Essiac has many uses, especially as a cleanser and detoxifier of the first order. We highly recommend that you use one bottle each quarter, consuming an ounce a day during the two week period before the equinox or solstice, transitional times when the body is most vulnerable to illness and stress. That's usually all that's necessary for a healthy person to do. If disease has already set in, 1/2 ounce a day every day of the year.

Additionally, there are reported cases where Essiac has reversed thyroid conditions, diabetes, eliminated skin conditions, and caused hemoglobin and white cell counts to return to normal. Cysts, fibroid tumors, chronic mastitis, and ulcers have responded to treatment with Essiac. AIDS and HIV blood counts have improved, psoriasis and shingles have cleared up, and arthritic patients have noted reduced joint pain and greater joint flexibility. Reports include a calming effect, increases in energy level, stabilization of sleeping patterns, clearing of chronic infections, heightened mental clarity, greatly improved digestion and bowel movements, relief from depression, fear and distress, and in many cases greatly reduced levels of intractable, chronic pain, especially for cancer patients. These are possible side effects of Essiac.

Here is a list of therapeutic actions which, according to Sheila Snow, have been reported by Rene Caisse and others to be found in Essiac, in its component herbs individually, or observed to at least occur alongside consumption of Essiac.

• Prevents build-up of excess fatty deposits in artery walls, heart, kidney tubules, and liver
• Regulates cholesterol levels by transforming sugar and fat to energy
• Halts diarrhea, checks internal hemorrhaging and overcomes constipation
• counteracts the effects of aluminum, lead, and mercury poisoning
• Strengthens and tightens muscles, organs, and tissue
• Makes bones, joints, ligaments, lungs and membranes strong and flexible, more durable, and less vulnerable to stress
• Promotes the absorption of fluids in the tissues
• Removes toxic accumulation in fat, lymph, bone marrow, bladder and alimentary canal
• Absorbs toxins in the bowel, then eliminates them
• Clears respiratory channels by dissolving and expelling mucus
• Relieves the liver of its burden of detoxification by converting fatty toxins into water soluble substances that can then be easily eliminated through the kidneys
• Assists the liver in producing lecithin which forms part of the myelin sheath surrounding the nerve tissue
• Reduces, perhaps eliminates heavy metals deposits in the tissues, especially those surrounding the joints, to relieve inflammation and stiffness
• Improves the functions of the pancreas by increasing the effectiveness of insulin
• Cleanses the blood
• Increases red cell production and keeps all these cells from rupturing
• Increases the body's ability to utilize oxygen by raising the oxygen level in the tissue cells
• Maintains the balance between potassium and sodium within the body
• Renders calcium and potassium oxalate soluble in the urine. Regulate the amount of oxalic acid delivered to the kidneys, thus reducing risk of stone formation in the gall bladder, kidneys, or urinary tract
• Protects the brain from circulating toxins
• Relieves pain, increases appetite and provides more energy and a sense of well-being
• Accelerates wound healing
• Increases the production of lymphocytes and T-cells
• Inhibits and possibly destroys benign growths and tumors
• Protects cells from free-radical damage, including damage from radiation and x-rays