What is the difference between the Essiac tea which has 4 herbs in it, and the tea which has 8 herbs in it?
[The original formula which Rene Caisse got from the Ojibway Indians has 4 herbs in it: Burdock Root, Sheep Sorrel, Rhubarb Root, and Slippery Elm Bark. It was this 4 herb formula which she presented to the Canadian medical authorities for evaluation in 1937. Later, during the 1950s when she worked with Dr. Charles Brusch in Massachusetts, they on occasion added small “potentizing” amounts of 4 other herbs to the formula. Dr. Brusch later presented this “8” herb formula to the public. In our opinion, both formulas are basically the same. In the 4 herb formula Burdock Root and Sheep Sorrel comprise 93 % of the herbs. In the 8 herb formula they comprise 92 % of the herbs.. We use the 8 herb formula.
