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Medication and Essiac Tea:  What You Need to Know

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Luckily, essiac tea does not interfere with any medications - prescriptions or over-the-counter. Therefore, you can feel free to continue taking your medications as needed and prescribed while using essiac, Furthermore, essiac tea does not interfere with vitamins, minerals and other supplements you may be taking.

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Medication and Essiac Tea: The Nitty-Gritty

Many people are confused on what it means to take essiac "on an empty stomach." For our purposes, the empty stomach refers to food - in particular, food containing protein. So, you can have fruit or vegetable juice with the essiac, but not with protein powder added. You can have coffee or tea with the essiac, but not with milk added. You can add honey or stevia. You can have water. All of that can happen anytime. You can also take prescriptions, vitamins, minerals, and other supplements.

Here is what you need to NOT have for 2 hours before taking essiac, or for 1 hour after:  Everything else! That includes whole fruits and vegetables, grains, meats, beans, etc.

The reason for these rules has to do with the way your body processes essiac. The stomach releases different substances when there is protein to be digested. Those substances interfere with how the essiac is absorbed where it needs to be absorbed in the body. However, the items we list as permitted to be taken with essiac do not cause this reaction. 

Also, some people are mistakenly fearful that their vitamins and pills won't be absorbed if taken with essiac because essiac is a detox. However, in reality, essiac is a long-term detox, not a short-term one. Therefore, it won't 'wash away' these pills just because you take them along with the essiac.

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The Need For Medication Over Time

In many cases, people who take essiac find that their need to take medications lessens over the months and years. Therefore, it is important to periodically check in with your practitioner to review how you are doing. If you and your doctor do agree to go off of medication, generally, it works best to reduce medication gradually rather than going off altogether. We can't emphasize enough: always consult with your practitioner to help you make such decisions.


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