Open Letter to Elizabeth Edwards

"The Leaf Lady" wrote an interesting letter to the Edwards family, which you can read in its entirety here.

4 Natural Foods For Diabetics

From Health Digest Daily:

1. Banaba leaf
2. Garlic
3. Fenugreek
4. Essiac

Read the whole article, with more details on these foods, here.

9 Surprising Diabetes Risks

Find out if your lifestyle habits are risk factors for developing diabetes, and what to do about it, thanks to Fitness Magazine.

Why Do Prescription Cancer Drugs Cost So Much?

From the Wall Street Journal's new health blog:

Drug companies have long said the high prices of medicines reflect the costly and risky process of bringing them from the lab to the clinic. Now, at least one executive has publicly added a second reason for the high prices: People are willing to pay.

Read more here.

Del Asks A Good Question

In his blog "Cancer--It's Your Body, It's Your Fight," regular essiac user Del asks the reader

Why Do We Insist In Putting The Cart Before The Horse?

What is "Tisane"?

From our website, with help from Wikipedia:

A tisane, ptisan or herbal "tea" is any herbal infusion other than from the leaves of the tea bush (Camellia sinsensis). The English word "tisane" originated from the Greek word πτισάνη (ptisanē), a drink made from pearl barley.

Tisanes can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots, generally by pouring boiling water over the plant parts and letting them steep for varying amounts of time, depending on the ingredients. Seeds and roots can also be boiled on a stove. The tisane is then strained, sweetened if so desired, and served. Many companies produce herbal tea bags for such infusions.

Essiac is a great example of a tisane. The eight herbs are mixed together, ground, and then boiled in water. The mixture is then cooled and left to steep overnight.

Of course, with our essiac blend, all you have to do is open the pre-measured package and add the herbs to the water--we do all the selecting, grinding, mixing and measuring of herbs for you!

7 Foods That Help Boost Your Immune System

LifeScript writes about seven kinds of food that can help your immune system. In a nutshell, they are:

1. "Fatty" seafood
2. Proteins containing zinc
3. Most plant foods (fruits and vegetables--well, DUH!)
4. Citrus fruits and other foods containing vitamin C
5. Nuts
6. Garlic and onions
7. Yogurt

You can read the article in detail here.

Foods they suggest avoiding are sugars and most fats (well, DUH, again!)

Americans Increasingly Medicating Their Pets

Americans have begun to medicate their dogs, cats and sometimes other pets much as they medicate themselves.

They routinely treat their pets for arthritis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, allergies, dementia, and soon maybe even obesity. They pick from an expanding menu of mostly human pharmaceuticals like steroids for inflammation, antibiotics for infection, anti-clotting agents for heart ailments, Prozac or Valium for anxiety, even the impotence drug Viagra for a lung condition in dogs.

Increasingly, they buy at people pharmacies or online and sometimes pay with health insurance.

Read the rest of the article here.

(If you're looking for something to help your pet, essiac can be a great choice.)

Essiac and Rene Caisse Documentary

Watch a fascinating, rarely-seen documentary on essiac and Rene Caisse, filmed in the 1970's.

Part One of Two:


Part Two of Two:

Free Shipping on Orders $50 and over!

Hurry! Order your fresh eight-herb essiac tea blend from us by the end of March, and we will ship your order for free, if it totals $50 or more. Be sure to select the "free" shipping option at checkout. Offer good through the end of March, 2007. No coupon needed.

Coupon Code--Save 10%

When ordering from our website, use the code "REAL8" to save 10% on your order (not including shipping/postage.) Coupon code is good the rest of this year, until 12/31/07, and may be used more than once. Coupon also works for ordering our milk thistle product.

Please feel free to call our toll-free number: (877) 8-ESSIAC [outside North America please call (919) 357-3539] with any questions you may have about essiac tea. Leave a message if we can't answer immediately (we're probably helping another customer) and someone will call you back quickly.