Essiac Essentials

see “Resources & Supplies”)
     
     
    Animals
     
    They seem to know what is good for them. Mali’s mother’s 14-year-old Siamese cat sits by the fridge every morning waiting for his 2ml dose of Essiac to be squirted down his throat with a plastic syringe. He was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, found growing as a small, blue-black lump on the back of his neck, in May 1997. He was dosed orally with the formula for four weeks and the tumour was treated topically once daily. It was successfully removed, the cat has continued with his daily dose and there has been no recurrence of the condition.
    An old and ailing basset hound was rescued from the street on an icy cold February day in New York in 1995. The veterinarian found one large tumour on his belly, another on his liver and a third on his nose. He said that the dog had only a week to live and nothing more could be done for him. The new owner gave him Essiac and shark cartilage. Within a few weeks the stomach and liver tumours had decreased in size but the one on the nose persisted as an open, running sore which the dog kept scratching. His owner applied the tea as a poultice at bedtime, protective measures were employed to ensure that he could not touch the dressing and the wound began to heal. Four months later he was reported as being much better and very much alive.
    A letter from Tigger’s owner, Mr D. M. Canada, in 1994:
    “About a year ago, our 14 year old cat Tigger started to lose the fur on her back and hind quarters. She became very unstable on her feet, which now seemed to lack coordination and she could no longer walk in a straight line. As her front legs started moving forward, her rear ones went in other directions.
    “About six months later we heard a thump and found Tigger lying on the carpet, unable to get up after falling off her chair. We thought she was having a stroke because she stretched out her legs, rolled her eyes and moaned in pain. Since this occurred in the late evening, nothing could be done about her until the next day. Meanwhile the cat was somehow able to crawl into a secluded place.
    “The next morning we were awakened by another thump. I got up, dreading the thought of possibly having to bury our beloved Tigger. I had some considerable trouble finding her where she had crawled under a bed. My wife, who picked up the cat and put her on the kitty litter tray, noticed that her digestive system was still working, so she decided to give her a drink, adding a few drops of Essiac to the distilled water. Tigger drank it. We continued to do this until, a short while later, she was able to walk again.
    “Over the next two months, our cat completely recovered. All of her fur grew back and she never looked better. Now she plays like a kitten again. Today she was examined by a vet and her heart, teeth, eyes, ears and all her body parts are in purrr-fect condition. ”
     
    As a guide for treating animals, it is best to assess the dosage according to their weight. A cat weighing eleven pounds is doing well on 2ml daily whereas a large and heavy dog of 120 pounds would need an adult dose of 30ml daily.
     

Chapter Six

Attitude & Understanding

     
    Doctors differ as to how much they think you should be told about your condition. Some have to be virtually held to ransom before they will tell you anything, others will be much more forthcoming with a little encouragement. We have had reports of consultants and oncologists advising their patients to keep taking Essiac because of their markedly less severe reaction to the side effects induced by conventional therapies, all of which deplete the immune system and energy levels. One oncologist commented that he did not object to Essiac as he was well aware of the limitations of chemotherapy.

    Illness obliges you to become much more aware of your body. You have little choice but to give it more than the usual amount of attention and inevitably to allow a whole variety of previously unknown people to give it a lot of sometimes unwelcome attention. That does not mean that you must immediately become a passive, acquiescent shadow of who aw you were before you knew you were ill. You are asked to sign the consent forms and so have the right to be directly involved in the decision making process. It is important to remember that your living and dying are uniquely individual experiences, and so is your illness. No two people are born in exactly the therapies same way; no two people live in