I agree with Ingeborg. Ian, do not spam the forum with unsourced, already-disproved, anecdotal claims, or links to unrelated articles. Unsourced ancecdotes by random people (usually sockpuppets of people who sell quack "cures") will be deleted. I have deleted some of the spammy posts.
Traditional Indigenous healing, including herbalism, is something many on this forum support and participate in. Some of the people here are trained in these ways, work with them daily, and are dedicated to keeping these things from being exploited.
That is the reason we are speaking out against essiac. Essiac has nothing to do with traditional, indigenous healing. It is is an ineffective herbal remedy concocted by a white person, who misrepresented it as Native, and white people have continued to misrepresent it as indigenous in order to make money from selling it. Those pushing essiac are harming and exploiting people with cancer, as well as harming Natives by misrepresenting the cultures. What is most tragic is when Natives believe the lie.
Supporting Indigenous people's rights to use their traditional medicines means we need to continue to speak out against essiac.
