Essiac Tea

Well I have tried it - it is a product of a Canadian nurse who saw great improvement with her patients and so marketed the tea early 1900's.  You know I think about the subject of alternative meds. all the time and I wonder do we get guarantees with conventional medicines?  I think there is always a "if we are lucky" or "if it works like it should" attached.  So i've decided that everything should be available to us (and it is on the net just make sure you get the original manufacturer connected to the Canadian nurse).  I certainly did not have any negative results but it really difficult to say I had positive ones too..  I would do what you are doing and get whatever other people have found useful too.   Best of luck!

I used it when I was done with chemo. I bought the prepared liquid but it is also available as a loose tea (with quite precise instrictions about using a steel pot, etc.). I'm not sure if I'd trust it to "cure" me but I found it beneficial and if it were in my budget I'd use it regularly.

I heard it cures cancer. After discovering I had cancer again I put it over my breast like you would a lotion. I hope it doesn't enhancethe development of mammary glands as it did with the rats.  I would like more info on this or any studies done on essaic.

What about soy milk. I asked my doctor and she said there is a lot of debate to if it causes cancer. She said a moderate amount won't hurt. What about eggs? There is so much out there that has hormones. If we have no estrogen then what about our bones? our heart? I want to challenge my cancer with alternative medicine as a after lumpectomy treatment. I'm also a person who believes in balance. One person told me disease can't live or thrive in an alkaline enviroment. Another said we need a balance of alkaline and acidity... the acidity kills free floating bacteria.

About the mushrooms...I'm a little afraid of mushrooms killing you or being part of the mold family. I'm very allergic to mold. Maybe it helps one person and not another? I would take it today if I knew what I was doing, how and assured it wouldn't have side affects. B

Essiac tea: Commonly used for the immune system, the digestive system, diabetes, high blood pressure, high chlosterol, and chronic pain. Can contain up to eight herbs: blessed thistle, burdock root, kelp, red clover, sheep sorrel, slippery elm bark, turkish rubarb root, and watercress, but the original recipe calls only for 4.  There is a warning page at  http://cancertutor.com/Cancer/Essiac_Warnings.html  It actually seems pretty good, considering how long ago it was formulated.

Adaptogenic tea: Formulated by Dr. Brekhman over decades of expensive research in the former Soviet Union, the main ingredients are: eleuthero, maral root, schisandra, rhodiolia rosea, aralia, licorice root, St. John's wort and panax ginseng, in varing amounts, for instance eleuthero is 67% and panax ginseng is 2%.    I drink lots of this tea with great results for overall health, for additional cancer prevention I add phellinus linteus and chaga.  Dr Brekhman's claim is that the ingredients were tested and ratioed so they operate synergystically, better that the sum of the parts.  It was provided to Soviet elite such as cosmonauts, ballerinas, athletes, and chess players. 

Kombucha tea has beneficial acids, probiotics, and b-vit's that supposedly help breast cancer.  It is simple to get a scoby and start brewing Kombucha, I drink it every day.  It costs a fair amount from the store (JT Kombucha brand even mentions breast cancer on the label) but is very inexpensive to make.

Anyone interested in herb remedies, please don't underestimate tea decoctions.  Capsules may seem convienient but they are expensive and not as readily assimilated in the body as a decoction. There can be unbelievable benefits, just get started and no matter what you will feel better, they work that way.  The adaptogenic tea label from the Russian pharmacy translates "If you are feeling lonely or tired, you simply need a cup of Dersu to improve your mind, body, and spirit." 

I saw essiac tea on ebay, and there are sources for adaptogenic tea ingredients and the medicinal conks, phellinus linteus, chaga, and may as well look at turkey tail.  From my work with Koreans over 15 years, who are really into this stuff, and having been to Russia 9 times to get ingredients for them, I do have experience of watching people get cured, and it is amazing.  Use all three, cycle them, use them together.  The point is do something to 1. prevent the cancer 2. detain the cancer 3. help with strength and vitatility during chemo/radiation 4. help recovery and 5. help prevent the cancer from returning.  There are no conflictions with the cancer drugs, only some if you are on high plood pressure, hypoglycemic, diabetes, or heart medication, in which case you simply eliminate the herbs with those conflictions and continue with the others.

Honestly not to be negative but my only other "young"chemo friend consumed and sold this tea in abundance. she passed 3 years ago now.

Actually I just asked my naturalpath this morning about Essiac tea and she said that it is wonderful to clean out the lymphatic system but doesn't taste very good.  She suggested that I buy it from a company called Flora (Canadian Co) follow the directions it comes with and only need about 1 oz. daily.