Floressence: Herbal Tea Detox Blend

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Flor • Essence® Herbal Tea Blend

 

Gentle detox for the whole body. Purifies the blood, kidneys, liver, lungs,

colon & deepest cells.

 

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gentle detox for the whole body

6 stages of deterioration in the body

purify • detoxify

when to detoxify

safe & simple to use

flor•essence supported by science

 

 

gentle detox for the whole body

 

In this modern world our health is confronted with numerous challenges. Exposure

to toxic substances such as chemicals, pesticides, food preservatives, car

exhaust and tobacco can, over time, transform healthy cells into abnormal cells

that may lead to chronic problems. Each year the average American consumes more

than four pounds of chemical preservatives and food additives. This year alone,

it is estimated that around 170,000 premature deaths will result from tobacco

use. And air pollution levels in our largest cities have far overshot regulatory

standards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 stages of deterioration in the body

 

As toxins and free radicals accumulate, their presence triggers a breakdown in

the body – a progression of events that, if unchecked, leads to serious health

problems. Each one of these events, or stages of disease, is accompanied by

noticeable physical symptoms.

 

1 lack of energy

 

Energy levels are directly impacted by nutrition and the body's ability to break

down and absorb the nutrients contained in food. Food that is not broken down

properly, poorly absorbed, or low in nutritional value leaves us feeling tired,

sluggish and unrested: " Failure to properly digest food leaves it to putrefy and

ferment, turning it into toxic substances that pass from the blood into

tissues. " (i)This undigested food (called chyme) becomes encrusted on intestinal

walls, further obstructing the absorption ofnutrients and depleting the body of

energy.

 

2 accumulation of toxins

 

Poor digestion, constipation and irregular bowel movements are signs that the

body is not disposing of waste properly, leading to an accumulation of toxins. A

bowel movement once or less per day is cause for concern (a baby has a bowel

movement soon after it has finished feeding). This accumulation of toxins causes

damage at the cellular level.

 

3 irritation

 

Rising levels of toxic material in the body cause irritation both internally and

externally. The warning signs are itchy or irritated skin, rashes, nausea,

insomnia or mood swings. These are signals that the body's elimination pathways

are not working properly and are no longer able to effectively remove toxins and

waste.

 

4 inflammation

 

This stage is marked by the presence of pain and visible swelling. Inflammation

occurs if there is constant irritation to areas where toxins continue to

accumulate. This stage is a precursor to serious damage.

 

5 ulceration

 

Ulcers occur in localized areas of the body where high levels of stored toxins

destroy the cells and tissues around them. Increased pain is felt at this stage,

as nerves are now exposed when tissue ulcerates.

 

6 hardening of tissue

 

To keep toxins from spreading outside of the ulcerated areas, the body fills in

the ulcers with scar tissue. This toxic material is now encased in a sack of

hardened tissue. " The sack is what we refer to as a tumor.., " says author Harvey

Diamond.(ii) This is the last stage where the body still has control of its

cells. If nothing is done at this point, cells begin to mutate.

 

 

 

 

purify • detoxify

 

Optimum health is based on sound nutrition, regular exercise, sufficient rest

and the body's ability to purify and detoxify itself of toxins and waste. While

all of these factors are important, purification and detoxification are vital

for gathering toxins and waste, and removing this material from the body. Most

toxins are filtered first by the liver, and then eliminated from the body's

other organs, bloodstream and elimination pathways. Insufficient detoxification

in any one of these areas causes the liver to become overloaded, diminishing its

ability to cleanse, and further impairing the elimination process. This greatly

increases the chance of serious health problems, and is a direct cause of

premature degeneration of the body.

 

The body performs the tasks of detoxification daily. Often it is not able to

keep up with the toxins, waste and free radicals that accumulate due to outside

influences such as pollution, heavy metals, poor drinking water, and unhealthy

dietary choices. This makes the process of purification and detoxification our

responsibility, as the body cannot effectively do the job without help in the

form of a detoxifier.

 

flor•essence gently deals with toxins

 

Flor • Essence® has earned worldwide respect as a gentle yet powerful

detoxifying and revitalizing formula. Most other cleansing kits aggressively

remove accumulated waste with often harsh side-effects and rarely deal with

toxins that infiltrate all our organs and tissues. Flor • Essence® liquid gently

flushes toxic residue from the kidneys, liver, lungs, colon, bloodstream and

deepest cells.

 

The active components in the herbs contained in Flor • Essence® also improve

digestion and cleanse the intestinal organs, gently removing 'sludge' that

prevents full absorption of vital nutrients. Strong bowel-evacuating herbs may

irritate the colon and repeated colonics can wash away valuable friendly

bacteria. With digestion improved, Flor • Essence® keeps food from fermenting in

the intestinal tract and from becoming a source of toxins. The results are

healthier, toxin-free cells, improved digestion, optimal health and vibrant

energy.

 

 

 

 

when to detoxify

 

It is recommended that you complete at least a one-month detoxification program

with Flor • Essence® every six months to maintain good health. However, if you

are not in good health, are low in energy, or currently find that you fit into

one of the stages of disease, it is important to remain on a cleansing and

detoxification program until health has returned, energy levels have increased,

and you no longer feel any physical symptoms associated with these stages.

 

 

 

 

safe & simple to use

 

Flor • Essence® can be purchased ready-made or be prepared at home. Take on its

own or as a tea by diluting the amount listed below with an equal or double

amount of hot or cold water. Use spring or distilled water when preparing. Sip

slowly.

 

Adults: Take 2 oz. of Flor • Essence® twice daily.

Children: (4 and up): Give 1 oz. of Flor • Essence® twice daily.

 

Note: Take on an empty stomach, 1/2 hour before any meal, and at bedtime. After

opening, keep refrigerated and consume within 3 weeks. Flor • Essence® can be

safely taken during chemotherapy or radiation treatment.

 

 

 

 

flor•essence supported by science

 

Flor • Essence® is based on a traditional eight herb formula which has been used

for over 100 years by patients worldwide to treat a variety of chronic

conditions.

 

Research has shown that even those undergoing conventional medical treatments

demonstrate many positive results with this tea. The formula possesses numerous

healing components including trace elements, vitamins, minerals, phytoestrogens,

anti-oxidants and other active substances.

 

A literature review conducted by the University of Texas Center for Alternative

Medicine Research (UT-CAM) identified 107 references on the principal herbs used

in Flor • Essence®. Participants in the University of Texas survey reported

feeling and coping better, increased energy and reduced symptoms after treatment

with Flor • Essence®.(iii)

 

Recent clinical research conducted with the Russian Ministry of Health revealed

that Flor • Essence® helps boost the immune system and is an effective treatment

for chronic gastrointestinal ailments.(iv)

 

A study conducted by the University of British Columbia in Canada found Flor •

Essence® to possess powerful antioxidant properties. For example, one molecule

of vitamin C or vitamin E destroys one free radical, whereas one molecule of

Flor • Essence® destroys 14 free radicals.

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 6:55 pm

 

Flor-Essence™ Herbal Tonic Use in North America: A Profile of General Consumers

& Cancer Patients

 

by Mary Ann Richardson, DrPH*, Tina Ramirez, BA*, Carmen Tamayo, MD*, Carrie

Perez, BA*, J. Lynn Palmer, PhD**

 

*Centers for Alternative Medicine Research and Health Promotion Research and

Development, The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health

 

**Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer

Center

 

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ABSTRACT:

 

Objectives: Flor-Essence™ and Essiac™ are widely used herbal tonics. After three

decades, little is known about consumers. This pattern of use survey was

conducted to 1) profile consumers, 2) characterize cancer patients, and 3)

determine reasons for use, benefits, and adverse events.

 

Methods: A population based study assessed Flor-Essence™ consumers in North

America between June 1998 and August 1999. Data are presented in frequencies and

proportions.

 

Results: Of 5,051 consumers (response 6.4%), most were Caucasian, educated,

American, long-term users (mean 15.8 months, SD=17.4), and cancer patients. Of

1,577 cancer patients (response 42.4%), 85.3% were treated previously and 36.8%

currently with conventional medicine for breast, prostate, or lung cancer.

Overall, 64.5% discussed using the tonic with physicians; few (11.4%) exceeded

the recommended dose. Most patients reported clinical and quality of life

improvement, but 6.6% experienced adverse events. Conclusions: The tonic is

widely distributed. Many cancer patients combine conventional treatment with the

tonic and attribute benefits to the tonic. The use of herbal formulas is a

public health issue; thus, assessment of clinical benefit and potential

interaction with cancer treatment is warranted.

 

BACKGROUND:

 

Flor-Essence™ and Essiac™ are two of the most widely used herbal tonics by

cancer patients. An estimated 35% of cancer patients in Canada1 use these

tonics, whose long and controversial history spans three decades.2,3 In a recent

survey at a large comprehensive cancer center in the United States, 38% of

patients reported using herbs and overall, 4.9% used the Flor-Essence™ or

Essiac™ tonic4. Both formulas contain four principal herbs: Burdock root

(Arctium lappa L.), Turkish rhubarb root (Rheum palmatum L.), Sheep sorrel

(Rumex acetosella L.), and Slippery elm bark (Ulmus rubra Muhl.). However,

Flor-Essence™ contains four additional herbs that are believed to potentiate the

formula: Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.), Blessed Thistle (Cnicus

benedictus L.), Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.) and Kelp (Laminaria digitata

Lmx.). Flor-Essence™ tonic is manufactured in Canada where approximately forty

thousand units of tonic and dried herbs are distributed to Canada and the United

States each month.

 

A review of the literature on these tonics and the four principal herbs resulted

in 107 references. Of those, 68% (n=73) were related to cancer.5 Although 24

pre-clinical evaluations of individual herbs were reported, no pre-clinical or

clinical trials of the tonic were identified.5 One clinical study with Essiac™

was discontinued by The Health Protection Branch of Health Canada in 1978

because of limited physician participation. Data from 87 participants was

considered inadequate to determine any impact on survival.6 However, no toxicity

was reported, but quality of life or pain control were not evaluated.3,7

Subsequently, claims for clinical benefit were discontinued the manufacturers

who then began marketing the product as a nutritional supplement with general

health claims (i.e., prevent disease, relieve pain, and improve quality of

life).

 

Claims as a cancer cure persist, however, with anecdotal reports of reduced

tumor growth, improved quality of life, and prolonged survival.8 Although these

tonics remain untested for anticancer activity, anti-oxidant activity has been

confirmed for the Flor-Essence™ product.9 Moreover, qualitative thin layer

chromatography (TLC) has confirmed seven herbs that contain trace elements,

minerals, and phytoestrogens.10 Levels of flavonoids, phenylcarboxylic acids,

and emodin are monitored regularly in each batch.

 

Pre-clinical and clinical evaluations of Flor-Essence™, in collaboration with

the Russian Ministry of Health have assessed acute and chronic toxicity. Acute

toxicity studies were unable to determine a lethal dose in albino mice and rats.

Furthermore, chronic toxicity tests found no renal or hepatic toxicity doses

that were 10 fold the therapeutic dose (15 ml/kg) in albino mice and rats and

5-fold (7.5 ml/kg) in dogs.11 Sponsor initiated in-vivo studies report reduced

number and size of chemical mediated gastric ulcerations, protection of

capillaries against xylene-mediated leakage, and prevention of chemically

induced anti-inflammation.10

 

Given the historical and widespread use of these tonic, limited preclinical data

by manufacturers only, and the anecdotal reports of efficacy from cancer

patients, a pattern of use survey of Flor-Essence™ consumers and cancer patients

was conducted to 1) profile the general consumers, 2) characterize cancer

patients, and 3) determine their reasons for use, perceived benefits, and

adverse events. Ultimately, this information will inform the medical community

and cancer patients, stimulate manufacturers to prepare the tonics for clinical

investigation with an Investigational Drug Application (IND), and guide the

development of clinical trials with information on which cancer patients are

more likely to use the product.

 

METHODS:

 

Individuals who purchased Flor-Essence™ in the United States or Canada between

June 1998 and August 1999 were invited to participate, regardless of age,

gender, or disease status. The Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects at

the University of Texas-Houston approved the study at two levels; participation

was voluntary.

 

The manufacturers shipped 20,000 units of product in Canada and 65,245 in the

United States over a three month period, beginning in June, 1998. Each product

contained an invitation from the owner of Flora Manufacturing and Distributing

Ltd to participate so that the company could learn more about who is using the

product and why. Each product contained a self-addressed, stamped postcard with

the brief pattern of use survey. To ensure confidentiality, each postcard

contained a unique identification number.

 

For Phase I, the pattern of use survey of general consumers collected

information on demographics (i.e., age, gender, ethnicity, country of residence,

marital status, education level, and household income), medical condition (i.e.,

arthritis, cancer, multiple sclerosis, or other), reasons for use (i.e.,

prevention, control symptoms, treat a medical condition, or other), duration of

use, and perceived benefits using a 5 point rating scale from excellent to poor.

 

Current or former cancer patients were invited to call UT-CAM about the details

of a second survey specifically about their experience with the tonic. For Phase

II, interested individuals who telephoned UT-CAM and were current or former

cancer patients were invited to participate. After obtaining verbal consent,

research assistants collected contact information to mail the coded survey.

Callers who declined to participate or who were ineligible were encouraged to

complete and return the postcard. Flora Manufacturing and Distributing Ltd

provided one complimentary product to individuals who completed the cancer

specific survey.

 

The cancer specific survey was adapted from an instrument that assessed

complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in a comprehensive cancer

center.12 Cancer patients who were using the tonic provided information on their

cancer status (i.e., date of diagnosis, stage and site of disease, current

status), conventional treatment (i.e., chemotherapy, radiation, surgery,

hormonal), and use of other CAM therapies. We also asked about their reasons and

expectations for using Flor-Essence™ as well as information on dose, frequency,

adverse events, positive effects, changes in symptoms (i.e., nausea, vomiting,

loss of appetite, fatigue, pain). For patients who discussed use with their

physicians, we also asked how the physicians responded; otherwise, patients

explained their reasons for nondisclosure about the herbal use.

 

RESULTS:

 

Eligibility and consent rate

Of the 85,245 units distributed, 5,435 (response rate = 6.4%) postcards were

received for Phase I. A total of 384 general consumers were excluded because

they were treating pets (n=3 or responded after the study closed (n=346) in

September, 1999. Of the 5,051 eligible general consumers, 3,749 (74.2%) were

eligible for Phase II. Of these, 54.9% (n=2,060) cancer patients consented to

participate, but 1,588 (42.4%) actually completed the survey; however, 11

individuals were excluded because they responded after the study closed.

 

Figure 1: Frequency and Proportion of Accrual by Phase

 

 

 

 

 

Phase I: Profile of General Consumers

 

The majority of Flor- Essence™ consumers were educated above the high school

level (63.6%), Caucasian (92.0%), married (68.8%), living in the United States

(80.0%), 61.6 years of age (SD = 13.9), and approximately equally distributed by

gender.

 

Table 1. The average duration of use was 15.79 months (SD = 17.35, range 0-130

months), and primarily (62.4%) to treat a medical condition rather than prevent

disease (35.3%) or control symptoms (21.3%).

 

Cancer was the most commonly reported medical condition (75.1%), but health

concerns included arthritis (14.5%), multiple sclerosis (1.0%), and other

(14.7%) conditions (i.e., allergies/asthma, chronic fatigue, cysts, diabetes,

high blood pressure/heart disease, hepatitis/liver disease, osteoporosis, or

bladder, prostate, skin, or stomach problems).

Most consumers rated the benefits of the tonic as very good/excellent (72.2%),

but 24.4% rated the tonic as okay, and 3.4% as not very good/poor.

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 6:57 pm

post sbject: Floressence: Ingredients & Suggested Use

 

Ingredients:

Purified water, aqueous extracts of: certified organic burdock root*, certified

organic sheep sorrel herb*, slippery elm bark, watercress herb, Turkish rhubarb

root, kelp, certified organic blessed thistle herb*, certified organic red

clover blossom*. Contains no caffeine, preservatives or artificial colors.

* Certified organic.

 

 

Suggested Use & Directions:

For adults: Measure out 2 oz. of tea and dilute with an equal or double amount

of purified water. Take twice daily on an empty stomach approximately 1 hour

before breakfast and 1 hour before bedtime. Sip slowly.

For children (ages 2-12): Measure our 3/4 to 1 oz. once or twice daily. Dilute

and take as above. Sip slowly.

For infants (under age 2): Measure out 1/4 to 1/2 oz. of tea once or twice

daily. Dilute and take as above. Sip slowly.

 

Shake the Flor•Essence® liquid well before use. After opening, KEEP REFRIGERATED

AT ALL TIMES and use within 3 weeks. Color and taste may fluctuate from batch to

batch depending on herbal sources.

 

 

 

 

Nutritional Information:

 

Authorized by: Elaine Alexander®

 

Elaine Alexander, the noted Canadian radio producer/ broadcaster and health

researcher, is now associated exclusively with Flora to produce Flor•Essence®.

This mildly bitter herbal tea blend with cleansing properties was entrusted to

Elaine from Dr. Charles Brusch, M.D., personal physician to the late President

John F. Kennedy and partner in research and co-owner with the famous Canadian

nurse, Rene Caisse, in perfecting this formula at his Cambridge, Massachu-setts

clinic. Elaine's long dedication to researching this work prompted Dr. Brusch to

pass this formula on to her. Flor•Essence® is the only product on the market

authorized to carry Elaine's signature on the packaging and instructions to

vouch for its historical authenticity.

 

*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This

product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Moderator's Note:

 

This formulation is superior to some of the Health food store products that go

by the name of Essiac. In addition to the four main Essiac herbs it also

contains red clover blossoms which is an old Indian cancer cure! If you care to

research this, you will find that numerous women on the old Indian Reservations

received healing from breast cancer and other forms of cancer as well with red

clover blossoms.

 

JoAnn Guest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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