April 27th, 2026
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About Essiac through our
Patient's Guide
to Essiac
As further evidence and clinical studies are developed surrounding Essiac, our Patients Guide to Essiac continues to build vital information. This guide is free and contains a multitude of knowledge on various topics in connection to Essiac and its four herbs: Burdock, Sheep Sorrel, Slippery Elm and Rhubarb Root. Furthermore, we provide it free of access as a PDF on our website, making it easy to obtain and receive the information about Essiac that you need.
Essiac Patient’s Guide is written by author Ana Aleksic, MSc; she is an Integrative pharmacist and independent scientist with many years of medical writing, clinical research, and health advising experience. Previously, she was a graduate clinical researcher at the University of British Columbia, focusing on novel treatments for psychiatric illnesses, neuroimaging, and the side effects of psychoactive medications. Ana has collaborated on several projects aimed at providing clinical resources for Canadian healthcare professionals and is the co-author of the Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs, 22nd and 23rd editions. She also published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals. Ana is passionate about communicating cutting-edge science and empowering people to achieve their optimal health. She has edited and published thousands of articles on similar topics to Essiac. Her specialties are dietary and herbal supplements and drug-supplement interactions. Ana is a strong advocate of bridging scientific knowledge with holistic medicine.
In A Patient’s Guide to Essiac, we have various topics relating to the formulation, the individual herbs and Essiac’s general uses, including:
● The Science of the Original Essiac Formulation
● Which Essiac is Right for You
● Common Contraindications with Essiac
● Essiac and Your Mitochondria
● Essiac and Immune Support
● Details on each of the individual herbs
● Published peer-reviewed research
● Essiac’s history
Herbal Ratios of
Each Ingredient
The Patient’s Guide to Essiac also contains other vital information about the formula, including herbal ratios of the four herbs found in Essiac. It is speculated that Burdock holds the most health benefits of Essiac, and is thus found in the highest percentage of the formula. The herbal ratios of each ingredient are as follows:
●Burdock (Arctium Lappa) Root: 76%
●Sheep Sorrel (Rumex Actosella) Leaves: 15%
●Slippery Elm (Ulmus Rubra) Bark: 6%
●Indian Rhubarb (Rheum Officinale) Root: 3%
In this guide, each individual herb is discussed; including its history, active compounds, health benefits and modern uses. Digestion and gut health is also a key highlight with each of the herbs, and how they impact factors such as beneficial gut bacteria, ulcers, and gut lining.
Individual Essiac forms are discussed as well. Have you ever wondered which Essiac formulation is right for you, and why it matters? Our guide discusses each of our compounds in-depth, how Essiac Herbal Extract uses alcohol for herbal extraction and why it is beneficial, how our Herbal Powder is the cleanest formulation and has been found to be higher in immune and digestion-supporting polysaccharides, and the increased bioavailability of our liquid extracts versus our solid extracts, such as our Vegetable Capsules.
Our Patients Guide also discusses Essiac’s benefits for mitochondria and the benefits Arctigenin and Quercetin have on mitochondrial health. Arctigenin and Quercetin are both powerful phytochemicals found in burdock, produce anti-aging compounds, boost energy levels and endurance, and protect against neuroinflammation.
Carcinogens are also mentioned, along with what we can do to help protect our bodies against them and why they are so dangerous. Since the 1970’s, over 87,000 chemicals have been approved for commercial use - yet only around 1,000 of them have been evaluated for their carcinogenic potential. Scientists have identified 10 characteristics that make a carcinogen so destructive, and they are as follows:
1) Gravitate toward DNA. Carcinogens attract negative ions either directly or after metabolic activation (i.e. they are electrophiles). This creates a pull, magnetizing them toward DNA and vital proteins
2) Damage DNA (are genotoxic). This means that they can cause DNA damage, insert new information into DNA, trigger gene mutations, and lead to aberrations in the genetic material
3) Disrupt DNA repair or cause genomic instability
4) Induce harmful epigenetic changes (including DNA methylation, histone modification, microRNA expression)
5) Trigger oxidative stress, causing oxidative damage
6) Cause chronic inflammation
7) Suppress the immune system
8) Manipulate the activity of cellular receptors. This can affect normal cellular division, metabolism, detoxification enzymes, hormonal signaling, and more
9) Make cancerous cells immortal (blocking programmed cell death and cellular aging or
senescence)
10) Cause cells to uncontrollably divide, alter their supply of energy and nutrients, and trigger the formation of new blood vessels in tumors (angiogenesis)
These are some of the many topics discussed in our Patient’s Guide to Essiac. To download your free copy today and learn more about Essiac’s ingredients, research, and health benefits among hundreds of other topics, click the link below: