These are the herbs which make up the Eight Herb Caisse & Brusch Formula, their beneficial properties and customary uses. Each of these herbs have been used for generations before us, as food.
“Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food.” – Hippocrates
Organic Blessed Thistle Blessed Thistle is used for digestive problems. It helps to digest heavy and fatty meals, and prevents gas, constipation, and upset stomach. This herb is also used to treat liver and gallbladder diseases. It helps the liver to repair itself. Apart from digestive and depurative properties, blessed thistle has anti-tumour and anti-cancer effects. It is a choice tonic especially for people who believe to be at risk for cancer.
Organic Burdock root Burdock is regarded as an immune strengthener, a tonic for the liver, kidneys and lungs. Burdock root might play a role in preventing liver damage caused by alcohol, chemicals, or medications. Burdock has a reputation for it’s blood cleansing and blood building properties. It has the ability to neutralize poisons and cleans the lymphatic system. The diuretic action of burdock helps in the elimination of waste materials. Burdock helps to cleanse the body from the inside out and is most useful in those conditions that can be traced back to liver disorders or a general overload of toxins in the system. Burdock contains proven anti-bacterial and anti-fungal as well as tumour protective compounds. The root promotes sweating and urination. Although the leaves, and seeds of burdock can all be used, in commercial preparations we’ll most commonly find the root. The leaves, seeds and roots are also used in many cultures as food for they contain invaluable minerals. Antioxidants such as burdock is believed to protect body cells from damage caused by oxidation. Burdock may also play a useful role in helping to control blood sugar levels due to the high insulin content of the root. In Europe, the fresh root is used for lowering blood sugar, its insulin content making it particularly suitable for diabetes. The traditional western herbalists use Burdock in treatment of cancer, most likely for it’s well demonstrated depurative properties. Burdock has demonstrated anti-tumour effects in animal studies, in other research it has acted as an anti-mutagen.
Organic Kelp Kelp is a sea vegetable that is a concentrated source of minerals, including: iodine, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and iron. It is an important part of the diet in Japan. For vegan vegetarians kelp is invaluable because of it’s vitamin B 12 content, which is almost exclusively found in animal products. As a source of iodine, kelp assists in the production of thyroid hormones, which are necessary for maintaining normal metabolism in all cells of the body. This increases energy levels and helps make it easier to maintain a healthy body weight. Kelp is the most nutrient-dense of all the Caisse Brusch tea ingredients–and it isn’t found in four herb formulas.
Organic Red Clover Red Clover contains an impressive range of vitamins and trace minerals, including: calcium, chromium, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, thiamine, and vitamin C. Red clover is also one of the richest sources of isoflavones (water-soluble chemicals that act like oestrogens and are found in many plants). This oestrogenic effect is of special interest to women in relieving the symptoms of menopause and providing protection against osteoporosis. The isoflavones found in red clover have been studied for their effectiveness in treating and protecting against some forms of cancer. Especially breast cancer. It is believed that isoflavones prevent the proliferation of cancer cells and even destroy cancer cells.
Organic Sheep Sorrel Sheep Sorrel is a high source of oxalic acid, and rich in sodium, potassium, iron, manganese, phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, silicon and sulphur, and has trace amounts of copper, iodine, manganese and zinc. Sheep Sorrel contains high amounts of Vitamins A and B complex, C, D,E,K,P and vitamin U. The chlorophyll in Sheep Sorrel leaves carries oxygen through the bloodstream which strengthens cell walls, helps remove deposits in blood vessels and allows the body to store and use more oxygen. Also the chlorophyll may reduce radiation damage and restrict chromosome damage. Sheep Sorrel has been observed by researchers to break down tumours and to alleviate some chronic conditions and degenerative diseases. The herb improves the liver, intestinal and bowel functions and prevents destruction of red blood cells.
Organic Slippery Elm Bark Slippery Elm Bark powder has been used as a poultice for cuts and bruises. It is considered one of the best possible herbal poultices for reducing pain and inflammation of burns, boils, ulcers and wounds and coats the mucus membranes that cause irritation of the throat and urinary tract when the herb is taken as a tea or infusion. Slippery Elm is perfectly safe even in pregnancy and indeed is used as a medicinal food. It also helps for aching joints due to gout or other causes. Slippery Elm Bark is found in many lozenges that claim to soothe throat irritation. Since a sore throat and a cough are often linked, Slippery Elm Bark has also been used in cough remedies. It regulates the elimination process of digestion, easing both constipation and diarrhoea. Herbalists know it’s ability to cleanse, heal and strengthen the body.
Organic Turkish Rhubarb Root Turkish Rhubarb works on the smooth muscles of the intestine and acts as a laxative. It is world famous for it’s detoxifying and healing properties. Rhubarb Root purges the body of bile, parasites, and stagnating food in the gut by stimulating the gall duct to expel toxic waste matter. It has been shown to alleviate chronic liver problems. Rhubarb Root improves digestion and helps regulate the appetite. It has been used as a stomach tonic to soothe digestion; to cleanse the liver; as an anti-tumour; and aid for thermal burns, jaundice, sores and cancers. It has also been shown to help heal ulcers, alleviate disorders of the spleen and colon, relieve constipation, and help heal haemorrhoids and bleeding in the upper digestive tract.
Organic Watercress High in Vitamin A,C, and E, Watercress is used as a general tonic, and its bitter taste is thought to regulate the appetite and improve digestion. It can be used to alleviate nervous conditions, constipation, and liver disorders. It is also rich in manganese, iron, phosphorus, iodine, copper and calcium. Watercress is a nutritional food as well as a medicinal plant. Watercress is a popular cough and bronchitis remedy. It contains a remarkable substance called rhein, which appears to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines. It is believed that rhein is also effective against Candida albicans (yeast infection), fever and inflammation, and pain.