Not doing the tea will affect the outcome. We can speculate till the cows come home and the bottom line is that all we can do is tell you what worked for us and you're just gonna hafta take the bull by the horns and experiment till you find what works for you.
Don't try to over think these things. They are not gonna hurt you. We all had to do our own research and trial and error and experiment till we found what worked for us and you're just gonna hafta do the same.
At the heart of alternative cures and medicine is taking personal responsibility for our own well being so I encourage you to spend some time researching and reading through the forum archives. There is just tons of info there and just about every situation has been discussed and specifically anything to do with the SWF has been discussed countless times.