Flor-Essence is the original formula of Rene Caisse's Essiac Tea that she used to treat cancer. In The Essiac Report, President Kennedy's personal physician, Dr. Charles Brusch had this to say about it, "The results we obtained with thousands of patients of various races, sexes, and ages, with all types of cancer, definitely prove Essiac to be a cure for cancer. All studies done in four laboratories in the United States and one or more in Canada fortify this claim."

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Raw brand now makes raw unprocessed hemp plant cellulose tubes, and they're amazing!
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Thanks for sharing!

Yes, I've had experience with it Seems to help lower the intensity of the experience. I have not dosed super high with it as some like to partake.

Welcome, glad to have you!

I know about insomnia, I'm a total nocturnal insomniac.
I don't fight it, I've been this way my whole life -- a moonchild.
I just use the peace and calm of the night to try and get a lot of stuff done, my creative spirit comes out.
I do a lot of my research and writing / creating at night.

My ritual before sleep is to lie in bed with my laptop on a chair next to my bed and watch something, for 15 minutes to an hour and then drift off.
A show called MST3K / Mystery Science Theater 3000 is very good for it.

It's a show about a guy who works for "Gizmonic Institute" and his boss/bosses are evil and the main one, a woman named Pearl, wants to rule the world and they send him into space on a satellite; He makes robot friends and his bosses pick out the worst most cheesy old movies, mostly sci-fi movies and make him watch them. Him and the robots riff and ad-lib over the movies, and it's really funny, a brilliant show, my favorite ever. Each episode is a movie-length long. and they talk very calmly and the sound is very consistent without too many highs in the sound. It always helps me to sleep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELgwpdCT63E

Also check out the site called simplynoise.com
Try pink oscillating noise at a low volume; It sounds like calm waves washing up on the shore of a beach.

Properties
It has a nauseating taste and is bitter, while the leaves smell quite pleasant and are used for their antibacterial
properties. It lowers fever, is expectorant, constricts veins and relaxes spasms.
It contains bidesmosidic saponins of oleanolic acid, hederagenin and bayogenin (hederasaponins), phenolics and polyacetylenes (falcarinone and 11-dehydrofalcarinol).

Therapeutic uses

Internal use
Ivy is used internally for gout, rheumatic pain, whooping cough and bronchitis.

External use
Extracts of the wood are mostly used in cosmetics and for external use, and for treating burns, warts, impetigo, skin eruptions, neuralgia, swollen joints, toothache and cellulite.
Ivy has topical anti-fungal, anthelmintic, molluscicidal, anti-mutagenic, as well as cellulite control properties.
Topical applications of ivy-based products are often used in anti-cellulite and weight loss preparations.
It has emollient and itch-relieving properties, as well as anti-inflammatory and pain killing actions - provided by the saponins and flavonoids.
Its other major topical action is that of a circulatory compound, which helps other ingredients to be absorbed by the skin, as well as assisting with the removal of waste products from the skin.

Safety precautions and warnings
Excess internal use can destroy red blood cells and causes irritability, diarrhea and vomiting.
The internal use of this herb is best left to qualified medical practitioners only.
Fresh plant material can be an allergen and may irritate the skin.

http://ageless.co.za/herb-ivy.htm

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Uses

English ivy is primarily for external use; as a wash for sores, burns, cuts, dandruff, and other skin problems.
In the right quantity, this herb will reduce swollen glands, calm fevers, and cure dropsy.

Ointment: for external use; the pulped leaf soothes stiff joints and aching muscles.  Also the fresh crushed leaves rubbed on the site are said to be effective against the pain of bee or wasp stings.
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Formulas or Dosages

The whole plant, including the berries, is poisonous.  Use only under medical supervision.

Cold extract: use 1 tsp. leaves with 1 cup cold water; let stand for 8 hours.  Use only externally.

Tincture: gather ivy leaves and cut off some of the green bark, then pass them all through a mincer.  Pour alcohol (not rubbing alcohol) over the mash and let it stand for a week or so.  When ready, press through a sieve, filter and bottle.  A few drops of this tincture rubbed lightly on a sting will quickly relieve the pain.

Compresses: made with salt water to which a few drops of ivy tincture is added.  Also good for poison ivy.

http://medicinalherbinfo.org/herbs/EnglishIvy.html

I cannot comment on what the black specs might be. I store in the refrigerator in a plastic bottle or glass jar, mine came wrapper in dried plantain? leaf or somethin.

I prefer to use water over saliva, esp since sharing the kambo I may apply on other people. I use spring water.
Saliva is generally considered sterile if the mouth is clean, but if one has any mouth issues like infections, bad cavities, receding gums, or any viral infections, than saliva especially should be avoided.