Essiac herbal tea review

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent warnings to 25 companies regarding the marketing of their products as cancer cures. One of the products on the list is “an herbal tea called Essiac.” Of the companies receiving the warning letters, 23 are located in the USA, one in Australia and one in Canada. The company that makes Essiac is located in Canada, as the herbal tea was created by a Canadian nurse, Rene Caisse, who named Essiac by spelling her name backwards.

The warnings were issued because marketing campaigns claimed to cure, treat, mitigate, or prevent disease — and have not been shown to be safe and effective — the FDA has not approved them. Therefore, the companies may be violating U.S.  federal law.

We have not seen the complete report of the FDA yet, so we are not positive that the original makers of Essiac are involved in this situation. We know that, as the recipe for Essiac herbal tea is quite well known, there are several companies, located in the USA and Canada, that make it, and it could easily be one of these unauthorized corporations that are now taking the heat for their marketing claims.

It has long been our belief that natural, herbal substances, such as Essiac should not be regulated, especially as there is a significant body of anecdotal evidence that points to Essiac being helpful in making the body stronger and more able to resist and recover from cancer.