powdered 36%
Slippery Elm bark 4 ozs. 113g powdered 9%
Turkey rhubarb root 1 oz. 28.35g powdered 2%
a.. Mix the herbs together very very thoroughly.
b.. Use 1 cup of herb mix per 2 gallons distilled water each time you
brew.
c.. Your herb mix or essiac herbs should be stored properly.
"This makes a year's supply for $5.00 or £3.72" according to Essiac
Essentials,
written in 1999. Cost increases and exchange rate changes updated to 2005
would be more like $7.50 or £4.00. for "a year's supply".
Herb Volume Weight Form % of Recipe
Burdock root 4.25 ozs. 120g pea-size cut 53%
Sheep sorrel 2.8 ozs. 80g powdered 36%
Slippery Elm bark 0.7 ozs. 20g powdered 9%
Turkey rhubarb root 0.18 oz. 5g powdered 2%
Scales: "The Gourmet Weigh" scale by Metrokane for $24.99 does ounce/metric
weight. Metrokane also has "Scale Polder" ounce/metric for weighing up to 7
pounds, for $14.99.
Another approach is to use volume measurements, if you are allergic to
metric measurements. The trouble with volume measurement is that herb volume
can vary widely depending on supplier.
To make 1 cup of mix to brew with 2 gallons of distilled water:
Burdock root (cut) = 1/2 cup
Sheep Sorrel (powdered) = 3/8 cup
Slippery Elm bark (powdered) = 2 Tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
Turkey rhubarb (powdered) = 1 teaspoon
Approximate number of bottles of tea made, depending on water loss
1 cup herb mix + 2 gallons of water = about 224 liquid ounces of tea
will fill fourteen 16-ounce pint bottles, or seven 32-ounce quart bottles.
1/2 cup herb mix + 1 gallon of water = about 112 liquid ounces of tea
will fill seven 16-ounce bottles, or three and a half 32-ounce quart
bottles.
1/4 cup herb mix + 1/2 gallon of water = about 56 liquid ounces of tea
will fill three and a half 16-ounce bottles, or almost two 32-ounce quart
bottles.
Supplies Needed Do not use anything made of aluminum.
Stainless steel kettle with lid (or glass, UK unchipped enamel, CND granite
pot)
Stainless steel sieve
Large stainless steel or wood stirring utensil
Stainless steel funnel or 2-cup glass measuring cup
Glass bottles can be amber, colored or clear glass
Sizes of kettle and how many bottles depend on amount of tea prepared.
3 gallon kettle and 14 bottles are ideal for 1 cup herb mix + 2 gallons of
water.
Bottles and lids can be sterilized by one of these methods:
1) Boil for 10 minutes with a little food grade peroxide or Clorox.
2) Boil bottle caps, put bottles in 250 degree oven for 10 minutes.
3) Soak for 5 minutes in 1 ounce 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide plus 11
oz. distilled water.
4) Soak for 5 minutes in 1/2 teaspoon Clorox plus 1 gallon distilled water.
5) 16 oz. size bottles can be sterilized in a microwave oven carefully.
The water you use for making essic tea should be as pure as possible. Don't
use tap water. Most people use distilled water. Nice but not vital, you can
"re-energize and re-oxygenate" distilled water by shaking it well or setting
it in the sun for a few hours.
Preparation is pretty much the same in essiac books by Snow/Klein and
Cynthia Olsen:
1.. Mix dry ingredients thoroughly.
2.. Measure out desired amount of dry ingredients.
3.. Pour proportionate amount of water into pot.
4.. Bring water to a rolling boil with the lid on.
5.. Stir dry ingredients into boiling water.
6.. Replace lid and continue boiling at reduced heat for 10 minutes.
7.. Turn off stove. Scrape down sides of pot and stir mixture thoroughly.
8.. Replace lid, let pot sit and cool undisturbed for 10-12 hours
(overnight).
9.. Reheat to steaming hot, but do not let it boil.
10.. Turn off heat and allow herbs to settle for a few minutes.
11.. Pour hot liquid through sieve to catch sediment.
12.. Use funnel to fill sterilized bottles, put lids on.
13.. Allow bottles to cool, then tighten lids.
14.. Store in dark cool place, always refrigerate an opened bottle.
Essiac contains no preservatives, discard if mold develops. "When in doubt,
throw it out".
Unopened bottles can be stored in a cool, dark place, or keep all the
bottles in the refrigerater. Don't freeze essiac or warm it up in a
microwave (use hot water to dilute and warm it).
Directions for Use according to the book Essiac Essentials:
1 fluid ounce (30 ml) essiac tea per day, diluted in 2 fluid ounces (60 ml)
hot water.
This should be sipped, preferably at bedtime on an empty stomach.
Food should not be eaten within one hour before/after drinking the tea.
As a daily tonic or to enhance the immune system:
Take half a fluid ounce (15 ml) per day, diluted in one ounce hot water.
According to Sheila Snow and Mali Klein on page 41 of their book Essiac
Essentials,
"It is very important to use the dosage as Rene recommended, which was based
on more than 54 years' experience. Rene was very concerned about this, which
is why she personally administered the dose to her patients." Depending on
special circumstances, very occasionally in her later years, Rene would
sometimes advise an initial dose of one fluid ounce twice daily for the
first five, ten or (rarely) thirty days before reducing to one fluid ounce
once a day. In the same book Rene Caisse is quoted as saying,
"There is no need to to exceed this dose."
"People will not stick to the dose I give. They'll decide on their own
-- if a little's good, a lot's better. That's the way they think."
Notes about side effects, although side affects are rare when taking essiac:
Diarrhea, headache, lower-back kidney ache, flu-like symptoms or upset
stomach are usually caused by too high of a dose and not drinking enough
water. Cut dose back to half the amount of essiac or stop for a few days,
drinking a gallon of water every day to flush out your system (not juice,
tea or other beverages). Anyone taking essiac should increase their water
intake.
If you become itchy or develop some rashes when you take essiac tea, that is
an allergy to the sheep sorrel. People who take too much essiac tea for too
long can also develop this allergy. Many herbalists recommend using a "5
days on, 2 days off" rule with any herbal decoction.
Cynthia Olsen Notes (from Essiac, A Native Herbal Cancer Remedy, 2nd Edition
page 61)
Though side effects are rare when taking Essiac, there are three general
ones:
1.. nausea and/or indigestion, generally caused by eating or drinking too
soon before or after drinking the tea,
2.. severe intestinal or digestive discomfort, caused principally because
as toxins dissolve, the body tries to eliminate them quickly,
3.. an increase in the size of an existing tumor, caused by the
metastasized cells gathering at the original site, before the tumor softens
and reduces in size.
Sheila Snow Notes (from Essence of Essiac, page 48)
Here are three possible causes of adverse reactions:
1.. A full stomach of undgested food or consuming beverage just before
taking the remedy, especially tea or coffee.
2.. Waste materials build up in the body, it attempts to eliminate them
all at once. This could create extreme discomfot in the digestive tract,
occasionally to the point of vomiting.
3.. A tumor may increase in size (as metastisized cells are gathered to
the original site) and could cause a blockage in some vulnerable area of the
body, before it softens and reduces in size.
"When any discomfort occured, Rene always cautioned her patients to stop
taking the decoction for several days until they felt better. Then they were
told to begin again with just half an ounce every other day and gradually to
increase the dose to one ounce each day. This usually corrected the
problem."
Kathy Sedler advice about who should not use essiac and who should use
caution:
Editor note: Most of the cautions below are not found elsewhere or in
conventional essiac books. Start taking essiac in minimal doses or ask your
doctor about taking essiac if you're concerned.
A California nurse named Kathy Sedler used to sell essiac herbs online.
According to Kathy's research (no longer online), she advised not taking
essiac if you are pregnant, nursing or trying to conceive, if you have
kidney disease, are prone to kidney stones or kidney infections (due to
oxalic acid in essiac), have ulcers or colitis or have increased levels of
iron in your blood.
Kathy Sedler's "When To Use Caution In Taking Essiac" was for those taking
anticoagulant prescriptions, cardiac glycosides (like Digoxin), those with a
cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder) and osteoporosis. Kathy had
this caution for people with diabetes,
"Diabetics who are insulin dependant may need to adjust their dosage, also
those on anti-diabetes medications. All diabetics should monitor their blood
sugar closely while on this tea. Some of the constituents in this tea can
affect the way glucose and insulin are taken up in the cells and utilized.
Many people find they need less medication while taking this tea. This is
not always the case, but is worthy of mention."
*************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Hi, Sherry! Humans are to take this on an empty tummy, and not eat for an
hour, but for the ferrets, we have always put it right into their soup. They
lap it right up. We start ours with 1cc in the morning soup, & 1cc in the
evening soup.
It is to be refrigerated, but not frozen. Because it makes quite a lot, if
you`re not planning on taking it too, you might want to cut the recipe in
half. (We do use distilled water.) The stuff is an incredible immune
booster.
We buy our herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs. They`re organically grown,
reliable & reasonable.
ALSO-- We have never had an issue with it lowering the BG massively, but
we do suggest monitoring them, just in case, if they`re insulinomic.
Best
wishes!
Love,
Zoo