Starwest Botanicals Essiac Tea Organic, Slippery Elm Bark - Bulk 1 lb Bag

This is a great tea. Despite some comments that it doesn't taste that great, I think it's a matter of individual taste. I have tried it, it wasn't sour, it had a kind of earthy taste. Both my husband and I drank it every morning for a month or so, more to see what it was like than anything else. We used 1 oz of the made tea, then added an ounce of hot water. Yes. it's a hassle to make, but as you only need to do it once every two or three weeks, it's really not bad. And it's boiling it up once, letting it sit overnight, and then getting it hot again, straining and bottling it. No brains needed! I really bought it to take to my sister who lives in South Africa. She is suffering from metastatic breast cancer which has gone into her lungs and bones. She has been on four different chemos over the years, and the one she is using at present is experimental. Her feeling is that she is tired of chemo, doctors, having blood drawn, and wants to stop it all. As a caution, some have mentioned that the 8 herb essiac is better than the 4 herb, this one is the 4 herb. It may be that the 8 herb is better, but if you have breast cancer, depending on whether it is estrogen receptive, one of the herbs in the 8 herb, I believe it's red clover, should not be taken if your cancer is estrogen receptive. A friend who had tried the 8 herb told me that the 8 herb really does taste bad. My sister didn't want to try this at first, but as she was feeling so bad, she asked me to make it up for her. I did, using just half the amount of herbs and water mentioned on the packet, as it will last quite a while. We asked family to save bottles with screw on caps and used those to store the tea. She got up in the night to take 1 oz from the pot as she wanted to get started. She started taking just 1 oz three times per day, and after a couple of weeks increased that a bit to about 2 oz. She just drinks it straight and cold, but drinks plenty of water during the day. And she says she actually likes the taste of it. By the third day of taking it she said she was feeling so much better. She wasn't taking a nap in the morning and afternoon as she had been. She was down to just one nap per day! She had also been coughing badly, unable to get her breath. After a week, she was only coughing occasionally. She kept telling me how much better she felt. I was also making a smoothie for us every evening that was full of fruit and vegetables, so I have to credit that for some of the improvement. She had blood drawn while I was there to check her tumor markers. On chemo alone they were normally coming down by 10 points every month. She was sure that they would have come down more because she was feeling so much better. Well, they had only come down by 9, so she was disappointed. But at the beginning of November she had them checked again - and they had come down by 19 points! She was very pleased, as they had never come down by that much in a month before. The doctor was pleased too, though he doesn't know she is taking essiac at the same time as chemo. The information I had found for her stated that essiac tea would not affect chemo, but that the chemo might lessen the effectiveness of the essiac. So we don't yet know how well she will continue to do. I will try to update this from time to time with her progress, or lack of. But what I can say is that based on what I have seen with her, it is worth a try, as even if it doesn't cure her, it has made her quality of life much more comfortable.

My dog became diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (the severe form) at the age of 6, and I'm willing to bet this was due to her dog food. We were feeding her Purina, and it wasn't until recently (and the hard way) that I learned just how terrible most commercial dog food is. Her symptoms included: crusting/scabbing on her nose, limping in back legs, extreme lethargy, depression and loss of interest in playtime/walks, and decreased appetite. She most definitely was not her usual happy and playful self. The recommended treatment for autoimmune disorders such as lupus is prescription steroids to suppress the now out-of-whack and over-reactive immune system. Life expectancy via treatment with steroids is very poor, with 40% of dogs dying within a year by way of organ failure, typically the kidneys. Additionally, once you start steroids, you must administer them for the remainder of the dog's life. Once given, they permanently weaken the immune system. They are expensive on top of that, so many owners unfortunately have to choose between coughing up the money for the drugs or putting their pet down. I was strongly opposed to putting my dog on steroids as I don't think anyone's immune system (human or dog) should be suppressed. Rather, it should be supported so that it can function properly, which is where Essiac comes in. Plus, Western medicine fails miserably when it comes to chronic conditions, so I tend to shy away from it in such cases. It focuses on symptom control and thus rarely ever fixes the root of the problem. The day I received her diagnosis, I immediately switched my dog to a raw diet and supplemented her with Essiac daily. She began showing signs of improvement immediately, although a bit slow. Her limping was the first symptom to go, and disappeared within a few days. With time, her energy levels increased, she appeared more lively and happy, and her crusting/scabbing drastically decreased in severity. I initially had trouble getting her to drink all the tea as she didn't have an appetite, but she now gladly gulps it down, every last drop. She knows what's good for her :) This is the third month since being diagnosed and she continues to improve. She recently started sprinting, which she hasn't done since being diagnosed. We went from going on daily walks to daily runs that are slowly increasing in pace and duration before she begins to fatigue. Although she still isn't completely back to her former self (and may never be) she is doing MUCH MUCH better and her lupus symptoms appear to be under control. And this sure beats giving her steroids. Although I believe both a diet change and Essiac have contributed heavily to her improved health, the Essiac is definitely the main reason behind her significant improvement. About 1.5 weeks after starting her on Essiac, I ran out, and so my dog had to go 4 or 5 days without it before I was able to order a new package from Amazon. During this time, her lupus-related symptoms were showing signs of return: she began showing issues with her legs again; the scabbing on her nose increased; and her energy levels decreased. As soon as I put her back on Essiac, she was back on the road to improvement :) With that said, I will most definitely continue to supplement my dog with Essiac daily for the rest of her time with us. It has worked wonders for our pup and has put her on the road to recovery :) UPDATE (12/16/14) It has been 8 months since my dog first became diagnosed with lupus. I continue to supplement her with Essiac daily. She is alive and well and her energy levels have returned to her former state. All of her symptoms but one have disappeared: she still gets scabbing on her nose that sometimes bleeds. I have tried several different remedies to improve the condition of her nose, including black currant oil, neem oil, coconut oil, homeopathic pellets, rosemary, basil, and pulverized black seed (Nigella Sativa). Black seed seems to have slightly improved the scabbing, but the other remedies have been of no help. I am still experimenting with dosage, however, as black seed has a potent peppery smell and taste and I don't want to overwhelm my dog's meals with it. In the meantime I apply coconut oil to moisturize her nose. It doesn't hurt that she loves the taste.

This Essiac tea is high quality and has the correct herbs. Great tea! Thank you for having it available. Great service. It arrived quickly.

A little bit difficult to use, I prefer teabags

I've been searching for this product after the Prairie Camas product disappeared from the market. The ingredients in this product worked well for the purposes I needed as a detox. This worked unbelievably well. And the taste is exceptional.

Firstly....I ama bit nervous to expose that I am a cancer patient who is 3 stage of ovarian and omentume. It was 2018 October.....sudden my tummy is blowing up but no pain so had to go to hospital which was ascites. After all test CT,MRI and PET.....my oncologist told me I have cancer but too late. The doctors had to ascites paracentenes because I could not breathe....unfortunately I had to go to emergency to take water out from tummy every week because building up water constantly.....oncologist was going to surgery right away but sudden he changed his mind to start a chemo first to reduce tumor before surgery .....about 2 times after chemo....no more ascites....naturally dispeared. After 3 times chemo the oncologist doctor decided to surgery and 3 times more chemo I was being treated. It was very tough time while I am being treated the chemo and I decided not to get chemo anymore and I am tired to live any longer and time to die..... doctor told me that your tumor shrink so slow and you need to get chemo longer....but I refused and ready to die. On way back home I wanted to go bookstore to find a book to read at home and I choose a religious book on a shelf and standing to check all contents of the book and I felt that something caught my right foot .....I looked down and It was a book which is the truth of cancer.....I did not realize that I was standing at health books section but I found this book and it was very interesting so I got the book and started to read.....I found the essiac tea from the book.....Ms Caisse warned that the certain of essiac blend with water is very important but I thought myself that my cancer tumor shrink so slow so I made my essiac tea strong a bit. Since I stop the chemotherapy I only drink essiac and graviola tea.....essiac tea just before go to bed and graviola tea drink every morning as soon as I woke. Last month I went see the oncologist and took all exam.....the result was clean and cancer free. I really liked to eat meats, bacons and all kind of different dishes but I started to eat only veggies. I eat brown rice with 4 different kind of crops.....red kidney bean, black bean with green kernel, barley and foxtail millets.....sometimes I mix all different kind of crops but not more than 5 kind of crops......not to exceed more than 5 grains. I might have to drink essiac tea continuously.

It's Great it works and helps

Too expensive .

Ho comprato questa tisana in quanto era un ottimo prezzo. Purtroppo non sapevo che la vera Essiac deve contenere la radice di Acetosa, e in questo prodotto non c'è, dentro contiene solo le foglie, che sono meno efficaci e costano molto meno delle radici. Sicuramente questo tea farà bene al corpo ma non bene come la vera Essiac, che ha dei costi superiori perché le radici di Acetosa impiegano 2-3 anni per crescere e questo giustifica un costo superiore.

I had a hysterectomy because of uterine cancer about 6 years ago. No followup radiation or chemotherapy. Used the Essiac tea after researching Rene Caisse, the nurse from Bracebridge who obtained the recipe from the indigenous people in the area. Of course it was Pooh poohed by the Ontario medical establishment. She treated quite a number of people with cancer quite successfully with the tea. I have had no recurrence of the cancer so Yes, I would recommend it.

I deal with this company life time all ways trustworthy service and excellent quality products am thankful for this company service

Great tea! I don't drink it for any benefits particularly but I loved the sound of the ingredients, so I figured what the hell. I make a large batch and drink it instead of water throughout the day— they say too much of a good thing can be bad, but frankly I haven't grown any extra arms yet.

As described Would buy again!!