Essiac Blood Cleansing Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup burdock root, cut
3/8 cup powdered sheep sorrel
8 teaspoons powdered slippery elm bark
1 teaspoon powdered turkey rhubarb
2 gallons mineral water

Preparation

You will need a stainless steel kettle (3 gallon), a stainless steel sieve, glass bottles.
You will need to sterilize your bottles (approx. 7- qt. bottles).
Mix dry ingredients thoroughly.
Pour 2 gal.
of water into pot.
Bring to rolling boil with lid on.
Stir dry ingredients into boiling water.
Replace lid, cotinue boiling at reduced heat for 10 mins.
Turn off stove.
Scrape down sides of pot and stir mixture thoroughly.
Replace lid, let pot sit and cool undisturbed for 10-12 hours (overnight).
Reheat to steaming hot, but do not let it boil.
Turn off heat, allow herbs to settle for a few mins.
Pour hot liquid through sieve to catch sediment.
Use funnel to fill sterilized bottles, put lids on.
Allow bottles to cool, then tighten lids.
Store in dark,cool place, and lways refrigerate an opened bottle.
Take 2 tbls. tea with 2 tbls. hot water 1 to 3 times daily(1 just for mild cleansing, more if you are sick), always on an empty stomach -- I would take mine early in the morning and late at night