By Dr. Mercola
Indigenous people were some of the first users of herbal teas for boosting health and well-being. Such is the case for essiac tea, which was used by the indigenous Ojibwa tribe of Canada. It wasn’t until 1922 that essiac tea became known, after a female nurse from Ontario named Rene Caisse reportedly obtained the recipe from the tribe.
Essiac, which is Caisse spelled backward,1 was then administered to the nurse’s cancer patients, some of whom exhibited promising results. Because of this “breakthrough,” essiac tea was promoted for mainstream use to the rest of North America. However, there was pushback …read more
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