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essiac

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essiac (es·sē·ak),
n herbal formula comprising burdock root, sheep sorrel, slippery elm, and turkey rhubarb, discovered by a Canadian nurse Rene Caisse for treating cancer patients; clinical evidence to prove its effectiveness is lacking.


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She took some Vitamin C and DMSO (possibly six times), and also added some CoQ10, selenium and took four ounces of Essiac tea three times a day.
Cancer and the world we live in have changed a lot during the past 50 years and for that reason we do not seem to see the same successes with some of the famed treatments of prior decades, like the outstanding Budwig Diet protocol, Essiac tea, Hoxsey, Gerson, etc.
The reality is that it contains a herb mixture called Essiac which has been blacklisted by the US Food and Drug Administration as a "fake cancer cure".
 
 
 
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