Judith Attfield, R.H.N., C.C.H.,B.A.

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Here are some of my suggestions that I have used successfully at my centre:

The Budwig Diet:

Johanna Budwig was a German chemist who was hired 40 years ago to develop a process to hydrogenate margarine. She was successful but to her horror, she discovered that the hydrogenation process killed people in various ways including heart disease and cancer. She fought the system and eventually won in court the right to criticise hydrogenation, but she also went to work and developed a simple food to help heal her clients from disease. It is very simple.

Take: 1/3 to 1/2 cup cottage cheese or yogurt and mix it with 1-3 tablespoons of flax oil. You can add a little honey for taste if you want and some fruit to make a smoothie. This simple mix has helped thousands of people world wide. Do it every day. It will help you to feel a whole lot better.

Essiac Tea:

Essiac Tea was developed by a nurse named Rene Caisse. She had a patient who came into her hospital who had scars on her breasts from old tumours. When asked how her tumours were destroyed, her client responded that an old native shaman had given her some herbs to drink and that had cured her. Rene Caisse went and got the herbal recipe from the shaman and began curing people of cancer from her clinic in Bracebridge, Ontario. She cured hundreds of people until the Medical community turned down her petition to use her herbal mixture legally as a cure for cancer. Sadly she was forced to close her clinic and Essiac Tea went into disrepute for over 30 years. About 15 years ago, the mixture was once again allowed for sale and is once again helping people with cancer.

Here is the recipe if you want to make it yourself. This makes a lot of essiac herb mix. As well, I sell it through my internet store.

Essiac Tea Formula

24 parts: Burdock Root (cut or dried) (parts by weight)

16 parts: Sheep Sorrel (powdered)

1 part: Turkey Rhubarb (powdered)

4 parts: Slippery Elm (powdered)

Later in her life, while working with Dr. Charles Brusch in Massachusetts, Rene Caisse added small amounts of 4 other herbs to her basic four herb formula. These are as follows: Kelp (2 parts); Red Clover (1 part); Blessed Thistle (1 part); Watercress (0.4 part). We consider the additions optional. The basic four herb formula given above was the formula which was presented to the Royal Cancer Commission in 1937 and was found by them to be a "cure for Cancer".

Preparation for herbal mix:

Supplies needed:

8 ounces of the Essiac Herbal mix

4 gallon stainless steel pot with lid

3 gallon stainless steel pot with lid

Stainless steel fine mesh strainer, funnel and spatula

12 or more 16 oz. sterilized amber glass bottles with airtight caps or suitable substitutes.

Preparation:

1. Mix dry ingredients thoroughly. Place herbs in a plastic bag and shake vigorously. Herbs are light sensitive; keep stored in a cool, dark place.

2. Bring 2 gallons of sodium free distilled water to a rolling boil in the 4 gallon pot (with lid on). Should take approximately 30 minutes at sea level.

3. Stir in 1 cup of dry ingredients. Replace lid and continue to boil for 10 minutes.

4. Turn off stove. Scrape down the sides of the pot with the spatula and stir mixture thoroughly. Replace the lid.

5. Allow the pot to remain closed for 12 hours. Then turn the stove to the highest setting and heat to almost a boil (approximately 20 minutes). Do not let boil.

6. Turn off the stove. Strain the liquid into the 3 gallon pot. Clean the 4 gallon pot and strainer. Then strain the filtered liquid back into the 4 gallon pot.

7. Use the funnel to pour the hot liquid into steriliezed bottles immediately and tighten the caps. After the bottles have cooled, retighten the caps.

8. Refrigerate. Rene's herbal drink contains no preservatives. If mold should develop, discard immediately.

Caution: All bottles and caps must be sterilized after use if you plan to reuse them for Essiac. Bottle caps must be washed and rinsed thoroughly and may be cleaned with a 3 % solution of food grade hydrogen peroxide (may be purchased in a hydroponics store). To make a 3% solution, mix 1 ounce of 35% food grade hyrogen peroxide with 11 ounces of sodium free distilled water. Let soak for 5 minutes, rinse and dry. If food grade hydrogen peroxide is not available, use 1 half teaspoon of clorox bleach to one gallon of distilled water.

Instructions for use:

1. Keep refrigerated.

2. Shake bottle well before using.

3. May be taken either cold from the bottle, or warmed. (Never microwave).

4. As a preventative, daily take 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) at bedtime or on an empty stomach at least 2 hours after eating.

5. People with Cancer, AIDS and other chronic illnesses may wish to take the mixture twice daily (4 tablespoons or 2 ounces), once in the morning, 5 minutes before eating and once in the evening, at least 2 hours after eating.

People with stomach cancer must dilute the herbal drink with an equal amount of sodium free distilled water.

Precaution: Some doctors advise not taking the Essiac Tea while pregnant.

Recommendation: Rene reported that the twelve hour brewing process is essential for Essiac to have its special powers. Essiac is being offered to the public in pills, teabags and homeopathic remedies. We do not recommend them. They may work, but they are not what Rene Caisse used.

More Information:

There are also many foods that are helpful as well as mind/body exercises. I have written an e-manual called "I'm Not Sick, I Just Have Cancer". It can also be ordered for $5.00 from my Shopping Cart

Here is an excerpt from my book:

Many years ago, I became interested in helping people to heal, so I became a nurse. I thought that when I became a nurse that magic would happen and I would be part of a team that worked somewhat like ER in television.

     Boy, was I surprised when not only did this not happen, but that very few people were actually cured in the hospital. Most people cured themselves by having enough bed rest, fluids and a few pain killers. Oh yes, there were surgeries and drugs and x-rays, but the actual curing rested with each patient.

     I was surprised when some patients lived and others died. They would have the same illness, but there also seemed to be individual experiences of the same disease. I had two patients with liver cancer. Both were diagnosed on the same day and both were told they had three months left to live. One died right on time, three months later and the other man lived for another three years. That certainly stymied me.

     I also noticed that some people gave in when then were told they had cancer. Something in them gave up. Other people would fight but lose, and still others would walk out of the hospital time and again. I had a client who was healed of ovarian cancer five times. That is unheard of. She used to laugh and say that she knew how to cure herself of cancer, but she just had to figure out why she created it.

     Eventually I became tired of hospital styled medicine. I no longer believed in morphine each time a cancer client turned around, nor did I believe that you put a patient in a room to die and never talked to him. That was very ugly.

     I left traditional medicine and discovered hypnotherapy and alternative health care. At first I was happy simply to provide palliative care or support for traditional medicine but as I worked more with people I began to meet cancer survivors. These were hardy souls. They took on the system and survived. They did acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, meditation, raw foods, exercise, herbs, hypnosis and many other modalities. They used anything they could think of that would help them in their life’s work. They never stopped believing they would live and they learned to be passionate about what life meant as opposed to sitting on the sidelines.

     Those incredible people impressed me. Their courage in the face of dire medical predictions was outstanding. I had one man come to see me who couldn’t swallow anymore due to esophageal cancer and one week later, he had a picture taken of himself eating steak. Now that takes moxie.

     When I began to write this book, I had all of those people on my mind and what they would like and need to pass on to those coming behind them.

I think the most important thing is that one is able to heal oneself with very little but strong belief. Bernie Siegel talks about that in his book “Love, Medicine and Miracles”, where a man healed himself of tumours overnight because he absolutely believed in the drugs he was given. And he also spoke of the same man, who when he read a newspaper article three months later debunking the drug, went back into the hospital and died. The mind is a very powerful weapon, probably the most powerful we have. We don’t need a whole lot of fancy machines or lots of expensive drugs and supplements to heal.  We need ourselves first, and a belief that whether we live or die, there will be no compromise within ourselves about who we are. I remember one woman who came to see me who had terrible lung cancer. She was terminal and came to the clinic quite weak. She knew she was going to die, but she didn’t want to sit around at home waiting to die, so every week she showed up to our group and laughed and talked and discussed God. She had been given 3 weeks to live when she joined us and she lived for 3 months, fully and happily.

     The next thing on the list is to love yourself and your body. Develop a relationship with the inside of you and discover your bliss. What makes you tick.

     Then comes what I call the jewellery. This is the supplements and diet. This is what you do while you are learning to use your head and heart to heal.

     I don’t believe that life is about longevity as much as it is about quality. Enjoy my book, take what you need and leave the rest. Be brave, and remember to tell yourself that you are not sick, you just have cancer.

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