Slippery Elm Bark (Ulmus Fulva, Sweet Elm, Indian)
Slippery Elm Bark is a hardwood
tree that grows along the banks of streams. The inner bark of
the Slipper Elm is most used as a potent medicine. Collected
in spring, Slippery Elm Bark contains a thick mucilage. It acts
as a demulcent in diarrhea, dysentery, reduces the inflammation
of urinary tract, and effective as a poultice for abscesses.
Indians of the Missouri River Valley cooked Slippery Elm Bark
with buffalo fat. The bark, when dried and ground, was fed to
infants with milk.This is also used as an ingredient of the
famous anti-cancer formula, Essiac, originally put together
by Ojibway Indians, native North American (Canadian) Indians,
and used for centuries.
This particular formula for Slippery Elm Bark was later written
down in 1922 by a Canadian nurse by the name of Rene Caisse,
RN, (Essiac is Cassie spelled backwards) now deceased-1978.
The formula stems from the use of 4 herbs, (the Indian recipe
was at one time eight herbs but she later refined it down to
4) Sheep Sorel, Burdock Root, Slippery Elm bark and Turkey rhubarb
Root. Essiac has shown particular effectiveness against cancers
within the body, especially prostate, breast cancer, digestive
disorders, colon cancer, etc., but serves well in most other
arenas as a detoxifying agent.
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