I've had various books on Rene Caisse's tea which have included the formula. The Mountain Rose Essiac is "correct" - four herb ingredients.
In the book "Essiac, The Secrets of Rene Caisse's Pharmacy" by Snow and Klein, they present the sworn affidavit of Mary McPherson, a 43 year friend of Rene and who knew the formula. One Dr. Brusch has made claims that he had a formula from Rene that was for eight herbs but in the book mentioned it is pointed out that he did not. The eight ingredient recipe is a pretender.
I use Mountain Rose for many of my herbs and have found them to be an excellent supplier.
Here's a site that provides the correct formula for the dry ingredients which is for the four herb formula.
http://www.healthfreedom.info/Essiac%20formula.htm
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Herbal Balance for Life products work just as good or better than any other Essiac product on the market becase they are made using the FDA standard of cGMP process that insures a consistent, bacteria free product.