Essiac tea with Sheep Sorrel roots included!

The Vision Quest, Unfolding

Its not an easy thing writing about the vision quest retreat I took part in last June, at Grandmother Isabelle's in Northern Ontario.  It marked the beginning of a new way of understanding the world....that just keeps unfolding.  Well, it wasn't really the 'beginning' and I'm pretty sure there's not going to really be an 'end' either. The sky, the sun making a trail across it, as witnessed in silent awe. The vision quest brought to me my voice in a new way and I am obliged to speak. One place for that has been our Facebook group the Essiac Growers Guild. This is the unabridged version of my most recent post.

Here is the Vision:  Locally grown whole herb sheep sorrel, for locally produced Essiac, available in dry form or made up by local Essiac caregivers for home delivery, the farmers' market, local health food stores and eateries, CSA boxes, and good research on the herbs in combination like Rene Caisse worked with them. Jobs for growers and wild-harvesters, tea-makers, care-givers, local money staying in town.  A healthy community, vibrant in its ability to make the very most of its own resources for the benefit of all. Less pollution from long-distance hauling of foods that can be grown locally.

The  Essiac Growers Guild is getting ready to 'grow 'its first chapter here in Montana's Flathead Valley. We will share our know-how and expertise and stay true to the historically accurate info about the herbs and how they were used, for a greater good.  Whether its planting a small bed or getting the truck garden tractor out, all are welcome to be a part of this.  Spring is coming, and sooner than it takes to plant a flat of sorrel we will be meeting down at Mrs. Wonderful's Marmalade Cafe for our first get together.  Join us if you can, or if you don't live in the area, contact us if you'd like to do the same thing in your area.

There is a market for whole herb sheep sorrel. The best Essiac in the world is small-scale, locally produced, including the whole sheep sorrel plant. There will always be a market for whole herb sheep sorrel because it makes a huge difference in Essiac, and the importance of it is now finally really getting out. Essiac is becoming more and more well known. It's been recommended by Hoxsey, Gerson, and Budwig practitioners as a great adjunct to their therapies. And its 100+ year long anecdotal record proves it worthy of the respect.

But you can't buy it anywhere! The problem is that whole herb sheep sorrel is not being grown commercially. Anywhere in the world.  Another 'problem' is that demand for herbs has skyrocketed in the past few years.

And it is easy to grow! Sheep sorrel is easy to grow. Although it prefers a more northern climate, it grows in all 50 states here in the US.  It's native to Europe. Sheep sorrel met up with slippery elm, an American native, after arriving in the feed on the boats from Europe some several hundred years ago.  Therefore, the people who were here already are the ones who first created this formula. Thank you Native America!  And thank you for sharing it with the English woman who gave it to Rene Caisse. The thread has not been broken and there is a treasure connected to it.

Would you like to be part of a positive vision? If you are interested in being part of our collaboration - think WikiMedia - for really getting this right and creating a knowledge base about growing these herbs, harvesting, and/or working with the Essiac formulae, please contact us.

"I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today.” —Japanese Haiku

4 Responses »

  1. I have ordered products from Debbie at blue Moon who told me of this web site would very much like to grow my own sheep sorrel where is a dependable source to order it from.

    thanks

  2. How much is your sheep sorrel seed.

    • Good news - we are getting sheep sorrel seed back in stock in the coming week! It will be $12/oz. and will be in our online store in 'two shakes of a lamb's tail.' 😀

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