Re: Essiac Tea Results?

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:00:51 -0500, "4boyz2" <tdyake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Has anyone ever tried Essiac Tea as a treatment or supplement to your cancer
treatment(s)? If you, I am very interested in your results.

I've know of 2 people that have had very positive results and now by brother
in law has cancer but is hesitant, inspite of the 2 people I know. Please
share your experience with the tea if you have tried it.

Essiac does not work, IMHO. John Boik, who has researched natural
cancer therapies and authored IMHO by far the two best books ever
written about complementary and alternative cancer therapies, reviews
Essiac on the web page

Community Pages FAQ Response
<http://www.ompress.com/community-faq-2.htm>

I include here its abstract and summary:

"Abstract: The Essiac herbal formula has a 70 year history in
treating cancer patients. As many as 20,000 North American
cancer patients may be currently taking an Essiac-like product.
Sales of Essiac-like products are increasing rapidly. No
published scientific evidence exists to suggest that the Essiac
formula has clinical efficacy. However, anecdotal evidence
exists to this effect and public support is considerable. The
phytochemicals in the formula with the greatest potential to
produce an anticancer effect are the anthraquinones rhein and
emodin. High molecular polysaccharides contained in the formula
could also have a stimulating effect on the immune system.
However, it would seem unlikely that the small concentrations
of these compounds in the formula would lead to any significant
anticancer action. Additional studies are needed before the
potential of this formula can be adequately assessed.

[...]

Summary:
Essiac-like formulas have no proven anticancer effect in humans or
animals but nonetheless remain popular as alternative treatments.
Based on a simplistic analysis of the amount of herbal material
and active constituents in these formulas, it seems unlikely that
they would produce any significant medical effect, other than a
slight purgative action. The purgative action could be of general
benefit to some individuals, but would also prevent significantly
higher doses of the formula from being used in cancer treatment.
Because of the popularity of Essiac-like formulas, adequate
assessment of their anticancer potential is needed."


NCI's review of Essiac is on the page

Essiac/Flor?Essence - National Cancer Institute
<http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cam/essiac>

A brief quote:

"... Laboratory, animal, and human studies with Essiac and
Flor?Essence have not reported clear evidence of an anticancer
effect. ..."



--
Matti Narkia
.

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