Originally published October 4 2007
Traditional Herbal Blood Tonic Recipe Revealed by Medical
Herbalist
by Leslee Dru Browning
(NewsTarget) Blood tonics today are used for cancer prevention; cancer
treatment; liver health, viral and bacterial infections. In the days of old
blood tonics were called Spring Tonics and farmers would
religiously take them come Spring Time after a long sedentary
winter to get their sluggish blood in shape for the upcoming season of
farming. A custom that has been lost in today’s world. Why? And why aren’t
blood tonics readily available for purchase from holistic healers or from
health food
stores? Could it be that pharmaceutical companies don’t want any
competition from herbal and botanical medicines?
In Dr. Wright’s Newsletter dated September 17, 2007, he talked about Washington State's war on holistic M.D.s. Sad but
true. Holistic healers are still being attacked in the USA that spouts
that we are a Free Nation...except when it comes to
health care, of
course. The onslaught on alternative healers is brought about by Big Pharma,
Big Business, the American Cancer Society, the AMA and our elected
politicians who are bribed by lobbyists. They don’t want you healthy!
Instead, they want the path cleared of anyone who can heal you so they can
keep pushing their legal high-profit drugs. In today’s world where the
propaganda mantra is “There is no cure”, holistic healers are being
harassed, arrested and charged with “moral turpitude”, and put out of
business simply because they can cure what ails you.
With the attacks on Natural Medicine it can be hard to find an Herbalist who
can make up blood tonics for their
cancer clients.
Herbalists can be hard to locate, especially those who specialize
in cancer treatments because they do not advertise since it is against the
law in the USA for any health care practitioner to claim they can heal
cancer; or any other illness for that matter, yet, it is not against the
law to heal yourself. Therefore, why not learn to make your own? In em>. Therefore, why not learn to make your own? In
this article I will give the recipe for the very first blood tonic I made.
Browning's Blended Spirits is a blood tonic I formulated years ago for an 80
year old man who had been diagnosed with Invasive Bladder Cancer that had
spread to his lymph. During surgery it was found that his tumor had grown
outside the wall of the bladder and the surgeon was unable to remove it all.
He refused chemotherapy and radiation treatments and was given only 3-6
months to live. His family called me to see if I could help him. After
hearing his case I couldn’t recommend herbal capsules because he had
difficulty swallowing so I made him this blood tonic. Also included in his
treatment was a Bladder and Kidney tonic along with diet changes.
His cancer was eliminated in 6 months and was verified by a cat scan his
doctor did in the hospital. The
doctors were mystified
when they could not find any cancer in his body, yet they never asked what
he did to eliminate his cancer. That alone suggested that his doctors not
only didn’t care how he healed himself; but that his doctors weren’t the
least bit curious about alternative medicine and how they might learn from
his recovery. The gentleman is no longer living, but he did not die of
cancer. He died of old age from natural causes. I continued to use this
blood tonic recipe for several types of cancer and bacterial illnesses in my
practice up until the day I retired.
About the Ingredients:
Browning’s Blended Spirits Blood Tonic
contains a comprehensive blend of all-natural ingredients of
herbs that are effective
for blood purification and
detoxification.
The ingredients in this blend provide nutritive support to the body and are
historically proven to provide both cleansing action and detoxification of
the cells throughout the body including the lymph, lungs, liver, heart,
colon and bloodstream. Many of the ingredients like burdock root, chaparral,
poke root, red clover and yellow dock have been used for years to treat
cancer.
What ingredients you will need make the tonic:
3oz each of the following dried herbs:
Anise seed (pimpinella anisum)
Blue violet (viola odorata)
Burdock root (arctium lappa)
Chaparral (larrea tridentate)
Dandelion root (taraxacum officinale),
Fennel (foeniculum vulgare),
Licorice root (glycyrrhiza glabra),
Oregon grape (mahonia aquifolium),
Poke root (phytolacca Americana),
Red clover (trifolium pretense)
Yellow dock root (rumex crispus).
40 oz of Honey or Black Strap Molasses, your choice.
16 oz of Vegetable glycerin.
4 Tablespoons of Citric acid which can be found in
health food stores
or from herb companies on-line.
5 gallons of distilled water
Purchase the whole herb (cut root and cut leaf) instead of the
powdered herb if you can. The reason for this is two-fold. First, the powder
absorbs more water
leaving you with less liquid; second, the powder takes longer and is harder
to strain. I purchase most of my dried herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs. Their
herbs are processed and handled according to strict organic standards and
they will sell individual herbs in a 4oz quantity so you will not have to
purchase a full pound. I am sure there are many other herb company’s and
health food stores that carry the herbs you will need. Just make sure they
are organic.
What cooking tools you will need:
You will also need two stainless steel or glass 20 quart pots with lids.
A large strainer.
A candy or water
thermometer.
Cheesecloth.
For bottling you can use regular canning jars. If using pint jars you will
need about 24 – 28 jars. If using quart jars you will need about 14 jars.
This is a large recipe that will provide one year worth of tonics for the
cancer patient, or, if using for a preventative go together with friends or
family and share it.
How to make the tonic:
Making this tonic is like canning fruit from your garden. If you can cook
you can make it. It takes a few days but is well worth it. You will not find
this tonic on the market because it is time intense. The cost would be
prohibitive to manufacture it, yet you can make it in your home for around
$3.00 a pint. This tonic stores for up to a year if placed in a dark cool
closet. They key to keeping tonics fresh is to prevent them from exposure to
extreme temperature fluctuations. Don’t let them freeze and don’t let them
sit in temperatures above 75*.
In one pot add:
Anise seed, burdock root, chaparral, dandelion root, fennel,
licorice root,
oregon grape root, poke root, yellow dock root and add 3 gallons of
distilled water.
Cover with lid and set on stove on warm heat overnight so that the roots can
be softened for extraction.
In the morning turn up the heat and bring the water to a low simmer for
about 4 hours then bring to a boil for 15-30 minutes. After boiling turn off
heat and strain the liquid into a clean container by laying a layer of
cheesecloth over your strainer.
In another pot add:
Blue violet, red clover and add 1.5 gallons of distilled water. Set on
counter and let soak in water over night.
In the morning place the pot on the stove on warm/medium heat to steep (not
boil) the herbs like you would a cup of tea. Let them steep for at least 4
hours then strain the liquid by laying a layer of cheesecloth over your
strainer.
Compost the strained herbs in your garden.
Mixing the pots:
Once the liquid is strained from both pots mix it together in one of the 20
quart pots and let it simmer for about 30 minutes.
Then add
16 oz of vegetable glycerin,
40 oz of honey (or black strap
molasses for those
allergic to honey)
4 heaping tablespoons of citric acid
Stir and let the mixture mingle for 15 minutes or so. When ready to bottle
use a candy thermometer to check the temperature of the liquid. You want the
temperature between 185* - 190* to prevent any
bacteria to grow in
the tonics. Maintain this heat temperature throughout bottling.
While waiting for your liquid to reach the accurate bottling temperature
prepare your canning jars. Sterilize jars and lids.
Once your bottles are sterilized and your herbal liquid is at the right
temperature add the tonic liquid to the hot jars. Fill to ˝” from top of jar
and cap. Let cool overnight. Check to make sure all the jars are sealed
properly then store them.
Once you open a jar of tonic for use you must Refrigerate it. The
tonic will last for a month in the refrigerator once it has been opened.
Sediment in the bottom of the jars is normal. Give the jar a little shake or
stir to mix the sediment before taking.
How much to take:
Adult Folklore Dosage: 2 Tablespoon 2 times a day for cancer, tumors,
liver, viral and
bacterial
infections. In my practice I recommended that
cancer patients
take this tonic for at least a year and then drop to a maintenance dose of
taking it once a day for another year. Some of my cancer patients continue
to take it on and off throughout their life to keep their blood and lymph
clear of toxins.
For cancer
prevention use a bottle of this tonic every 3 months taking 1 Tablespoon
2 times a day.
Do use if you are pregnant. Do not use if you are taking blood
thinning agents like Warfarin (also known under the brand names of Coumadin,
Jantoven, Marevan, and Waran).
Disclaimer—The information provided in this article is for
informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice
from your health care professional. You should not use the information in
this article for self-diagnosis or to replace any prescriptive
medication. You
should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet,
exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you
have or suspect you might have a health problem, suffer from allergies, are
pregnant or nursing.
About the author
Leslee Dru Browning is a 6th generation Medical Herbalist & Nutritionist
from the ancestral line of Patty Bartlett Sessions; Pioneer Mid-Wife &
Herbalist. Leslee practiced Medical Herbalism and Nutritional Healing for
over 25 years and specialized in Cancer Wellness along with Chronic Illness.
She now devotes her career to teaching people, through her writing, about
Natural Healing from An Herbal Perspective.