Botanical Formulas & Superfoods

Botanicals

I suggest using most botanicals 2-3 x’s, to get all of what the plant has to give. Chaga is a non sustainable fungi, if over harvested and used inappropriately. Knowing how to harvest and use will help preserve this gift of the forest.

I make a chaga chai tea..one teaspoon of Chaga with a few chai tea bags will make dozens of good cups of tea..keep the brew going, add some cinnamon sticks etc. keep adding water and brewing until the colour and flavour wanes. We honour the medicine when we use it thoroughly.

BOTANICAL DETOX- from Illia’s Botanicals!

Slippery Elm Bark, Sheep Sorrel, Turkey Rhubarb Root, Burdock Root & Chaga make up this powerful detoxification formula. I have added Chaga to the formula and in so doing have named this formula- Illia Heart Botanicals- DETOX.

The original botanical formula was shared with a nurse named Rene Caisse near Ottawa Ontario, Canada by an Ojibwe Medicine person in the 1930’s~ she spent her life sharing it and assisting all who asked. She named it Essiac , her name spelled backwards. A man she shared it with prior to passing, shared it with me in the 1980’s. I have been preparing and sharing ever since.

To prepare-

1/2 cup formula- 10 cups spring water, creates a concentrate. I prefer to use a slow cooker.

Bring to a boil for several minutes then low simmer for 20 minutes- let stand over night then strain.

The second/third brewing requires a longer simmer, up to 2 hours is fine. Using less water keeps the potency high.

Keep in glass container in fridge. Mason jars work great.

Drinking sufficient amounts of good quality spring water is essential while detoxifying.

See personal story on Ojibwe Detox

May be cathartic – an active purgative, producing bowel movements-

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