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'''Essiac Tea''' is an herbal tea which was discovered in the West by the [[Canada|Canadia]]n nurse Rene Caisse.  It has been used by many to cure<ref name=disclaim>By U.S. law, we must say that this statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. Since only drugs and surgery are approved treatments, this is not intended to treat, cure, or prevent and disease.</ref> cancer of many different kinds.  It is a tea composed of Burdock root, Sheep sorrel, Slippery Elm (inner) bark, and Turkey Rhubarb root (Indian Rhubarb and other varieties are also sometimes used but seem less potent).<ref>http://essiacfacts.com</ref>

'''Essiac Tea''' ''(Es-e-ac)'' is an herbal [[tea]] which was discovered in the West by the [[Canada|Canadia]]n nurse Rene Caisse.  It has been used by many to cure<ref name=disclaim>By U.S. law, we must say that this statement has not been evaluated by the [[FDA]]. Since only [[drug]]s and [[surgery]] are approved treatments, this is not intended to treat, cure, or prevent and [[disease]].</ref> [[cancer]] of many different kinds.  It is a tea composed of Burdock root, Sheep sorrel, Slippery Elm (inner) bark, and Turkey Rhubarb root (Indian Rhubarb and other varieties are also sometimes used but seem less potent).<ref>http://essiacfacts.com</ref>

==History==

==Proper Use==

Rene Caisse discovered a scar on a patient which turned out to be the only remainder of cancer.  The woman had learned about this tea from an Indian medicine man in the 1890s.  Caisse later tested this tea on her aunt in 1924, who had stomach cancer and an estimated six months to live. The cancer was cured<ref name=disclaim>By U.S. law, we must say that this statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. Since only drugs and surgery are approved treatments, this is not intended to treat, cure, or prevent and disease.</ref> by the tea, and her aunt lived another 21 years.  From that time on, Caisse began testing and improving on the formula for this tea, and continued treating people with it with an amazing success rate.<ref>http://www.healthfreedom.info/cancer%20essiac.htm</ref>

Essiac tea is useful for a number of things, including:

Only a few liquid ounces are required each day.  Since there is not scientific method currently available to discover the needed dosage, experimentation is required.  Essiac is non-toxic, so the worst that will happen in case of "over-dosing" is a temporary digestive disruption.  Continue to gradually work up the dosage until this occurs, then back off a half ounce to an ounce.<br />

Since small quantities of this tea are used at a time, it is usually sealed in canning jars when it is made.  Open one jar at a time and drink the amount you can tolerate and seem to need cold.  If you prefer to heat he tea, this is not known to cause any harm but is not the way Rene Caisse used it.<ref name="Essiac Essentials">Snow, Sheila, and Mali Klein. Essiac Essentials: The Remarkable Herbal Cancer Fighter. New York: Kensington, 1999. Print.</ref>

 

*Caisse's recipe has been recorded by her assistant using ounce measurements.  Even though the herbs are dry, the intention is for them to be measured by liquid ounce.  This is not done by many individuals and companies.

*Essiac tea is only successful against cancer if the patient begins taking it soon enough.<ref name="Essiac Essentials">Snow, Sheila, and Mali Klein. Essiac Essentials: The Remarkable Herbal Cancer Fighter. New York: Kensington, 1999. Print.</ref>

*Essiac tea is much less effective for people who have received conventional cancer treatment already or are doing so at the same time.  Essiac enables the host's immune system to fight the cancer, but this only works if the immune system is not already damaged.<ref name="Essiac Essentials">Snow, Sheila, and Mali Klein. Essiac Essentials: The Remarkable Herbal Cancer Fighter. New York: Kensington, 1999. Print.</ref>  

==Footnotes and References==

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