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"After my fourth treatment of radiotherapy in late May 1999, a friend of mine who also practices relaxation therapy put me on essiac tea, antioxidants, and vitamin supplements," he writes. "With essiac tea, I increased my strength until I got flu-like symptoms and then backed off slightly. I had informed both my doctors for radiotherapy and chemotherapy that I was taking vitamin supplements, antioxidants and essiac tea, and I had no objection from either of them." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Where to find it: One company sells this tea formula under the name essiac tea at http://www.premium-essiac-tea-41ess.com. For those who wish to purchase these herbs separately, the exact breakdown of herbs (ratio) is available at this web page: http://www.biznetl ,com/p2699.htm. This site also sells the Ojibwa tea in larger quantities." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"I had informed both my doctors for radiotherapy and chemotherapy that I was taking vitamin supplements, antioxidants and essiac tea, and I had no objection from either of them." On February 15, 2002, more than two years after his final round of chemotherapy, Kratz says, "My oncologist rang me and gave me the good news: no trance of tumor recurrence. So we are all very happy." "Two months ago I asked about anyone having tried.. .Flor-Essence for cancer because my father-in-law was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer," reports Catherine A." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"For example, coffee enemas, or preferably the liver and gallbladder flush, can help the liver to rid itself from accumulated antibiotic residues and a lot of other toxins as well. essiac tea, MMS, Chaparral or Lapacho tea can cleanse the liver and the blood from such remnants, too. A kidney cleanse ensures that the toxins which your body releases are actually removed and don't get caught in the kidneys, urinary bladder or skin. The Ayurvedic hot water treatment (drinking hot ionized water) cleanses the tissues. Early bedtimes improve digestion and immune functions." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"There is little evidence that essiac tea is beneficial, but its ingredients do have some documented anti-cancer properties. [Journal Alternative Complementary Medicine 10: 687-91, 2004; Journal Ethnopharmacology Oct 12, 2005] While Essiac has been shown to have strong antioxidant activity [Journal Ethnopharmacology Oct 12, 2005], and in a lab dish may inhibit prostate cells from replicating [J Alternative Complementary Medicine 10: 687-91, 2004], human studies using Essiac have not been performed. There are many anecdotal reports that Essiac is beneficial for cancer patients." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Individuals report essiac tea improves quality of life, alleviates pain, and in some cases, impacts cancer progression. Experimental studies confirm the individual herbs used in this tea mixture have antioxidant, anti-estrogenic, immune-stimulating, and anti-tumor effects. However, enthusiasm for Essiac has not been found in the research community. No clinical studies of Essiac have been published to date." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Essiac tea ... 116 Gerson therapy ... 117 Fluke Worm Theory ... 117 Hoxsey treatment... 117 Hydrazine sulfate ... 118 Hyperthermia (Coley's toxins) ... 118 Iscador... 118 Kelley metabolic therapy ... 119 Laetrile... 119 The Macrobiotic Diet... 120 Bloodroot... 121 Oxygen therapies... 121 Rife therapy... 122 Shark cartilage ... 122 A story... 123 Conventional vs. Alternative Cancer Therapy ..." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"One company sells this tea formula under the name essiac tea http://www.premium-essiac-tea-41ess.com. Another one, NaturesAlternatives.com, sells it as "Native Essense™ Plus dry tea," available on the internet (see Product Information). For those who wish to purchase these herbs separately, the exact breakdown of herbs (ratio) is available at this web page: http://www.biznetl.com/p2699.htm. This site also sells the Ojibwa tea in larger quantities." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.) "Drink plenty of fresh water and herbal teas that have a bitter taste, such as chaparral. essiac tea (8-herb formula) has shown some of the best results I have seen (see Product Information). Also 2-4 cups of Pau d' Arco (Lapacho) tea a day can help improve the Candida balance. The same applies to green tea and cranberry juice concentrate. The product Primal Defense has also proved beneficial for some Candida sufferers, but not for everyone. Apply the muscle test to all the foods and beverages you normally consume." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"You can often £JJ find blessed thistle in local health food stores in a combination call essiac tea, which includes burdock root, Indian rhubarb, sheep sorrel, slippery elm bark, watercress, red clover, and kelp. This may also be helpful in treating measles. Astragalus: Also known as milk vetch, astragalus has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine for its immune-stimulating effects. Astragalus root can be used as a tea, or taken in capsule form. If you choose to take the capsule, take 500 mg three times daily." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"Burzynski) Hoxsey treatment (Harry M Hoxsey) • Macrobiotics (Michio Kushi) • Laetrile (Ernst T Krebs Sr) • essiac tea (Rene M. Caisse) Hydrazine sulfate (Joseph Gold MD) þ • Parasites • Cloves • Wormwood • Black walnut hulls (Hulda Clark) • Shark cartilage (William Lane PhD) • Bacteria theory (Livingston-Wheeler) 1950's 1960's 1970's I 980's 1990's fraudulent cures that have little chance of prolonging survival." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"I used essiac tea to start with, which can be made stronger if needed, or to preference. It usually can be found in a box, as loose herbs. These herbs need to be boiled. Sometimes the tea can be found in liquid form. Once a year I use Flor-Essence tea, after a 12-week regimen with Essiac, as a follow-up or continuation. Flor-Essence comes in liquid form ready to drink. A good website on this is at: www.florahealth.com. KOMBUCHA TEA Another great immune booster is Kombucha Tea, pronounced (Com-boo-cha)." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.) "Brusch had cancer of the lower bowel which completely disappeared after essiac tea treatments. This tea contains the powerful herbs of the Burdock root, sheep sorrel, slippery elm bark, and Turkish rhubarb. Both Essiac and Flor-Essence (below) are powerful detoxifiers for the body. These herbs work to remove toxins, free radicals and chemical waste from our organs and blood stream. Essiac and Flor-Essence also cleanse the intestinal track and remove sluggish waste to improve digestion for great health and energy. FLOR-ESSENCE Another purification (detox) tea is called Flor-Essence." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.) "In 1922, Rena Caisse, who was a nurse at Sisters of Providence Hospital in northern Canada, opened a clinic and treated her patients with essiac tea. Initially, she healed herself of breast cancer, through the help of an Indian living in the area who showed her what herbs to collect and made a tea from these herbs. Being excited about her cure, she went on to help others, soon gained other doctors' support, and from 1935 to 1941 treated thousands of patients. In 1977, when she was 89, she signed her recipe over to a company in Ontario, Canada." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.) "This great product contains the herbs in essiac tea, plus three more herbs: watercress, blessed thistle, and red clover blossom. This tea was entrusted to President Kennedy's personal physician, Dr. Charles Brusch, who was a partner in research and co-owner with Rena Caisse in perfecting this formula at their Massachusetts clinic. Here, they used this formula to help thousands of people. Flor-Essence liquid gently flushes the toxins from the kidneys, liver, lungs, colon, bloodstream, and the deepest cells in the body." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.)

"It joins the ranks of Wild oregano, Olive leaf, essiac tea, Noni juice, and others as being endowed with extraordinary powers. Although these herbs or formulas do have intrinsic value they have a window of 5-10 years of trendy use, and then they fall to the wayside. Aloe though has kept a tenacious foothold in the public's mind mainly through exaggerated claims by multilevel marketers. Antelope Horns Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family Asclepias asperula Spider milkweed, Inmortal Description: Antelope horns is a low-growing perennial, 1-2 feet tall, by 2-3 feet wide." - Charles W. Kane, Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest (Get the book.)

"In North America, burdock is widely used in medicinal teas and is also a main ingredient in one of the top-selling (and controversial) tea products, so-called "Essiac Tea," which is used as supportive therapy in cancer treatments (see: Tea preparations). In folk medicine, burdock is used as a diuretic ("Blood Purifying Remedy"), as a laxative, for renal or urinary calculi, for gastrointestinal tract disorders, gout, and rheumatic complaints as well as externally for eczema and poorly healing wounds. The root extract has antibiotic activity." - Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier, Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: A Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis (Get the book.)

"Chapter 7 & essiac tea during the same period that harry hoxsey was roiling the waters of American medicine, a parallel controversy erupted in Canada. This was the struggle over essiac tea, the brainchild of an Ontario nurse named Rene M. Caisse (1888-1978). Today, Essiac is still the most popular herbal mixture used for treating cancer in North America. Caisse's original proprietary formula is trade-marked and manufactured by the Resperin Corporation of Canada. There is also a competing formula called Flor-Essence, and innumerable variations and "knockoffs." - Ralph W. Moss PhD, Herbs Against Cancer: History and Controversy (Get the book.)

"There are numerous brands of so-called "Essiac tea" (a.k.a. "Ojibwa Tea") available in Australia, Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. Phytomedicines: Externally, burdock root extract is used in a cream base as an antipruritic remedy. In combination products, burdock is a component in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) common cold preparations. Burdock root oil is found in hair care cosmetic products. A dry extract (drug to extract ratio 3.5-4.5:1) is used in dietary supplement and food products." - Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier, Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: A Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis (Get the book.)

"Foods and herbs rich in monatomic elements include grapes, aloe vera, cacao, carrots, pycnogenol extracted from maritime pine bark from France, essiac tea (the main ingredients include sheep sorrel and Turkish rhubarb), blood root, blue-green algae, and St. John's wart. Another source rich in the monotamic elements is Ultimatium™ a powder or liquid extract made by Dr. Tru Ott.48 People have also been able to extract monatomic elements from sea water as far back as the time of the Essenes. What is a monatomic mineral?" - Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini (Get the book.)

"Many people even claim that the side effects of chemotherapy are greatly reduced when essiac tea is used at the same time. Resources: Books Richard Thomas. The Essiac Report. Los Angeles: ATIN, 1993. (ISBN 0-9639818-0-3) Dr. Gary L. Glum. Calling of an Angel. Los Angeles: Silent Walker Publishing, 1988. (ISBN 0-9620364-0-4) Sheila Snow and Mali Klein. Essiac Essentials: The Remarkable Herbal Cancer Fighter. New York: Kensington Books, 1999. (ISBN 1-57566-563-8) Cynthia Olsen. Essiac: A Native Herbal Cancer Remedy. Pagosa Springs, Colorado: Kali Press, 1996." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.)

"There is some dispute about which company has the authentic recipe for Caisse's essiac tea today, but the primary ingredients are burdock root, Indian rhubarb, sheep sorrel, and slippery elm bark. Although both burdock root and Indian root have anti-tumor properties, most people familiar with essiac tea feel that all the ingredients, working together, are responsible for its healing properties." - Larry Clapp, Prostate Health in 90 Days (Get the book.)

"For example, there is one well-known story of a teenage boy, named Billy Best, who was cured of his Hodgkin's lymphoma in just two and one-half months by the combined use of 714X, essiac tea, nutritional supplements, and a healthy diet. His story is presented at www.grand-strand.com/suebest/. As we have seen with many other effective alternative non-toxic cancer treatments, the general rule is that there will be attempts at suppression. Gaston Naessens, unfortunately, had to deal with this as well. In the mid-1950s, Naessens started to have trouble with the medical authorities in France." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.) "Kelley's enzymes, essiac tea, and a variety of other supplements. But he never stopped taking the liquid minerals. Incredibly, about six weeks after beginning cesium high pH therapy, LaVaughn felt well again. Two weeks after that, at the eight-week point, another endoscope procedure was done. It was the day before Thanksgiving 2002. This time, the endoscope showed that the tumor was completely gone and the central ulcer part had shrunk down to the size of a pencil eraser." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.) "These physicians formally concluded that the Hoxsey treatment was superior to any cancer treatment being used by the medical establishment at the time. ?Essiac tea not only resulted from Native Americans testing and using herbs for hundreds of years, but was also clinically proven by Canadian and American physicians. This included Dr. Charles A. Brusch who had been the personal physician to John F. Kennedy. After 10 years of studying Essiac, Dr. Brusch concluded that Essiac was "a cure for cancer, period." ?Dr." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.)

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