I know, but having seen what a blend of 8 herbs (two of which are in essiac tea)have done to fight a virulent condition in my horse (sarcoids), I'm a firm believer in "old medicine". He has had sarcoids for 15 years, but they don't spread - I increase his dosage of herbs if I see a few starting to bump out, but they never break the skin, and then they disappear - and there are so many horror stories of sarcoids blossoming all over horses, bleeding and interfering with breathing, hearing, voiding, etc. We tried chemo (cisplatin), and they got worse, till I tried the herbal mixture. Makes his grain smell like an Italian meal, actually, but he likes them!
So I put my faith in the properties of certain herbs, and maybe they are working for me, too. In any case, something is working - fate, the power of prayer, hope - and maybe burdock root and slippery elm bark!
Lauren