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man's body of debris, cured his chronic bowel disease and left him healthy and well-nourished. Jensen has inspired three generations of natural healers who have validated his teachings.
Harry Hoxsey, a self-taught herbalist, cured thousands of cancer patients using an herbal blend reportedly handed down from his great-grandfather. By the early 1950s, Hoxsey's Cancer Clinic in Dallas was the world's largest private cancer center, with branches in 17 states. Because of his popularity and success, Hoxsey was condemned, harassed and prosecuted by the orthodox medical establishment. However, two federal courts upheld the ''therapeutic value" of his tonics and, in a landmark case against the American Medical Association, which Hoxsey won, that organization's president testified that Hoxsey's formulas cured some forms of cancer. Although Hoxsey was eventually forced to close his U.S. clinics, and although the American Medical Association, American Cancer Society and U.S. Food and Drug Administration condemn his name and therapy, Hoxsey's formulas live on. Andrew Weil, M.D., whose bestselling book Spontaneous Healing introduced many Americans to alternative medicine, uses a bloodroot paste like Hoxsey's for the topical treatment of skin cancers, and different versions of Hoxsey's herbal tonics are sold by herbalists around the country. These tonics contain plants known for their detoxifying properties, such as red clover blossom, buckthorn bark and burdock root.
Actor Jason Winters credits a tea made of red clover blossoms and chaparral leaf for his own cancer cure, and he became so enthused about this blend's healing properties that he launched his own tea com-

 
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