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More about Essiac Tea

Essiac Tea is an herbal tea – a natural supplement – with four specific ingredients: Burdock plant root, Sheep sorrel plant, Slippery Elm tree inner bark, and Turkey Rhubarb root. Essiac is regarded as a natural detox method. Rene Caisse (Essiac is her surname spelled backward) brought the tea to prominence in the 1930s, touting its benefits for cancer patients. However, neither Health Canada nor the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Essiac as a cancer treatment.

What is Essiac Tea

There are four ingredients in Essiac tea: Burdock plant root, Sheep sorrel plant, Slippery Elm tree inner bark, and Turkey Rhubarb root. Essiac tea helps release toxins that can be filtered by the liver and excreted by the kidneys. A 2017 study showed that Burdock possesses bioactive immunomodulators, which has anti-cancer effects. A 2018 report noted that Burdock inhibits the growth of various cancer cells, such as those of the stomach, lungs, liver, and colon. Dr. Daniel Nuzum: “It’s not a cancer-killing, tumor-destroying formula. That’s not what it does.” Initially used by the indigenous Ojibway people in North America, Canadian nurse Rene Caisse gained notoriety for using the tea to treat cancer patients in the 1920s. She used locally grown herbs and administered it to patients within 48 hours of preparation. “I have never claimed that my treatment cures cancer – although many of my patients and the doctors with whom I have worked claim that it does,” Caisse wrote. “My goal has been [the] control of cancer, and alleviation of pain. Diabetes, pernicious anemia and arthritis are not curable, but with insulin, liver extract, and adrenal cortex extracts, ‘incurables’ live out comfortable, controlled life spans.”

Essiac Tea Ingredients

There are four herbs used in Rene Caisse’s Essiac tea: Burdock plant root – valued in traditional Chinese medicine as a blood purifier, an aid for sore throat and colds, and as a topical for skin disorders including acne, eczema, and psoriasis. Sheep sorrel plant – historically used for inflammation, scurvy, and diarrhea. Slippery Elm tree inner bark – thought to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Turkey Rhubarb root – widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for constipation, diarrhea, gastrointestinal ulcers, hypertension, and to suppress immune responses. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology revealed that fewer than half of oncologists discuss herbs or supplements with their patients.