This
week Sara Davenport of Reboot Health
shares her top herbal teas that could be beneficial for people with cancer…
Around the world, certain herbal teas
and tinctures are repeatedly being shown to have significant effects on the
growth of cancer tumours. Interestingly, many of them contain a variation of
the same ingredients; and equally interestingly, most of them have a ‘story’
attached - of an initial remarkable discovery and then full recovery from the
disease. Side effects are rarely reported and most of them boost immunity and
purify your blood in the process, so adding them into your daily routine sounds
a no-brainer. Swop your daily mint and camomile for a more potent brew....
JASON WINTERS TEA
Jason Winters was a US stunt man,
who in 1977 was diagnosed with an aggressive terminal cancer and given just
three months to live. He decided to take matters into his own hands, turned
down surgery and all conventional treatment and instead travelled the world in
search of a cure. He found it in a particular combination of herbs, healed
himself successfully, and developed a proprietary herbal tea blend which is now
marketed globally. He wrote a book about his experiences, ‘Killing Cancer’ and
has won many awards for his contribution to health.
SOURSOP TEA
Made from the leaves of the
soursop plant, this is also known as graviola or pawpaw tea and there are many
claims that drinking it has powerful anti-cancer effects. The tea contains a
combination of potent natural antibiotics called acetogenins, alongside other
immune boosting substances - alkaloids, antioxidants, vitamin A, vitamin B,
vitamin C, calcium, iron, potassium, gentisic acid, and anonol - all of which
fight tumour growth and development and boost apoptosis, the self-destruction
of cancer cells. One site I saw claims it to be 1,000 times more powerful than
chemotherapy.
ESSIAC TEA
The slightly strange sounding ‘Essiac’
tea is, in fact, simply a reversal of the surname of the woman who made it
famous. In 1922, a young Canadian nurse, Rene Caisse, was given certain herbs
by an old woman who had cured herself of breast cancer and had been handed down
the recipe by the Ojibawa Native Americans who had used it for generations.
When Rene’s aunt was diagnosed
with terminal stomach cancer and given just months to live, she remembered the
information, brewed up the tea, and gave it to her. The aunt recovered
completely. Rene treated more cancer cases in the years that followed, and
those that drank the tea successfully healed too. Word spread and it became
more and more popular with those who were sick. In 1926, supported by 9 senior
doctors, Rene Caisse petitioned the Canadian government for funds to carry out
formal research into the tea. Instead, they tried to arrest her for treating
cancer patients without a medical license and in an official investigation
concluded that not one of the people diagnosed had been suffering from cancer
after all.
Essiac tea is made from burdock
root, the inner bark of the slippery elm, sheep sorrel, cats claw bark and
Turkish or Indian rhubarb. Kelp, red clover blossom, watercress herb and
blessed thistle herb are often added into the commercial teas, and it is sold
under the names of Tea of Life, Flor-essence and various other brands as well
as Essiac. There is also a cannabis oil and essiac tea combination available -
Canessiac.
Rene Caisse never charged for her
tea and the precise recipe died with her. It is still not authorised as an
official cancer treatment.
HOXSEY’S HERBAL TINCTURE
In 1840, the favourite horse of a
farmer named John Hoxsey developed cancer and grew a large tumour on its skin.
He turned it out to grass, not expecting it to survive the summer. He noticed,
however, that it always fed in the same area of the field, and when one day the
growth fell off, and the horse recovered, he went to inspect and collect the
herbs and grasses it had been eating. He developed a formula that years later,
his grandson, Harry Hoxsey, would use in the chain of cancer clinics he opened
throughout the USA.
Hoxsey’s herbal tincture consists
of a mixture of burdock root, red clover, liquorice, cascara sagrada, Oregon
grape root, buckthorn, poke root, prickly ash, chaparral and wild indigo with
potassium iodide.
PAU D’ARCO TEA
The bark of the Pau D’Arco tree
contains a combination of chemicals with tumour shrinking properties; tannins,
triterpines and quinones. Different species of the trees have different
medicinal properties which have been identified in scientific studies on
animals.
The cancer curing properties of
this tea were discovered in Brazil in 1967, when a young girl was diagnosed
with terminal cancer. Praying for a cure for hours each and every day, she was
sent a vision of a monk, who told her that if she drank a tea made from the
bark of the Pau D’Arco tree she would be healed. In a second vision, the same
monk re-appeared and told her exactly which species of the tree to use. She
searched, found it, and drinking it over a period of months, was cured.
It is the bark that is powerful.
Look for a brand that contains lapachol, the most potent of the quinones in the
bark and a strong immune system stimulator. To make it yourself, place six
tablespoons of the bark in a saucepan with a litre (4 cups) of boiling water.
Boil for a further 5 minutes until the water is reduced to 3/4 litre (3 cups)
and then cool down and strain. Drink around 5-8 cups of the tea a day, sipping
it slowly. It’s very bitter. If you develop a slight skin rash, reduce the
amount you are drinking until it fades. There are no other reported side
effects.
CANSEMA TONIC 3
This, I am afraid, I know little
about, except that a visitor at The Haven raved about it to me and it has so
odd a name I have remembered it for years. It contains many of the ingredients
of the other teas and is a combination of distilled water, red clover,
chaparral, inkberry, bloodroot, taheebo bark, galangal root, arrowroot, zinc
chloride, unrefined honey and glycerine. It also contains a small amount of
alcohol. If you google it on the internet, there are both hugely positive and
also negative reviews, but the FDA has now prohibited it from sale in the USA.
WHERE TO FIND THEM
You can google for independent suppliers
in countries all over the world but these are reputable U.K. shops with a wide
variety of herbs and tonics for sale.
Baldwins - www.baldwins.co.uk - this is a brilliant
online shop that stocks many of the teas as well as the unusual ingredients of
the teas if you decide to make your own.
The Herbal
Apothecary - www.herbalapothecaryuk.com
Jason winters tea is available from his own website – www.sirjasonwinters.com
You can purchase
Sara’s book, Reboot Your Health, which is currently on special offer from
Amazon here.
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