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The name "Essiac" derives from the name of originator nurse Rene Caisse spelt backwards, comprises four main herbs that grow in Ontario, Canada. The original formula is believed to have its roots in native Canadian Ojibway medicine
The four main herbs that make up Essiac are Burdock Root , Slippery Elm Inner Bark , Sheep Sorrel and Indian Rhubarb Root help normalize body systems by purging toxic build up, cleansing the blood, promoting cell repair and aiding effective assimilation and elimination. When combined it is believed that their separate beneficial effects are enhanced.
Given current advances in scientific understanding of the human immune system, Essiac remains at the forefront of alternative formulas.
Precautions and side effects (refer also to statements below)
Thereare no detrimental side effects reported for essiac tea.
Claims made, however, in many quarters that essiac may be a useful cancer treatment are not backed by peer-reviewed scientific research, and this site does not support any claims that herbs have anti-cancer properties.
Essiac tea, however has massive anecdotal backing as a beneficial nutritional supplement and its use is supported by physicians as a useful complement to "conventional" cancer treatments.
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I Cured Myself Of Cancer
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 26 Feb 2008
"I took Essiac tincture and vitamin B17, which is said to break down tumours. I also imagined feeling light and love wiping out the cancer cells. ...
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... antioxidants such as vitamins C and E may reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy, while herbs such as yew needle and the herbal tea essiac have been ...
Hutchinson Center A Life of Science, WA - Mar 2006