Advice for people treating themselves for cancer by natural methods.

1) Essiac.

Constituent herbs:

Sheep's sorrel -- has anti cancer properties. Also contains many vitamins and minerals.

The seeds are important as well as leaves.

Burdock root -- detoxifies the system. Cleanses and purifies the blood. Improves liver and kidney function.

Helps restore the system to health through its cleansing and detoxifying action.

Slippery elm -- soothes inflamed tissue in all major organs. Soothing and healing for digestive system. Relaxes tension in bowel. Provides nutrients.

Turkey rhubarb -- cleansing action on gut. Remove debris. Stimulates appetite and digestive juices.

Essiac contains all the beneficial properties of it's constituent herbs and more -- its value lives also in the synergistic effect of these herbs. Essiac acts as a tonic, to nourish and heal the body.

It detoxifies and cleanses the system and boosts the immune system.

Essiac is slow acting and works best when taken continuously over a period of several months.

2) Laetrile.

There is a theory that cancer is actually a deficiency disease caused by lack of an essential nutrient in our diets. This nutrient has been named Laetrile or vitamin B17, and is another suppressed cancer cure.

The molecule of Laetrile contains a cyanide group. This is normally locked up within the molecule and non-toxic. However, cancer cells produce an excess of an enzyme which breaks up the Laetrile molecule, releasing the cyanide, which then poisons the cancer cell. (and only the cancer cell.) If we had sufficient laetrile in our diets we would never get cancer.

Laetrile is found in the seeds, pips and kernels of many fruits, particularly apple pips, apricot kernel, peach kernel, nectarine, plum, cherry and damson kernel. Just break open the stone and eat the kernel inside. The 'bitter almond' taste is that of laetrile. Also found in the seeds of hawthorn berries, in millet, linseeds and in watercress.

Eat some of these fruits, including their pipes or kernels, every day. It is quite safe to eat as many kernels as you eat fruits. If you can eat 10 apples then in is quite safe to eat the pips out of 10 apples. What you should NOT do is take the pips out of 500 apples and eat them all at once, without eating the apple flesh.

3) Carrot juice.

People have cured themselves of cancer by drinking large volumes of carrot juice, which has to be freshly extracted from raw carrots. Cancer cells produce a hormone which they surround themselves with, that 'switches off' the immune system from attacking them. Carrots contain substances which break down this hormone,thus the cancer cell is left exposed for the immune system to destroy it. The juice must be drunk fresh as it's nutrients rapidly deteriorate.

Recommended dose = 3 pints per day, although some people have taken more than this, including one woman who ate nothing and drank only carrot juice for 3 months, and cured her cancer.

4) Red grapes.

Red grapes also contain substances which break down the hormone mentioned in the "carrot juice" paragraph. Red grapes in large quantity have successfully cured cancer. It is essential to eat to pips.

5) Selenium.

Most people are deficient in this important trace mineral which is of benefit in the treatment of cancer.

6) Vitamin C.

Linus Pauling (Nobel Prize Winner) did a study in which he gave large doses of vitamin C ( around 10 gr per day) to 'terminal' cancer patients. Five years later many of them were still alive and feeling well. Vitamin C is best taken with bioflaveniods which help its absorption and utilization in the body.

7) Omega-3 Essential fatty acid.

Most people are deficient in this substance which is said to be of great benefit in healing cancer. It is found in oily fish and linseeds (flax)

8)Linseeds (flax)

Contain omega-3 and laetrile as well as other nutrients of benefit to the heath. They also help cleanse the bowels.

9) Other herbs.

It is said that Rene Caisse, the Canadian nurse who worked with Essiac, sometimes added other herbs to to basic formula

The are: red clover blossom, watercress, kelp and blessed thistle.

Red clover appears on almost every list of herbs used to treat cancer.

Here is a list of other herbs used to treat cancer.-

Echinacea

Cat's claw

Wild indigo

poke root (caution with dosage)

blue flag root

mistletoe

wild indigo

pau d'arco or taheebo

Oregon grape root.

chapparral (caution)

10) Diet.

Natural healing aims to restore the body to such a state of good health that it is in a better condition to resist the cancer. We need to avoid taking in toxins in our diet and we need to provide our bodies with the essential vitamins, minerals and other vital nutrients so often lacking in modern processed food diets.

To help support the cleansing action of Essiac, users should follow a detoxifying diet which supplies plenty of essential nutrients.

Exclude all processed, canned, preserved and convenience foods particularly processed vegetables, margarines, and hydrogenated oils, which are toxic and have been linked with cancer.

Exclude cakes and biscuits etc made with those oils.

Exclude tobacco, alcohol, coffee, tea, chocolate.

Exclude pies, burgers, sausages, etc which can contain toxic oils and chemicals.

Reduce salt.

Reduce dairy produce to a minimum.

Reduce meat unless organic free range.

Include large amounts of fresh fruit and vegetables (organic where possible.) These contain many anti-cancer factors and add fibre to the diet, helping to maintain normal bowel function.

The diet should contain some whole grains such as rice and oats and some pulses such as lentils and beans.

Seeds contain many beneficial and anti-cancer factors including laetrile and are rich in vitamin E. Sprouted seeds (such as alfalfa) are particularly good.

11) Poultices.

Any cancer which is on or near the surface, or accessible can have a herbal poultice applied to it. Essiac herbs can be used as a poultice or as a a douche. Native Americans used the herbs 'blood root' and 'poke root' as poultices for cancers. Both are said to destroy cancerous cells. Blood root is quite caustic and can sting. Poke root is slow acting and is said to draw the cancer out.