Cistus Incanus

I love everything about this wonderful plant! Its hardiness, its medicinal power, its ancient history. In Greek history it is said that Medusa was seduced by Poseidon in a thicket of Cistus (also called Rock Rose). It’s resin, called Labdanum, was used as an offering to the Gods and was burned as incense. Cleopatra used the resin in her cologne as a scent to calm the nerves of her lovers, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. To collect the Labdanum, shepards would run their goats thru the bushes and the resin would stick to their beards, later to be combed out.

It grows in the harshest of climates with high heat, extreme solar radiation, wind and very little rain. Because of it’s hardiness, it is loaded with polyphenols, which protect the body from oxidative stress, pathogens, heart disease, cancers and more.
The best Cistus Incanus comes from Cyprus, Greece and Sardinia where the climate is ideal for this hardy plant.

I’ve been consuming it and making a tincture of it for about 2 years when I discovered that in studies it was effective against SARS-cov-1. That was enough proof for me that it would be effective now. It’s also a very potent biofilm breaker, which is so important in this new world of bugs. Most of us have been exposed to Lyme and to covid and to other bugs like herpes 1 and 2. In the last Newsletter I talked about Ötzi, the Iceman, having spirochetes and seemingly living fine with them. (I bet he had Cistus in his travel bag, Hee hee.)

Could it be that we are in a time where we must learn to integrate the bugs into our system rather than always fighting to completely eradicate them? Crazy thought, I know.
Dr Klinghardt postulates that “chronic infections are no longer the enemy, they are simply bugs that your body has refused to integrate”. “Most symptoms that we experience are a result of an immune reaction to the bugs and not the bugs themselves”. And that autoimmunity is the end result of an immune reaction to the microbes. Something to ponder upon.

From my own experience, Cistus has been a godsend. I use the tincture that I make ( https://tinyurl.com/5n6natex ) which is imprinted with the Cistus Incanus freqeuncy and I also drink the tea. I feel that it has kept my bugs in check allowing me to integrate their vibrations into ones more harmonious to my body.
I take the tincture and drink the tea almost daily, giving my body a day or two off a week.

There’s a certain way you should make the tea which I will share here:
Bring one quart of clean water (distilled or spring) to boil.
Remove from heat.
Add tea bag and cover.
Let steep for at least 30 mins. You can go longer and just lightly reheat to drink. You can also reuse the teabag another time by adding more boiling water. Good cistus tea will turn red after it has been steeped a couple times. This is when you know all the rich medicinal qualities are coming out.

Thank you to my friend in Cyprus for providing me with the cistus that I use for my tinctures. I raise my cup of cistus tea to you in gratitude!

You can purchase Cistus tea on amazon:
https://amzn.to/3CcQnrH
But I also just purchased some recently from lindenbotanicals. I used to buy my cistus tea from Biokoma on amazon but something has changed in their sourcing. I used to get a thin coat of resin on my brewed tea but no longer do. For this reason I’m not sure about recommending that brand. I miss the resin!

Thanks for reading!
Hugs,
~Christine