The following formula is Rene Caisse’s Essiac formula and recipe which Mary McPherson, Rene’s best friend, filed under Oath with the Town of Bracebridge, Ontario in 1994.
This was also the same formula and recipe that Dr. Gary Glum published in 1988 when he interviewed Rene Caisse and wrote the book, ‘Calling of An Angel’ .
Page 1 of Mary McPherson’s affidavit.
Page 2, Exhibit A (It will be typed out below for easier reading)
Page 2, Exhibit A – Essiac with notes added in brackets
“6 1/2 cups of burdock root (cut) [volume measurement instead of weight, equals approximately 24oz volume, but 780g weight]
1 lb of sheep sorrel herb powdered
1/4 lb of slippery elm bark powdered
1 ounce of turkish rhubarb root powdered
Mix those ingredients thoroughly and store in glass jar in dark dry cupboard
Take a measuring cup use 1 ounce [1/8 cup, or 2 tablespoons] of herb mixture to 32 ounces [1 quart] of water depending on the amount you want to make. I use 1 cup [8 fluid oz] of mixture to 8×32 = 256 ounces of water. Boil hard for 10 minutes (covered) then turn off heat but leave sitting on warm plate overnight (covered)
In the morning heat steaming pot and let settle for a few minutes then strain through fine strainer into hot sterilized bottles and sit to cool. Store in dark cool cupboard. Must be refrigerated when opened. When near the last when its thick pour into a large jar and sit in fridge overnight then pour off all you [can] without sediment. This recipe must be followed exactly as written I use a granite preserving kettle 10-12 quarts, 8 oz measuring cup, small funnel and fine strainer to fill bottles.”
IMPORTANT NOTE: Notice that the “1 ounce of herb mixture” is not a weight measurement because it is measured with “a measuring cup” that measures fluid ounces, which is a volume measurement of water. It is important to mention that Rene Caisse did not use a weight measurement when adding the herb mixture to boiling water. She used volume measurement for the combined dried herbs with fluid ounce measurements. This makes the recipe seem confusing unless one realizes that one cup of the dried herb mixture does not weigh as much as one cup of water (which weighs 8 ounces). That is, one cup of “herb mixture” does not weigh 8 fluid ounces because the dried, powdered herbs are lighter than water.
Rene Caisse did weigh the individual herbs before mixing them together. That is, the “1 pound of sheep sorrel herbs”, “1/4 pound of slippery elm bark” and “1 ounce of Turkish rhubarb root” are weight measurements. 6 1/2 cups of cut burdock root is, of course, a volume measurement and it is approximately equivalent to 24 ounces in weight when pieces are “the size of small peas”. [Essiac secrets of Rene Caisse’s Pharmacy, p. 14]
It is also important to note that Rene Caisse used the whole sheep sorrel plant. Nurse Caisse stated that sheep sorrel roots are “very essential” to the Essiac formula. Why purchase Essiac with Sheep sorrel roots?
References
Calling of An Angel, Dr. Gary Glum
Essiac Secrets of Rene Caisse’s Pharmacy, by Sheila Snow and Mali Klein
The Essiac Book, by Mali Klein
Essiac Library 