SAMENTO

SAMENTO
Health for Everyone
2004

Svetla Lefterova /Atanas Tzonkov

Sofia, Bulgaria

Samento: Health for Everyone

ISBN 954-8538-09-1

CONTENTS

The Herb Of The Century

Samento: Health For Everyone

The New TOA-Free Cat’s Claw

Samento And Immunity

Amazing Action

Samento, Welcome To Bulgaria!

First Samento International Scientific Conference

The Panacea That Does Exist

A Rare Chance For Humanity

Samento Helps In Some Depressions

The Medical Plant Of The 21

Century

Samento Improves Quality Of Life

Second Samento International Scientific Conference

Samento Works Fabulously!

The Samento Phenomenon

Samento Protocols

The Healing Range of Samento

The Herb For Our Age

Unique Qualities In A Purely Natural Product

Third Samento International Scientific Conference

98% Of Patients Show Clinical Improvement

How To Dose Samento

Fourth Samento International Scientific Conference

The Herb That Is Already Called A MIRACLE Even By Medical Professors

The Optimal Medicine Against The So-Called Untreatable Diseases

The Role Of Samento: Elimination Of Untreatable Organisms

Report On A Pilot Study: Samento Is Effective In Treating Lyme Borreliosis 97

Samento Normalizes Blood Pressure

109

Perfect Action Of Samento In Patients With Neurovegetative Dystonia

111

Questions And Answers From The Press Conference

113

Letters From Bulgaria

115

Letters From Abroad

307

SAMENTO: Frequently Asked Questions

319

This documentary book collects the reports and state-

ments published in Lechitel Weekly from the international Samento

conferences held so far (Sofia, March 22

2001; London,

November 30

2001; Florida, May 10

2002; Sofia, October 10

2003), as well as 252 letters from patients treated with Samento,

including some texts from the Nutramedix LLC website and other

publications.

This first English edition is translated from the first book

about Samento in the world - Samento: Health for Everyone, pub-

lished in Bulgarian in Sofia on October 10

, 2003. The English edi-

tion you hold in your hands includes the latest data on Samento

collected from October 1

, 2003 through September 1

, 2004.

THE HERB OF THE CENTURY

Since the beginning of the new millennium Samento

has turned into a real worldwide medical event. No other

medicinal plant has received in such a short time such

enthusiastic and unconditional recognition on the part of

patients, doctors and researchers alike. And with every

passing day its reputation is established with even stronger

arguments and its therapeutic range is extended ever more con-

vincingly.

Bulgaria had the enterprise and chance to become the

first country on the European mainland to start a regular import

of this unique herbal product. We began to apply it on a large

scale, as well as conduct continued additional studies. On March

2001 we held in Sofia the First Samento International

Scientific Conference, which served as a catalyst for the applica-

tion and research of the phenomenal herb.

The intelligent and wise readers of Lechitel Weekly, the

most authoritative medical periodical in Bulgaria, have been

sharing for three years now with our entire reading audience

their impressions of Samento, their questions and acclaim, their

reflections and suggestions… The column called “Samento News

from the Mail of Lechitel” is undoubtedly the most popular, most

interesting and most useful one.

During that time through the 30 Lechitel drugstores, as

well as the Lechitel Weekly editorial office and the Lechitel

Health Center have passed tens of thousands of customers,

patients, people asking questions and offering their thanks –

including patients from Greece, Turkey, Austria, Australia, the

United States, England, France, Israel, Belgium, the

Netherlands, Canada, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Russia, Poland, Cyprus,

Spain, Macedonia, New Zealand, Finland...

The priceless experience we have accumulated in the

use and understanding of the “herb of the 21

century” gave us

the courage to put together this book about Samento – the first

SAMENTO: HEALTH

FOR EVERYONE

The New TOA-Free Cat’s Claw

Samento – that is how the Cat’s Claw (Uncaria tomen-

tosa) is called by the Ashaninka Indians who have the most

ancient knowledge of the plant. They have been using it to treat

dozens of conditions for more than 2000 years and have careful-

ly kept the secret of their most important “life-giving” medicinal

plant.

Today they are considered the most reliable source of

the herb as they infallibly recognize the healing type (the one

that according to laboratory analyses is TOA-free). Without their

help the magical vine would have remained unknown to science.

That’s why the biggest manufacturer of botanicals from

the Peruvian rainforest - Nutramedix LLC - has decided to give

its most sensational product, the TOA-free Cat’s Claw, its

authentic name: SAMENTO.

Never has our editorial mail been so overwhelmed with

letters, our telephones with calls and our e-mail with messages

concerning one and the same subject: Samento. This is not only

a Bulgarian phenomenon. We follow daily the information on the

website of Nutramedix - and there constantly appear new

reports like this one:

“I can’t thank you enough for introducing me to your

Samento!

I have been chronically sick for about 11 years now

with episodes of Epstein-Barr Virus, Candida, fatigue, etc.

I was a patient of 5 “top doctors” in New York City for

about 8 of those 11 years. The remaining time I hopped from

one nutritionist or herbalist to another with hopes of getting well

and regaining my strength to no avail.

As you recommended to me, I started taking 3 capsules

of your Samento each day. I took one upon awakening on an

one in the world.

While not forgetting that medicine is not just Samento,

we must know that without Samento it would continue being

one sad, confused and very often helpless science for health for

a long time yet.

Atanas TZONKOV

October 1, 2003

Samento And Immunity

TOA-Free Cat’s Claw Strengthens The Body’s

Immune System

Dr. Marcus Laux is a well-known American naturopathic

physician. He received his doctorate from the National College of

Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, where he serves on

staff as a clinical professor. Dr. Laux is the host of network tele-

vision series broadcasted in Europe, Canada, and the United

States. We publish this interview with small abbreviations.

Q. What’s the history of Cat’s Claw with the

Ashaninka tribe?

A. The most esteemed of the tribe’s healers are priests,

or sancoshi, who claim to be able to perceive the presence of

good spirits or manincaarite (which means “living hidden in

water”) in certain plants. These good spirits are believed to be

responsible for the plants’ healing properties.

One of these plants is Uncaria tomentosa, a high-climb-

ing, woody vine that grows at the base of tall rainforest trees.

Claw-shaped thorns are found at the junction of its leaves, which

allow the plant to latch onto the trees and grow very tall. While

more than 16 plants with such thorns are called cat’s claw, the

Ashaninka have used the root of U. tomentosa, their

species of cat’s claw, for more than 2,000 years to treat

illnesses. These illnesses include asthma, bladder infec-

tions, infected wounds, arthritis, bone pain, bowel

inflammation, and cancer.

Q. When did Europeans discover the benefits of

Cat’s Claw?

A. As European explorers ventured into the Amazon

River basin in the middle of the 20th century, they became inter-

ested in the many botanicals used for health and healing. While

they were skeptical of the stories about the Ashaninka priests’

perceptive abilities, scientific methods confirmed them.

empty stomach, another capsule in the middle of the lunch and

the final capsule about 3 hours after dinner. I have been doing

this for only 3 weeks and I am already feeling like a new person!

My energy level is fabulous and I don’t feel the need to overeat

constantly in order to keep my blood sugar stable. My workouts

are stronger and longer and I’m already starting to gain my mus-

cle tone back. I’ve also lost the water retention in my legs that

I was bothered by for so long.

Thank you again for your wisdom in helping me get

healthy. May God bless you and your staff for being a light and

guide to hurting people.

Sincerely,

Annette M. Bianchetti”

In the ten years since we started publishing Lechitel we

have provided information from the world press on a variety of

healing plants but we had never seen such an enthusiastic tone

on the part of patients as well as researchers of the miracle plant

from the Amazon rainforest.

Probably the day will come when we shall be able to

announce the first serious Bulgarian research on the herb that

as far back as in 1993 was defined by the WHO as the

most important medical plant discovered in the last

three hundred years since quinine was found in the sev-

enteenth century…

Lechitel Weekly, No 10, March 8, 2001

(With abbreviations)

the various cells to the presence of germs and launch the attack

against them (the immune response). Helper T-cells also pro-

duce chemicals that activate B-cells to produce antibodies.

While not enough of an immune response may lead to

disease, an excessive response may cause an allergic reaction or

an autoimmune disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Suppressor T-cells regulate and modulate T-cell activity, main-

taining a balanced immune system response.

Q. I’m curious about a specific T-cell, called the

killer T-cell. What function does it serve?

A. The killer T-cell contains granules filled with potent

chemicals that can kill on contact. With assistance from the

helper T-cell, killer T-cells detect tumor cells and cells infected by

viruses. The killer T-cell then binds to its target and delivers a

blast of lethal chemicals.

Neutrophils are the most common form of white blood

cells. The bone marrow produces trillions of them every day and

releases them into the bloodstream. However, their life span is

very short; neutrophils generally live fewer than 48 hours.

Neutrophils are attracted to foreign material, areas of inflamma-

tion, and bacteria. When an infection occurs and lots of bacteria

have reproduced in the area, pus will form. Pus is simply dead

neutrophils and other cellular debris.

Of all the blood cells, macrophages are the biggest.

Macrophage literally means “big eater”; these engulf and digest

foreign particles, a process called phagocytosis. Most organs

have their own group of devoted macrophages. For example,

some macrophages live in the lungs and keep the lungs clean by

ingesting bacteria and microbes. Macrophages also travel freely

in the bloodstream in search of debris to eat. One of their jobs

is to clean up pus as part of healing.

All this immune system action occurs in our bodies every

day. It happens as a process, with the white blood cells working

together to keep us healthy. The complexity and level of interac-

tion between neutrophils, macrophages, T-cells, and B-cells is

quite amazing. And, Cat’s Claw root extract helps every one of

these vital cells.

Scientists used high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

to analyze the plant’s roots. They discovered “the good spirits of

the roots” were important medicinal compounds called penta-

cyclic oxindole alkaloids (POAs). Cat’s claw’s ability to help

the human immune system, an incredibly complex and vital part

of the body, is the hallmark of this amazing plant.

Q. How does the immune system work?

A. Our immune systems protect us from infectious dis-

eases, such as colds and flu, and diseases that begin in our cells,

such as cancer. The immune system is made up of several

organs and many different types of cells, all having specific func-

tions and all working together. These include the thymus,

spleen, lymph system, bone marrow, white blood cells, and anti-

bodies.

White blood cells are the most important part of the

immune system. There are many types of white blood cells that

destroy bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells.

All white blood cells are made in the bone marrow, a

spongy tissue rich with nutrients. Immature blood cells formed

in bone marrow are called blast cells. Lymphoblasts are imma-

ture white blood cells. Some white blood cells then travel to the

thymus, where they mature. These white blood cells are then

designated T-cells (T=thymus). Other white blood cells remain

in the bone marrow where they, too, mature and are called B-

cells (B=bone marrow). When lymphoblasts become mature

cells, they are called lymphocytes.

B-cells produce and secrete antibodies. Each B-cell

makes one antibody that’s effective against one specific germ

(the common name for a bacteria, virus, or fungus). When the

germ is present in the body, the B-cell then further matures into

many large plasma cells. Each plasma cell becomes a tiny facto-

ry producing millions of antibodies designed to eliminate

the germ.

Q. What are T-cells’ role in supporting the

immune system?

A. There are several types of T-cells in your body. Helper

T-cells are the master switch for the immune system. They alert

and AIDS. HIV attacks helper T-cells. While the body initially

makes more new helper T-cells, its ability to replace these cells

gradually fades. Without helper T-cells, killer T-cells can’t kill

infected cells very well. By slowly depleting helper T-cells and

making killer T-cells less effective, infections are able to slowly

overwhelm the body.

Because the POAs found in Cat’s Claw extracts increase

production of helper T-cells, researchers studying these power-

ful plant compounds are confident Cat’s Claw has a role in HIV

and AIDS treatment.

Q. Can Cat’s Claw help people with autoimmune

diseases?

A. In autoimmune disease, the immune system for some

reason fails to recognize parts of the body as “self.” This failure

results in T-and B-cells mistakenly responding to the body’s own

tissue as if it were a virally infected cell or bacteria. There are

several autoimmune diseases, each affecting different types of

tissue.

In multiple sclerosis (MS), myelin, the insulation-like

covering of the brain and spinal cord, is identified by the immune

system as a germ or foreign substance. The myelin becomes

inflamed and lesions are formed as the myelin is attacked and

destroyed. This myelin destruction causes problems with bal-

ance, walking, vision, speech, bladder, and bowel control. The

lesions of MS contain many white blood cells, including

macrophages, lymphocytes, and plasma cells. Some persons

with MS also have sharp declines in suppressor T-cells, just

before new lesions are formed.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), another autoimmune dis-

ease, is caused by an antibody that attacks certain joints, caus-

ing them to become inflamed, red, tender, swollen, and very

painful. The disease can cause joint deformity and severe dis-

ability. These joint changes are caused by lymphocytes,

macrophages, and plasma cells that infiltrate the joint in

response to the immune system attack.

Q. If RA and MS are caused by an immune system

that’s mistakenly producing white blood cells to fight the

Q. How does Cat’s Claw root help the white blood

cells?

A. First, certain POAs increase the rate of phagocytosis

in macrophages. Macrophages can then ingest more bacteria

and disease causing microbes. Scientists also discovered Cat’s

Claw extract increases interleukin production. This chemical pro-

tein is secreted by macrophages and plays an important part in

healing wounds and preventing minor infections from becoming

major infections.

Perhaps POAs’ most important action is their impact on

T-and B-cells. Scientists discovered exposing B-cells to Cat’s

Claw increased the B-cells significantly, resulting in an increased

antibody supply.

The POAs in Cat’s Claw root extract also increase the

number of mature helper T-cells, suppressor T-cells, and killer T-

cells, the soldiers of the immune system. They can then more

effectively destroy viruses, bacteria, and other disease-causing

germs.

However, the release of too many immature T-and B-

cells, or lymphoblasts, can make the immune response less

effective against germs. These immature T-cells don’t have the

disease-fighting ability mature T-cells have. Ensuring that B- and

T-lymphoblasts develop into mature cells is vital to a healthy

immune system. The powerful POAs found in the Uncaria tomen-

tosa root not only increase mature lymphocytes, but slow over-

production of T-and B-lymphoblasts, helping create an immune

system ready to defend against foreign invaders and disease.

Q. Is it true Cat’s Claw can help combat diseases

such as cancer?

A. Cat’s Claw root extract has been studied for its abili-

ty to help wipe out cancer cells. Scientists discovered POAs help

increase the number of killer T-cells. These specialized T-cells

not only kill virus-infected cells, but seek cancer cells. Once killer

T-cells find a cancerous cell, they bind themselves to it, releas-

ing toxic chemicals inside the cell. These chemicals puncture the

cancer cell’s membrane, causing it to burst and die.

POAs also are beneficial to individuals with HIV

are often mixed and sold as a Cat’s Claw product. No mention of

any alkaloid content is made on many Cat’s Claw products’ pack-

aging.

Q. How can I be sure the Cat’s Claw I buy is TOA-

free?

A. If the product label doesn’t give the amount of TOAs,

chances are it contains TOAs.

Long-term observations show a daily intake of Cat’s

Claw root extract poses no risk, even if used for years.

Lechitel Weekly, No 16, April 18, 2002

body’s own brain and joints, wouldn’t taking Cat’s Claw

root extract make these diseases worse?

A. At first glance, it would seem so. However, Cat’s Claw

extract is able to both strengthen a weakened immune system

and calm a hyperactive immune system. In autoimmune dis-

eases, such as RA and MS, Cat’s Claw root extract bene-

ficially modulates the immune system.

The POAs in Cat’s Claw root extract do not directly

increase B-cells or T-cells. Rather, they encourage the body’s

own immune system regulators. Plus, researchers have discov-

ered Cat’s Claw inhibits damaging chemical proteins found in MS,

RA, and other autoimmune diseases.

Q. Does Cat’s Claw have any side effects?

A. Some people may notice some mild diarrhea for the

first week or two. This problem generally resolves itself.

Because Cat’s Claw hasn’t been studied in pregnant or

breast-feeding women, these women shouldn’t take it.

Individuals who have received an organ or bone marrow

transplant, or a skin graft, should not take Cat’s Claw. The

immune system stimulation might cause transplant rejection.

Perhaps the most important concern regarding

Cat’s Claw extracts is to buy a product that’s tetracyclic

oxindole alkaloid (TOA) free.

Q. Why should I avoid TOAs?

A. While the POAs in Cat’s Claw root extracts offer

numerous benefits to the immune system, TOAs have

different effects in the body, none helping the immune

system cells. When POAs and TOAs are mixed, the TOAs

work against the POAs. Even as little as 1% TOA content

can cause POAs to lose their ability to beneficially mod-

ulate the immune system. Choose a product with no

TOAs or the smallest percent possible.

Q. Why do some Cat’s Claw products contain

TOAs?

A. Chemotype identification takes significant time and

costs money. For these reasons, many Cat’s Claw distributors

don’t distinguish between the chemotypes. The POAs and TOAs

“Unlike therapies before SAMENTO, SAMENTO itself

doesn’t try to eliminate some virus or bacterium, nor some dis-

ease, but gives the patient energy to fortify and strengthen his

own self-healing power that Nature has built into his spirit, mind

and body. SAMENTO doesn’t act AGAINST, but contributes FOR…

Historians of medicine will talk about the age BEFORE SAMENTO

and the age AFTER SAMENTO”.

This is how Samento’s action is evaluated by the winner

of 70 international medical awards and honors Prof. Henk

Oswald M.D., director of a complementary medicine clinic and

Meditest International - Amsterdam, the Netherlands; member

of the International Academy of Natural Health Science and

chairman of the “Nutrition and Science” Foundation: “Amazing!

For colon cancer as well as any gastrointestinal cancer. For

arthritis as well as candidiasis of the bowels. SAMENTO works

fabulously also for gastrointestinal conditions and Crohns dis-

ease. SAMENTO is an astonishing antioxidant that neutralizes

free radicals and even the effect of such a harmful oxidant as

hydroxyl, which can ruin the body in days.”

On July 25, 2001, the Hungarian National Institute of

Pharmacy (OGYI), the Hungarian equivalent of the Food and

Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States of America,

approved SAMENTO as a paramedicament (OTC- over the count-

er) pharmaceutical preparation. Hungary is a member of the

Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PICS).

Hungarian authorities state that “Samento is approved for use as

a sole or adjunct therapy for rheumatoid diseases, arthritis and

locomotor conditions. It is also approved as a sole or adjunct

therapy to enhance immune system function”. Additional medical

claims will be approved as ongoing clinical studies continue to

provide scientific evidence regarding the medicinal uses of

Samento.

Amazing Action

SAMENTO is a very rare form of the Peruvian medicinal

plant called Cat’s Claw - Uncaria tomentosa. Its properties

include immunomodulator, antibacterial, antimutagenic, diuretic,

antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumorous, cytostat-

ic, depurative, hypotensive and vermifuge. Studies suggest Cat’s

Claw to be beneficial in the treatment of a wide range of immune

system related conditions; these include but are not limited to

cancer, arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, allergies, ulcers, systemic

candidiasis, all forms of herpes, diabetes, lupus, chronic fatigue

syndrome, intestinal disorders and HIV infection.

Unlike traditional Cat’s Claw products, SAMENTO does

not contain a group of chemical antagonists called tetracyclic

oxindole alkaloids (TOAs) that act upon the central nervous sys-

tem and greatly inhibit its effectiveness. SAMENTO contains a

standardized amount of pentacyclic oxindole alkaloids (POAs)

that act on the cellular immune system and demonstrate power-

ful immune system modulating properties. According to research

conducted in Austria, traditional Cat’s Claw products may contain

as much as 80% TOAs, and as little as 1% TOAs can cause a

30% reduction in immune system modulating properties that

POAs provide. This may explain why large dosages, at times far

exceeding 20,000 mg per day, of traditional Cat’s Claw contain-

ing TOAs are required to obtain some results in treating the pre-

viously mentioned immune system related conditions.

It is estimated that perhaps as much as 10% of those

using traditional Cat’s Claw products obtain a proportion of the

results they are expecting. In contrast, more than 90% of those

using SAMENTO are reporting results, and in many cases the

effects are greatly exceeding expectations.

SAMENTO first became available in Bulgaria in January

2001 where dramatic, widespread results came so quickly that

within two weeks thousands were using the product. The

Lechitel Clinic located in Sofia, Bulgaria estimates that 98% of

the patients using SAMENTO are experiencing results. Atanas

Tzonkov, director of the clinic states the following:

founded Peruvian Rainforests Ltd. We started the company with the

mission of ensuring funds for charity. Then we decided that we want-

ed to help abandoned children as well as missionaries in different

countries that find it hard to financially sustain their activities. Up to

now we have been using the better part of our earnings for human-

itarian projects in Peru, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sudan, Romania, and

we are hoping to add Bulgaria as well. God has given us this plant

and we wan to make it accessible to the largest number of people.

Q. And still you became a leader in the production of

Cat’s Claw - and in such a short time?

A. Yes, we started in 1993 and by 1995 our sales had grown

by 2000 percent. We became the largest company to offer Cat’s Claw

and the first company in the United States to sell capsules with the

herb nationwide. We also started selling raw material to many firms

in various countries. In the beginning of 1996 we opened our office

in the UK to attend to the European market. In 1997 we changed the

name of the company to Nutramedix.

Q. Last year you launched the new TOA-free Cat’s

Claw, called Samento, which is more effective than the com-

mon Cat’s Claw. How did you manage to find in nature that

unique type of the medicinal plant Uncaria tomentosa?

A. We are now certain that Samento is the future of our

company. We’ve been studying it for one year and we kept finding

new proof that this natural species is even more effective compared

to the product made in Austria through forced removal of the TOAs

from the plant. The Austrian scientist Klaus Keplinger discovered as

early as in the 1970s that there was such a TOA-free Cat’s Claw, but

it is so rare in nature that Keplinger managed to find in the Peruvian

rainforest only separate specimens. That’s why he dedicated 20 years

of his life to developing a way of separating the TOAs in the lab.

What we managed to do was discover in Peru considerable

quantities of wild growing TOA-free Cat’s Claw. It is the opinion of

many of the doctors and scientists we work with that our Samento is

better than the Austrian pharmaceutical because it’s natural and con-

tains the whole plant without changing it in any way.

Q. Is Peru the only place you can find this rare plant?

A. Cat’s Claw grows in many places - from Guatemala to

Samento,

Welcome To Bulgaria!

A Pilot Healing The World

Tim Eaton is the founder, owner and president of the US

company Nutramedix, the world leader in the manufacturing of prod-

ucts from the Peruvian herb Cat’s Claw and the single producer of

Samento.

When I first met him at the airport in Sofia he was not the

least bit difficult to recognize - with his 2 meters height he was taller

by a head than all the other passengers. Dressed in jeans and quite

simple clothes, no attributes of prosperity the way we take it here:

golden watches, necklaces or thick chains; nothing expensive or

glossy. And the same modest way (even by our country’s standards)

was dressed his beautiful wife Bertha, a Peruvian by birth.

We later found out that this couple cares for and supports

not only their two but 80 more children, and that they now build a

third successive orphanage in Peru, not only making a one-time

donation but taking full care of the raising and education of those

children sheltered from the streets. Two months after his visit to

Bulgaria, Tim Eaton provided us with 1000 free bottles of Samento

worth more than $40,000 in the USA. Lechitel gave them out to peo-

ple with severe conditions and part of the results that you’re going to

hear at today’s international meeting in Sofia come namely from

these patients.

Q. Mr. Eaton, how did it all start? How did your com-

pany manage to become the number one leader on the world

market in just seven years?

A. In 1987 I went to Peru to work as a missionary pilot, fly-

ing planes in the rainforest and helping the local people. It was then

that I first learned about Cat’s Claw - the Indians told me about it.

They gave me this advice: “If you ever crash in the jungle and need

fresh water for drinking, cut this vine and drink its sap. It’s called

Samento and we use it to treat a big number of diseases”.

I lived in Peru for 5 years, met Bertha, married to her and

we both left the country in 1992, returned to the United States and

First Samento International

Scientific Conference

Sofia, Bulgaria

March 22, 2001

This conference was held just 40 days after the launch

of Samento in Bulgaria. At the time this new product that caused

a sensation overnight was called TOA-Free Cat’s Claw Super

Strong, and offered in 200mg and 40mg capsules.

Just a year later the producer Nutramedix had to protect

this unique product, which became a hit not only in Bulgaria, by

patenting it with its original name from its native country Peru:

Samento. It is now available in 600mg (Extra Strength) and

120mg (Maintenance) capsules.

Chili - but this special, TOA-free type is only found in Peru.

Q. In the past 30 years there have been a lot of sci-

entific studies of the common Cat’s Claw in different coun-

tries, but is the new TOA-free type already being studied?

A. Yes, right now there’s a clinical study going on in

Germany and the Netherlands that already showed some very inter-

esting results. It appears for instance that Samento successfully

treats herpes infections (both types) in just two weeks…

Q. This is explicable since Cat’s Claw is one of the

most powerful immune stimulators.

A. Yes, it is classified by scientists as an immune stimulator

but I think this is not quite precise. It would be more correctly to

define it as an immunomodulator, an immunoregulator. Because

there are people with an overactive immune system and if they take

an immunostimulating medicine their condition will get even worse.

And Cat’s Claw not only doesn’t aggravate, but on the contrary -

improves their condition.

Q. To which countries do you export the common

Cat’s Claw and the new Samento?

A. We sell the common Cat’s Claw in 60 countries, with

Japan being our largest market. In the United States the number of

people using natural products is also quickly growing. But still too

many doctors are blind to natural medicine as they have been taught

to use only chemical drugs. In order to convince these specialists, we

also started clinical studies of the new Samento product in the US, in

California. There are scientific studies starting in Japan very shortly

as well. In Amsterdam Prof. Oswald has used the common Cat’s Claw

for the last 5 years and achieved very good results with daily doses

of 10,000 to 20,000 mg. Since the middle of last year he’s been work-

ing with the new TOA-free type and getting much better and quick-

er results with just 80 to 600 mg daily.

Q. Do you use your super product yourself?

A. Yes, every day I take one 120mg capsule of Samento for

prevention. Everyone should use this product because it can protect

you from many diseases as well as the environmental toxins.

Lechitel Weekly, No 12, March 22, 2001

defeated successfully not only any persistent and inexplicable to

medicine inflammation, but also the most enduring creature on

Earth – the human…

Unlike therapies BEFORE Samento, Samento itself does-

n’t try to eliminate some virus or bacterium, nor some disease

(that’s also called a nosological unit), but gives the patient ener-

gy to fortify and strengthen his own self-healing power that

Nature has built into his spirit, mind and body. Samento doesn’t

act AGAINST, but contributes FOR.

For regulating and stabilizing of the psyche and emo-

tions, the nervous system and the hormonal functions. For stim-

ulating and the even more unexplored modulating of the

immune system.

These scarcely studied natural mechanisms of preven-

tion and treatment are largely but not completely investigated

and explained by a science called psychoneuroimmunology.

Samento interacts with the psyche and the mind, as well

as with the cells, the tissues and the body. It has been serving

human health successfully even before the birth of modern med-

icine and this is only one of the reasons why many contempo-

rary physicians are avoiding it, frightened by it, renouncing it

without even knowing it. Modern medicine has reached incredi-

ble depths, but lost sight of the whole. It gained control of the

cell, but lost hold of the human. The narrow experts have

reached a high peak, but it proved to be a razor’s edge on which

the doctor and his patient are balancing between life and death.

Samento offers something different: a new philosophy

of health-generating influence on the human – seen as an inte-

gral psychophysical and biological system. This is the view of

holistic medicine. The human-patient is not treated as a sick ear

and a healthy arm, an infected tooth and a sound heart, but as

a whole in which every single part and molecule depends on all

the other parts and molecules, and health is the dynamic harmo-

ny between organs, systems and cells, and also between mind

and body, man and man, man and nature and man and space…

Samento – this is the chance of achieving that

harmony called health, as one integral, complex, natural

The Panacea That Does Exist

By Atanas TZONKOV, herbalist and healer, editor

in chief of Lechitel Weekly and director of Lechitel

Health Center (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Even before SAMENTO appeared on the market, a lot of

evidence had been accumulated regarding the helplessness of

conventional medicine on the one hand and the unsuspected

therapeutic possibilities of the so-called alternative, natural or

complementary treatments on the other hand.

If I now focus on Samento, that’s because this herb

more strongly, clearly and undeniably than any other herb or

non-medicinal remedy shows and proves to have an unusually

broad healing scope. And even more important, Samento impos-

es the realization and adoption of new principles, new approach-

es, new concepts that usher in a new age not only in therapy,

but also in medical science as a whole.

In a sense, some time ahead in the future the historians

of medicine will talk about the age BEFORE Samento and the

age AFTER Samento. What are the arguments behind such a

thesis?

BEFORE Samento there were powerful non-steroidal

anti-inflammatory drugs that only deceived the patient that they

treated him but actually only relieved his pain, meanwhile irre-

versibly damaging his stomach, intestines, liver or kidneys…

BEFORE Samento there were broad-range antibiotics

that saved the lives of some seriously ill people but more often

along with the germs also destroyed the beneficial gastrointesti-

nal microflora, triggered incurable systemic candidiasis, brought

down the immune system, etc.

BEFORE Samento there was surgery, radiotherapy and

chemotherapy that in the rare cases of healing the sick, defeat-

ing the fearful cancer cells and tissues, along with them also

destroyed the healthy ones and the patient got rid of the cancer

but died from the treatment…

BEFORE Samento there were potent corticosteroids that

ter and dignity. These achievements underestimate, ignore,

crush down human dignity and it’s not an accident that a lot of

terminally ill people refuse to be treated by such methods.

Samento, besides other miracles, also achieves

what many are unable to grasp or accept – it keeps, pre-

serves, extends and restores not only health – not any

kind of health, - but a dignified health! A health without

cutting off pieces of one’s body, without transplanting foreign

organs, without poisoning oneself with costly medicines, without

treatment that causes other, not less serious diseases, perverse-

ly denoted by pharmacists as… side effects.

Samento has no side effects. Samento neutralizes

(or at least minimizes) side effects from radio- and chemothera-

py. Samento fights the errors of medicine and society, called

drug-caused diseases, allergies or toxins…

And since people gathered here in this hall – doctors,

pharmacists, patients and journalists – would still like to know,

by force of habit, what diseases and conditions Samento cures,

I’ll tell you – almost any kind, so long is their list… So far it enu-

merates dozens of diseases. This may astonish only people used

to think about sickness and health in a conventional and nonpro-

ductive way: one cure for one disease. It’s a centuries-old delu-

sion of textbook medicine.

From times immemorial remedies are known that heal

dozens of ailments. I’ll only name a few of them, neglected by

deniers of the so-called panacea: speech, i.e. psychotherapy;

food, i.e. disease-fighting diet; mumio; massage;

acupuncture; royal jelly, which according to Japanese scien-

tists cures 82 diseases. Long is the list of herbal plants that com-

bat dozens of diseases. And why should that be astonishing (it

only astonishes the uninformed!), why should that be impossi-

ble! The herbal substance is not some kind of chemical com-

pound, synthesized as a result of 15-year-long efforts by scien-

tists and pharmacists! The herb has been shaped by Nature’s

elements for millions of years, it contains a still unstudied bou-

quet of biologically active compounds: enzymes, vitamins, min-

eral and organic acids, hormone-like substances, alkaloids, gly-

system - THE HERB – is referred TO, united WITH, applied

OVER another integral, complex, natural system – THE

HUMAN.

To those who’ll ask how can a cure-all like this exist

when even children know there’s no such thing as panacea, I’ll

answer: a panacea does exist, but…

But there’s one reservation.

If we use the term panacea in its literal sense – “a cure-

all”, - then of course such thing does not exist. But physicians,

pharmacists and medical scientists are using it in the sense that

there’s no such remedy that successfully cures a large number,

for example dozens, of diseases. Scientific medical thought has

been ascending to the medical Himalayas for centuries, develop-

ing medicines and other remedies against separate bacilli,

against specific nosological units, I beg your pardon – diseases,

even against particular syndromes…

What an achievement of scientific medical thought – the

syndrome! Sounds almost like phantom…

So, such and such pharmaceutical chemical cures such

and such disease. And so: scores of chemicals against scores of

diseases. The ancient philosophers however do not speak about

diseases. Disease is an invention of contemporary medicine.

Disease is the peak achievement and the self-burial of the so-

called medical science.

And the more medicines it creates, the more diseases it

diagnoses, the less healthy people you can meet…

The so-called life expectancy is in no way equivalent to

healthy and fulfilling life. That’s because too often the benefit of

therapy consists in adding years to a person’s life (similar to

extending pleasure with the help of sex tools, but worse!), the

use of which is however doubtful. Years may be more, but what

about their quality? What do insulin injections achieve, what do

cortisone inhalators accomplish, what about kidney chemodialy-

sis, organ transplantations… Let’s just stop here!

Of course – these are achievements. But we know these

are regrettable, sometimes even humiliating achievements. And

the human, according to the wisest, is thought, speech, laugh-

diseases and symptoms: digestive disorders, hypertension,

polyneuropathy, headache, rheumatoid polyarthritis,

rhinitis, cough, influenza, arthrosis, chronic fatigue syn-

drome, ovary cancer, colitis, ulcers, herpes zoster, bron-

chitis, gastric colics, renal polycystosis, stress, diabetes,

breast cancer, constipation, lupus, depression, sinusitis,

psoriasis, allergies, cystitis, kidney disorders, hepatitis

C, MS, asthma…

I shall shortly present just a few of these cases:

S.L., 50, Sofia

In the peak of the influenza epidemic the disease got

me bedridden. I had fever, cold, dizziness, painful joints

and muscles, headache, lack of appetite, kidney pains

(because of a previous serious kidney disease), cystitis;

my temperature quickly rose to 39

C. Previously in such

cases the treatment lasted for weeks, I had to recur to antibiotics

and even life-support because of my kidneys…

This time a miracle happened! I started with 1 capsule of

Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg 3 times daily and with Rooibos

tea. The next morning my temperature was 37.5

C and on the

second day I had no fever at all. On the third day I returned

to work – with no pains, cold, fever, cough or cystitis…

February 15

***

M.G., Blagoevgrad

My mother (80) has pyelonephritis, thyroid gland

nodes, colitis, hypertension, and she got the flu…

She started with one 40mg capsule Samento daily and

promptly became lively and energetic. She started taking 3

capsules daily and feels good.

My father (87) complained of a pain below the knee,

in the muscles and tendons. The doctor finds it difficult to diag-

nose. After 2 x 40 mg capsules there is no more pain!

Now both of them are taking 3 x 1 capsules and have no

cosides…! Tens, hundreds, thousands of compounds. Some

authors argue that the most widely-used herb on Earth – coffee

– contains more than 3000 phytochemicals!…

This is perhaps more than all the drugs in even the

biggest conventional drug-store!… The vast healing scope and

cure-all nature of Samento is also confirmed by its particular

effects on my own patients. I’ll conventionally divide them into

three groups.

IN THE FIRST GROUP, consisting of 33 people, I

observed the preventive effect of Cat’s Claw Super Strong 40 mg

(1 capsule daily) on people at risk for gastrointestinal disor-

ders, influenza and common cold. The participants were

randomly selected, from 20 to 70 year-old. Two of them have

chronic digestive problems, but did not take medicines during

the 30-day period of observation. The first one, diagnosed with

colitis, took 1 capsule daily and reported an invigorating effect.

The second one suffers from chronic ulcer of the duodenum.

He took three 40mg capsules a day and claims he’s feeling bet-

ter than any other spring and has achieved a relief of his

headache. Only one of the participants has been vaccinated

against influenza. Although the observation took place at a time

when usually gastrointestinal disorders get activated and there

was an influenza outbreak in the capital Sofia, neither of the

participants in this group suffered any gastrointestinal

crises, nor got the flu. One of the patients reported the

appearance of muscle and joint pains, runny nose and other

symptoms of the cold or flu that he managed to overcome in 1

or 2 days with the help of a 3-capsules-a-day dosage.

Almost all the participants from this first group note

they’ve been feeling more lively, energetic and healthy

while taking the herb.

THE SECOND GROUP included 128 participants, both

male and female, with various occupations, age and, most sig-

nificantly, diagnoses. (There’s no other way, we still move with-

in the limits of accepted medical terminology…) For the brief

period comprising only a few days to a few weeks Samento

showed positive, although initial, healing effects for dozens of

6. My digestion has normalized as if by magic.

And all these before finishing the first box. Now I

have started the second one…

March 9

***

Iva R., Gabrovo

In the autumn of 1999 my husband, 50, underwent a

cancer operation of the kidney. A year later he had metas-

tases in the lung. He was treated with radiation and

chemotherapy. The next examination stated metastases in the

liver.

Now he takes his third bottle of Cat’s Claw Super Strong

(TOA-free) 200 mg. His dosage is 1 capsule 3 times daily. Before

starting this he had fever (39

C and more), perspiration,

cough and expectorated blood. Since he’s taking the herb, all

this has gone away.

The conventional medicine gave up his case long ago.

The doctors even gave up trying chemotherapy. We continue the

treatment with Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg (TOA-free) and

some other supplements.

March 10

***

D.E., Veliko Turnovo

My father is 67 and has a brain tumor, proven by a MRI

scan a month ago. He had 3-4 seizures with froth on his

mouth… He has a memory disorder too. He was prescribed the

drugs tigretol and depakin for the seizures, but with no effect. His

body tingles, he has joint pains, duodenal ulcer, diabetes

(treated with maninil), hypertension (which he controls with

drugs)…

After taking Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg, 3 capsules

daily for 6 days, the tingle and the seizures disappeared.

He feels more lively and alert. He continues taking the herb.

March 11

***

D.S., 50, pharmacist, Rousse

I have a bunch of diagnoses: severe colitis for 20 years,

problems.

March 9

***

G.I., Montana

I am diagnosed with leukemia. The experts prescribe

only interferon, but it doesn’t help me.

After 2 bottles of Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg (3 x 1

capsules daily), my feet are warm (they were always cold),

the haemoglobin has increased from 9.8 to 11.2, the

thrombocytes are in the norm…

March 9

***

M.N., 66, Pleven

For years my digestion has been out of order: heavi-

ness, flatulence, acids… My blood pressure is 160(180) :

120(110). I control it with drugs. I feel tired all the time. I have

polyarthrosis and rheumatoid arthritis, in the morning my

fingers are stiff and slightly swollen. I also have severe

headaches. 13 years ago in the Clinic for Professional Diseases

I was diagnosed with polyneuropathy. 40 days ago I had a hor-

rible infection of herpes zoster – antibiotics, aciclovir, oint-

ments, analgesics… Real hell! Unbearable pains.

Under the guidance of the healer Atanas Tzonkov I start-

ed a treatment with Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg. The first

evening I took 1 capsule, the next day – two. And I felt an unusu-

al energy. I would almost fly! This scared me and in the evening

I didn’t take the capsule. From the 3rd day on, I take regularly 1

capsule 3 times a day and the effect is unbelievable. By the

way, I smoke 2-3 cigarettes a day.

1. I haven’t checked my blood pressure yet, but I feel

good and I stopped the drugs.

2. The fatigue is gone.

3. The morning headache disappeared.

4. The morning stiffness of the fingers disappeared

too, so did the swell.

5. The severe pains from the herpes decreased signif-

icantly.

500 mg (3 x 2) for 2 months, and now 2 bottles of Cat’s Claw

Super Strong 40 mg (3 x 1).

The pains have stopped, I feel lively, vivid and strong.

Two days ago I was examined with a scintograph – the doctor

told me there’s no need to worry…

Now I am taking the third bottle of this incredible herb.

March 17

***

T.V., Vidin

I had an old (4 years) duodenal ulcer. Before starting

Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg, the clinical examination showed

no ulcer. But I still had pains.

In addition, I have rheumatoid arthritis, constipa-

tion and headaches. I am in menopause. I was suffering.

Since using Cat’s Claw Super Strong 40 mg, one capsule daily, I

have regular bowel movements. Now I am taking the third bot-

tle, but the constipation disappeared with the second one.

The ulcer still hurts. Not strong, but I feel something

strange inside – like tingling, as if a wound is healing…

March 18

***

M.S., 47, Stara Zagora

Some years ago I was operated of endometriosis. After

that it reappeared. I developed colitis, then cysts… While tak-

ing hormonal drugs the endometriosis is suppressed, then reap-

pears again. Not to mention the side effects of this treatment.

I decided to try with Samento. I started with one 200mg

capsule daily, now I am taking 3 capsules daily. After a couple of

weeks there is some effect. The colitis has alleviated. I had

3 cysts. Two days ago I was examined with an echograph – one

cyst (3 cm) has disappeared…

March 18

***

S.P., nurse, Varna

For years my mother has suffered from arthritis and

arthrosis, exostoses in the neck. Recently she had the flu

and severe arthritic pains, cough… She started taking Cat’s Claw

gastritis with diminished acidity, pyelonephritis, bronchitis

for 2 years, malfunction of the thyroid gland, permanent

fatigue; I am in menopause and my blood pressure is

low: 100:70 (90:60)…

I am very satisfied with the Cat’s Claw Super Strong. The

first 3 days I took 1 capsule of 200 mg daily and felt dizzy… From

the 4th day on, I continued with 3 capsules daily. Before finish-

ing the first bottle, I was literally reborn. As if I had been in

darkness and sleeping till now. And now I am starting to see

again. I feel so much energy. I am a normal person again.

The results are very good. Only the bronchitis is not influ-

enced yet, but I get better. Can I take this herb for a year? I don’t

want to stop it!…

March 12

***

D.M., Plovdiv

For 2 years I’ve been suffering from hepatitis C. The

doctors, not able to help me, demonstrated my case on the TV.

Now I’ve been taking Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg for

a week (3 x 1 caps) and I am cheerful, I sing songs and do

my work. I feel fine. The thrombocytes were 58, now

they are 75, the other blood values which were not influenced

by drugs, are normal now.

March 16

***

D.N., Kazanlak

My husband is 53. He has testicular cancer with

metastases in the liver. He underwent surgery but the disease

doesn’t yield.

He takes some supplements and Cat’s Claw Super Strong

200 mg (3 x 1), the forth bottle now. The pains stopped… We

hope.

March 17

***

L.T., Pazardjik

In 1999 I had my left breast amputated. For one year

I’ve been having coxofemoral pains. I was taking Cat’s Claw

ing Samento 200 mg 3 x 1 daily, the therapy brought fast

and unfamiliar effects. What were those? I shall mention but

a few.

The digestive system was normalized after 2 bottles,

the IBS disappeared – that is the flatulence, pains, gases, colitis.

The pain in the ears, shoulders and neck, the stiff-

ness, the fatigue due to the arthrosis, fibromyalgia and

other unclear causes, were greatly alleviated while in the

last 5 months they had resisted all treatment.

The therapy reduced the severity and frequency of

the splitting chronic headache the origin of which remains

unknown to specialists.

The blood pressure returned to normal – 130:85 (90).

The complicated and untreatable problems with the

nasopharynx were alleviated, the mucosa calmed down, the

redundant secretions disappeared, the proposed surgery

became needless…

The longstanding incurable neurodermitis and the

constant scalp itching became a thing of the past.

The systemic candidiasis, a result from stress and

antibiotics, is now greatly suppressed, so is the heliosis.

The impaired immune system is restored and its

values are back to normal.

The prostate adenoma is soon to be forgotten. The

usual problems with urination disappeared, as well as the discom-

fort during defecation. The prostate gland size decreased from

6,6:5,5 to 4,2:3,9.

The chlamydiosis, which was treated 5 years long by

all rules of dermatovenerology, urology, andrology, rheumatholo-

gy and microbiology but without conclusively stopping the infec-

tious process, is now under control. All tests are negative.

I shall restrain from comments and explanations, from

analyzing, hypotheses and theorizing. I think the facts are more

convincing by themselves. The future practice of the physicians

will confirm or deny the above cases, will undoubtedly uncover

many new things and, I am sure, will increase the chances for

more health for the people.

Super Strong 200 mg 3 times daily. In the middle of the first bot-

tle the joint pains disappeared and – strangely – the pop-

ping in the neck disappeared too!… Now she goes on with

the second bottle, taking one capsule twice a day.

I had the flu too, in spite of being vaccinated with

Influvac. I had a dry cough and herpes zoster. I started tak-

ing Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg one capsule 3 times daily.

On the forth day the blisters disappeared and the pains

too…

Now I continue with the second bottle – 2 x 200 mg

daily.

March 19

IN THE THIRD GROUP I only placed one patient, but

he has a bunch of diagnoses, symptoms and syndromes:

pharyngitis, IBS, colitis, headaches, epicondylitis,

prostate adenoma, insomnia, chronic fatigue, plexitis,

polyarthrosis, periodontitis, chlamydiosis, reduced

immunity, ear pains, early type 2 diabetes, early hyper-

tension, ischaemic heart disease, systemic candidiasis,

breathing and nasopharyngeal problems, nephrolithiasis,

neurodermitis, scalp itching, fibromyalgia, heliosis… He’s

59, philologist.

I want to say, that if one case can be considered as a

proof, this patient proves the safety of Cat’s Claw. How? I

don’t know about any other person who has taken Cat’s Claw for

so long (from the common type containing TOA, 3000 mg), 3

x 2 capsules daily – 18,000 mg in all – for 3 years almost with-

out interruption.

And 40 days ago he started taking the maximal dose of

Cat’s Claw Super Strong 200 mg, 3 x 1 capsules daily.

Side effects have not been found. And the healing effects

are more than a dozen…

First – the common Cat’s Claw combined with proper

diet and other supplements favourably influenced most of the

conditions.

Second – I want to emphasize that only after includ-

pure form of toxins. We can therefore state the following: an

indication for health is the use of the whole plant.

Phyto products supply that information that the body

seeks but without making it waste any energy. There’s a term -

“alternative” - we use for botanicals, meaning “altering”. In

English the word can be confused with alternative but actually

means “leading to change”. I claim that Cat’s Claw really is a

herb that alters. The basis, the essence of Samento’s action is in

regulating the immune system. Now we know that if we lack a

strong immune system, we are susceptible to anything, from flu

to cancer. I stated just a few minutes ago that Cat’s Claw is a

unique product for the time we live in. What’s so unique about

it? It’s the changes in human lifestyle in the past six decades that

lead to such fatal combinations as the toxin crisis, stress, lack of

movement, etc. What do I mean? One in ten people on our plan-

et suffers from some kind of liver condition and one in four

already has a liver impairment. There are more than 100,000

chemicals in the environment and that puts a burden on the liver.

We also have to face the facts about our nutrition. In the perfect

case every meal has to correspond to a healthy recipe. But in

fact most people neglect their bodies to such an extent that

they’ll eat anything that’s put in front of them or advertised. One

of the qualities of Cat’s Claw is that it has a beneficial effect on

the liver. It stimulates, strengthens and detoxifies it. So Samento

helps the body cope with toxins. But it also helps against stress.

Anger is an emotion that leads to a momentary exhaustion of

the immune system. Just 5 minutes of anger suppress the

immune system for 6 hours. When toxic chemicals combine with

uncoped stress, that results in us being so unhealthy. I believe

that if we use Samento smartly, we’ll be able to turn the treat-

ment in the opposite direction and bring it to a success. Some

evidence from using Samento against cancer shows how much

these positive results would multiply if we created a framework,

a model of proper nutrition. I understand that your country has

a high frequency of breast cancer, as the United States and the

UK. The results from 20-year studies in the UK, that I support

myself, show that the possible cause of breast cancer is cow milk

A Rare Chance For Humanity

By Brian LAMB, Scotland’s number one medical

herbalist, head of a phytotherapy clinic in Caithness, UK

I am in charge of the largest phytotherapy clinic in

Scotland and give lectures in the United States on weight con-

trol, nutrition and diabetes prevention. The aim of my visit here

is not to share with you my clinical experience with Cat’s Claw

but to help you understand how it works.

Let’s compare the mechanism of action of the herbs and

drugs. What drugs do is bring about changes in physiology while

medicinal herbs stimulate homeostasis. Drugs increase entropy

and herbs decrease it; drugs require extra energy from the body

and botanicals preserve its energy. Moreover, drugs are just sim-

ple chemical molecules while herbal remedies have an excep-

tionally complex structure. Most pharmaceuticals involve consid-

erable energy consumption for metabolizing and elimination

from the body. But I’d like to note that my presentation is not

against drugs, I just make a comparison.

While most pharmaceuticals cause adverse reactions in

the gastrointestinal tract and the excretory organs including the

kidneys and the liver, herbals normally energize and tone these

two organs. Cat’s Claw contains alkaloids that appear to have

immunomodulatory properties. We know this plant has two

chemotypes and the unique quality of the Samento product is

that it only contains the beneficial POA alkaloids while lacking

the antagonist tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids (TOA).

Let’s see what the healers in the tropical rainforest think.

They have accumulated knowledge that precedes the one

obtained through chemical analyses. The chemical testing of the

herbs supports what the healers have found out in the past. The

effect of the TOA-free Cat’s Claw is confirmed by the healers

from the tropical rainforest as well as by chromatographic analy-

ses. And so, what’s the answer to the question how Cat’s Claw

works? It acts as a whole as a phyto product. If we only isolate

the alkaloids we shall probably find out that they represent a

effect. Another alternative is to empty the powder from the cap-

sule onto the tip of the tongue and again hold for 15 seconds

before swallowing. There’s evidence pointing that Cat’s Claw

tones and strengthens the heart muscle and certainly lowers

blood pressure. For best effect on the heart muscle you need to

empty the powder on the tongue to take advantage of the resor-

bent properties of the mouth mucosa.

I would advise those of you who use Cat’s Claw for

treating serious conditions to take it along with other antioxi-

dants. The perfect liquid you can take it with is Rooibos tea,

which is antioxidant.

And finally I’d like to summarize: Cat’s Claw is a unique

plant with extremely high density of the chemical information it

carries. It is essential that you use the right chemotype of the

plant - that is the TOA-free type, called Samento. And so: if

Samento is administered within the framework of proper nutri-

tion, it will restore the homeostasis and strengthen the depleted

immune system.

(With abbreviations)

After the conference Brian LAMB received and

consulted dozens of patients at the Lechitel Health

Center. Here are some of his more general tips:

• For the most part of the less serious conditions one

600mg capsule daily is enough but the cancer patients should

take two 600mg capsules daily: the first one in the morning on

an empty stomach and the second one in the afternoon.

• When to stop taking Samento? When you are healed.

The product is not toxic and can be taken for years; the only

condition is to drink a lot of water if taking larger doses. This is

required because Samento purifies the body and especially the

liver, and the kidneys have to eliminate the toxins. I wouldn’t

recommend drinking chlorinated water from the tap. The chlo-

rine in the water reduces the effect of Cat’s Claw, and this is too

expensive a herb to destroy its effect. You can take Samento

with clean spring or mineral water and fruit juices but the best

and all dairy products including goat milk. What we need to

understand is that in fact milk and dairy foods are growth stim-

ulators. If you take Cat’s Claw to fight cancer my advice is to

stop consuming cheese, milk and their derivatives. If you take

Cat’s Claw to treat diabetes, you should replace the bread, which

has a high glycemic index, with low-index products like lentils

and beans.

When using Samento it is important to remember that it

has to be accompanied by proper nutrition, drinking clean water

and adequate physical activity.

Still how to explain the fact observed by many therapists

that Samento cures almost everything?

It is very rare in nature to find a plant that has such a

broad spectrum of different beneficial ingredients (nutrients) as

Cat’s Claw. Our body needs the nutrients that Cat’s Claw is able

to supply.

What are the contraindications? I wouldn’t recommend

using Cat’s Claw in the first trimester of pregnancy because of

its ability to inhibit cell growth. In my medical practice I have

been using very small quantities of Cat’s Claw to strengthen the

immune system of infants after 9 months of age.

The dosage I apply with such babies is 10 mg of

Samento daily, with children older than 1 year - 20 mg, and for

treating diseases - up to 27 mg a day. For adults I recommend

600 mg and for cancer patients - 2 x 600 mg daily. I’d like to

repeat that the herb works better if you keep the proper diet.

Especially when you treat a virus infection, it should be taken on

an empty stomach. For fortifying the immunity of children it has

to be given in the evening just before bedtime. And if used to

treat cancer, the herb should be taken in the morning and

evening. For joint problems and arthritis I recommend taking it

in mid-morning and mid-afternoon with water.

There’s one way of taking Cat’s Claw that enhances its

effect on the liver. Empty the contents of the capsule in 20 ml of

cold water and hold it for 15 seconds in the mouth before swal-

lowing. That way the receptors for bitter taste on the tongue

(directly connected to the liver) are stimulated and improve the

Samento Helps In

Some Depressions

By Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yordan Yordanov , M.D., psy-

chiatrist, psychotherapist and psychopharmacologist

I’d like to share with you my observations on 5 patients

with depression over the past month. I’m talking about endoge-

nous depressions - moderate to heavy. The dosage was 3 x 200

mg taken with or immediately after meals. Some of these

patients were on antidepressants - the well-known Prozac,

Ludiomil, Anafranil, etc. 10 to 12 days after adding Samento to

the treatment, they reported a bigger mood improvement com-

pared to the time when they had taken only antidepressants; as

well as a heightened biotone (liveliness), which is very important

in the so-called simple forms of depression.

One of the patients, a 32-year-old artist, reported that

by the 10

to 11

day half of the asthenic symptoms, i.e. weak-

ness of the stimuli, languidness, lack of initiative and difficult

concentration, disappeared and he started working again.

A student from the Sofia University started using only

Samento. Unfortunately she misunderstood the dosage and took

just one 200mg capsule daily instead of three. She too observes

better concentration and easier learning but not sufficiently.

The third patient, a 43-year-old woman with depression,

claims she feels a lot livelier and her associative processes run

better. These are the results with respect to the depression

patients.

I have been using Samento myself for three weeks now

for gastrointestinal complaints. A couple of months ago I had

gastroscopy and no ulcer was found. Shortly before starting the

supplement, the Helicobacter pylori test I made at the lab of the

Lechitel Health Center proved positive. You know that ulcers are

mostly being caused by these bacteria.

What were the results from taking 3 x 200 mg of

Samento daily? By the 8

to 10

day I felt a lot more energetic.

The fatigue typical of the end of the working day - by 7 or 8 pm

way is with Rooibos tea, which is an antioxidant and

strengthens the effect of Cat’s Claw.

• The active ingredients of Samento reach the blood

most quickly if you dissolve the herb in a little water. Open the

capsule and pour the contents in 20 ml of cold water, then hold

it in your mouth for 15 seconds before swallowing. If you can’t

do that, empty the powder from the capsule directly onto the

tongue, again holding it for 15 seconds. Then swallow with

spring water or juice. This way the mouth mucosa will contribute

to the faster and effective passing of the healing substances into

the blood.

• Samento can be given to infants as well from 1 year of

age: 20 mg for prevention and 27 mg for treatment. Empty the

powder into a cup of Rooibos tea sweetened with honey. Don’t

add it to milk - this will limit the effect. Cow’s milk is contraindi-

cated for small kids in general.

• Cancer patients should stop taking any dairy products

while using Samento. These products block the beneficial action

of Cat’s Claw (Lechitel doesn’t fully share this view - Editor’s

Note).

• When using Samento you should take more antioxi-

dants. One of the best is Rooibos.

• I recommend to cancer patients taking Cat’s Claw to

eat a plateful of raw broccoli salad dressed with lemon juice and

olive oil every day. This is an exceptionally good anticancer food.

SCOTLAND

The Medical Plant

Of The 21

Century

The Caithness herbalist Brian LAMB is adding his

endorsement to the healing properties of a rare plant harvested

in the Amazonian rain forest.

Since its recent introduction to Europe, SAMENTO has

earned rave reviews from a number of experienced practitioners

for its track record in helping patients with a variety of chronic

conditions.

Brian Lamb, the most famous Scottish phytotherapist,

shares the enthusiasm for the variety of Cat’s Claw, whose name

derives from the hook-like thorns that sprout from woody vines

which can reach over 100 feet high.

Mr. Lamb believes Samento’s restorative potential for

damaged immune systems can make it the plant of the 21st cen-

tury.

“It is a really exciting development,” he said from his

herbal practice at Quarryside, Murkle. “It’s the first time that

we’ve had doctors saying that something from the plant kingdom

is better than what they have in their pharmacies.”

Cat’s Claw has been used for the past 2000 years by

shamans from the Ashaninka tribe in Peru to treat diabetes,

rheumatism and some types of cancer as well as to control gas-

tric ulcers and heal deep wounds.

It first came to the attention of western researchers and

scientists in the mid 1960’s and was accorded official recog-

nition as medicinal plant by the World Health

Organization in 1994.

Used to stimulate the immune system, it was the first

rainforest plant to attract such worldwide interest since the dis-

covery of quinine in the 17th century. While it remains a popu-

lar potion in herbal medicine, it is the relatively recent availabil-

ity in Europe of the rare strain of Cat’s Claw that has caused the

new wave of excitement.

- disappeared. The gases I suffered from vanished, as well as

the heartburn that I previously had to counter with Ranitidin.

I believe this is a novel type of food supplement, having

something in common with the nootropic preparations mainly

used for treating senile dementia. It is known that lately more

and more people are suffering from Alzheimer’s. Samento opens

a new opportunity for treating dementias. Why is it that I sus-

pect a nootropic action and recommend to the manufacturer to

carry out studies in this direction? After taking it for a week I

started feeling quite livelier and found out that the supplement

improved associative thinking. When reading difficult foreign lan-

guage texts, it is easier for me to comprehend them. Judging by

my personal results, I see a nootropic action, which was formu-

lated in 1972-1973 by the [RTF bookmark start:

]OLE_LINK1Belgian pharmacologist [RTF bookmark end:

]OLE_LINK1Giurgea from the company UCB (Union Chemie

Belge). The original hypothesis for nootropic action was later

extended and it turned out it influenced other organs and sys-

tems in the human body too. But I shall not go into details, I

simply recommend conducting such studies to see the brain cell

metabolism since it is known that nootropic agents and particu-

larly Pyracetam, the Belgian Nootropil, the Bulgarian Pyramem,

as well as the Bulgarian combination drugs Fezam, Orocetam,

etc., increase the production of compounds that are an energy

source for the nervous system.

Samento Improves Quality Of Life

By Michael COYLE, executive director and

head of research of the NuLife Sciences Institute,

California, USA

This is a report on the efficacy of tetracyclic oxindole

free Uncaria Tomentosa, which is distributed under the

brand-name Samento. This research has been performed

and published by NuLife Sciences, Inc. based on clinical

observations which were recorded as photocomparative

studies of observations on the Native blood in conjunction

with a coagulation screening methodology known as the

Oxidative Stress Test (Dried Blood Evaluation Screen).

35 subjects participated in the pilot study, while only

ten adhered rigorously to the guidelines of the pilot study

and also completed the course of treatment within the allot-

ted timeline, which was a 6 (six) week period.

The guidelines were as follows: All other herbal

remedies were eliminated from the subjects’ nutritional reg-

imen. The subjects consumed two capsules of 600 mg.

Samento two times daily for 14 days and then consumed 2

capsules 3 times a day for four weeks.

Each subject was at the outset of their participation

in the study evaluated for hypercoagulation, microorganism

presence, degree of cellular degeneration, sclerotic debris,

free radical damage and numerous other parameters too

numerous to mention here.

The following is an outline of case histories of three

subjects who completed the study and includes photocom-

parative microscopic images of the results of the course of

application in each case. The results are typical of the ten

research subjects who were compliant.

Subject #1 - 60 year old female

Outset - December 9, 2000:

Presented with severe arthritis symptoms, compro-

mised mental acuity, weakness and tiredness. Initially

Unlike common Cat’s Claw, Samento modulates, rather

than stimulates, the immune system.

Bulgaria was among the first European countries where

Samento took root with many clinics using it within weeks of it

becoming available in January.

A major breakthrough came in July when the plant was

cleared in Hungary to be sold as an approved over-the-counter

medication.

Mr. Lamb said: “There’s huge buzz of excitement as

more and more people see the results it can have. It’s a quite

astounding story.” He reports very encouraging results from

patients he has treated over the past year with Samento for a

variety of ailments.

Mr. Lamb, a qualified phytotherapist as well as medical

herbalist, said the current anthrax scare has underlined the

importance of having a strong immune system. The herbalist is

to attend a conference on Samento in London on Friday,

November 30

, 2001.

The Press and Journal, Scotland, UK

November 26, 2001

By Iain Grant

in teeth, jaw and skull. Hypercoagulation evidenced by

rouleau and excess fibrin development, and accumulations

of sclerotic debris.

Free radical stress, acid-base imbalance and pres-

ence of metals. Parasites, metals, magnesium/endocrine

imbalance.

Completion - April 17, 2001:

Highly improved blood viscosity and coagulability.

Flaccid membrane on lymphocyte at center is indica-

tion of immune response to viral activity.

Microscopic analysis indicates elimination of para-

sites and reduction of free-radical stress. Image indicates

continued metals toxicity, reduced free radical stress and

improved endocrine balance.

CONCLUSIONS OF THE STUDY

Basic overall observations:

All ten subjects reported improved quality of life,

general strengthening, substantial abatement of

symptoms and significant pain and inflammation

reduction where applicable.

Subjects experienced a broad range of improve-

ment of symptoms, such as: reduction of allergies,

reduction or elimination of fatigue, heightened

immunity to amoebic parasites, food poisoning and

colds and flues. Tumor reduction was noted in one

case, complete elimination of growths on the scalp,

non-specific pain reduction, reduction or elimination

of arthritic pain, stabilization of liver function in

Hepatitis C, complete elimination of allergic reac-

tions to dander, elimination of herpes simplex out-

breaks, reduction of blood plaque in some cases,

improvement in gastric function is cases of gut dys-

biosis and elimination of or improvement of bacteri-

al infection.

This study indicates that Samento appears to reduce

C-reactive protein, is anti-microbial, reduces free-radical

Samento was utilized at 1 capsule (600 mg) two times daily.

Results were positive but limited. After 2 weeks the dosage

was revised to 2 capsules (600 mg) 3 times daily with signif-

icantly notable additional benefit.

Images at outset are characterized by evidence of

sclerotic debris due to calcification, red blood cell degenera-

tion and compromised nutrient assimilation. Additionally

there is evidence of bowel dysbiosis in the form of orange

crystalline symplasts or plaque formations, indicating lower

bowel infection. The Dried Blood Images indicate elevated

free-radical stress and metals toxicity, likely due to dental

materials. Also indicated is adrenal stress, liver dysfunction

and bowel parasites.

Completion - January 21, 2001:

The specimen is now relatively free of variations

from normal.

Subject #2

Outset - February 2, 2001:

Subject presented with complaints of heart palpita-

tions and extreme anxiety, which appears to be due to met-

als toxicity, namely from mercury. Subject had recently had

mercury removed from the teeth in an unsafe manner by a

dentist untrained in safe biological methods and was toxified

thereby. Actinomycin crystals indicate infection. Tubular vari-

ants indicate infection and red blood cell degeneration.

Bacterial variants, inadequate protein utilization and sclerot-

ic debris.

Completion - March 17, 2001:

Improved viscosity and reduction of sclerotic debris.

Due to the improvement in the subject’s quality of

life we must presume that immunity has been improved.

Subject #3

Outset - February 2, 2001:

Subject presented with hepatitis C, type 2, extreme

inflammation, infected teeth and sinuses, including auditory

canal. Complete loss of hearing in right ear due to infection

Second Samento International

Scientific Conference

London, England

November 30, 2001

production, improves wound healing, restores the primitive

immune response and generally heightens immunity.

Lechitel Weekly, No 31, August 1, 2002

2001 where dramatic, widespread results came so quickly that

within two weeks thousands were using the product.

Testimonials from hundreds of patients who had obtained results

in the treatment of a broad range of immune-related conditions

simply started to shower.”

This is a part of the address from the Samento confer-

ence held in March 2001 in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria:

“Samento, besides other miracles, also achieves

what many are unable to grasp or accept – it keeps, pre-

serves, extends and restores not only health – not any

kind of health, - but a dignified health! A health without

cutting off pieces of one’s body, without transplanting

foreign organs, without poisoning oneself with costly

medicines, without treatment that causes other, not any

less serious diseases, perversely denoted by pharmacists

as… side effects…

Unlike therapies before SAMENTO, SAMENTO

itself doesn’t try to eliminate some virus or bacterium,

nor some disease (that’s also called a nosological unit),

but gives the patient energy to fortify and strengthen his

own self-healing power that Nature has built into his

spirit, mind and body. SAMENTO doesn’t act AGAINST,

but contributes FOR…

In a sense, some time ahead in the future the his-

torians of medicine will talk about the age BEFORE

SAMENTO and the age AFTER SAMENTO…

Atanas TZONKOV,

Director of Lechitel Health Center,

Sofia, Bulgaria”

Real stars of medicine were present

Prof. Henk Oswald M.D., Ph.D., winner of the Albert

Schweitzer award for medicine, flew in from Holland just for the

three hours of the conference, taking off from Heathrow only

minutes after its finish to go back to his research and his thou-

sands of patients. But for this short time he presented such

images, showered with such indisputable evidence even the

Samento Works Fabulously!

The readers of Lechitel know that SAMENTO is an

extremely rare biological variety of the most world-

famous Peruvian medicinal plant: the Cat’s Claw

(Uncaria tomentosa). Unlike the common type of Cat’s

Claw (much more widespread and inexpensive), SAMEN-

TO doesn’t contain one group of substances: tetracyclic

oxindole alkaloids (TOA), which act as antagonists,

reducing its effectiveness. Multiple scientific studies

confirm that SAMENTO is a lot more effective biological

species than the common Cat’s Claw and has exception-

al healing properties. It is estimated that as much as

10% of those using the traditional Cat’s Claw obtain the

results they are expecting. In contrast, more than 90%

of those using SAMENTO are reporting results, and in

many cases the effects are greatly exceeding expecta-

tions.

To this amazing plant was dedicated the scientific con-

ference that took place on November 30, 2001 at the London

Heathrow Airport Royal Business Center. If the conclusions made

are to be summarized in just one sentence, this should be either

the statement of the world-renown scientist Prof. Henk OSWALD

from the Netherlands: “SAMENTO works fabulously!” or that of

Scotland’s number one phytotherapist Brian LAMB: “Although

we’re still at the beginning of the 21

century, I think we could

tell that SAMENTO is the medicinal plant of this century. After I

started working with it I stopped using many other herbs that

did a very good job before, simply because SAMENTO gives

amazing results!”

Where are we?

To all conference attendees - physicians and journalists

from the United Kingdom - the organizers from the US producer

Nutramedix handed out a voluminous file containing 157 pages

of scientific papers, reports and publications on SAMENTO. On

the first page we read:

“SAMENTO first became available in Bulgaria in January

Scotland’s number one herbalist Brian LAMB who took

part in the first international Samento conference in Sofia in

March 2001 expressed a similar view: “SAMENTO has an aston-

ishing effect! At first I had been using the ordinary Cat’s Claw for

quite a lot of years and my patients were improving. But since I

started with SAMENTO (and I’ve been treating with it even

babies!) the results have been so impressive that I already

stopped using many other herbs. Yes, they were good before but

now SAMENTO makes them simply needless. SAMENTO is so

powerful it passes the blood-brain barrier. I managed to cure an

astrocytoma patient with it!”

London - Sofia

Svetla LEFTEROVA

Lechitel Weekly, No 49, December 12, 2001

most skeptical of doctors and journalists, and lighted up the

whole conference hall with his remarkable noble radiance so that

he made the biggest skeptics reward him with a storm of

applause - something quite untypical of the rigorous protocol of

a scientific conference, held at that in the heart of the United

Kingdom. This incredible scientist who was the first in Europe to

test live human blood in his lab, revealed the mechanism of the

successful treatment of hundreds of patients with incurable

forms of cancer and others completely disabled by arthritis who

have stood up from their wheelchairs and returned to normal

life. From the full text of Prof. Oswald’s report that follows you

will understand how SAMENTO acts on cancer cells and lympho-

cytes. Then perhaps the most scholastic representatives of med-

ical science will understand the message of this bright mind of

the 20

and, even more, the 21

century: “I can’t say to my

cancer patients don’t take chemotherapy. I can only say to my

wife “take SAMENTO and not chemotherapy”. But, I can’t say

that to the other patients because they’ll put me really in jail

when I do that. The only thing I can tell is: “I’m not against

chemotherapy but in my longstanding practice as a doctor I have

never prescribed chemotherapy.”

I’m trying to enter in cooperation with chemotherapists

by telling them: “Let’s work together, I - my way and you - your

way. My way of treating will help chemotherapy become more

efficient and have fewer side effects.” And they convince them-

selves that my patients tolerate much better chemotherapy and

its therapeutic effect is much faster and pronounced in the

patients treated with SAMENTO. Do all oncologists agree with

that? No, not all…”

What is the action of Samento according to Prof.

Oswald?

“Amazing! For colon cancer as well as any gastrointesti-

nal cancer. For arthritis as well as candidiasis of the bowels.

SAMENTO works fabulously also for gastrointestinal conditions

and Crohns disease. SAMENTO is an astonishing antioxidant that

neutralizes free radicals and even the effect of such a harmful

oxidant as hydroxyl, which can destroy the human body in days.”

tion and then you see the following: I now change from the

coagulated blood to the live blood cells. These are the red blood

cells. Between the red cells you see these small points, we call

them somatites. Somatites are very important and cancer

patients or arthritis patients have only 2, 3, 4 or 5 of these small

items, these somatites. So we give the people in terminal cases

Samento and then you can see what we can do with cancers,

arthritis, celiac disease, sickle cell anemia, shingles, etc. These

somatites are not only in the human blood, they are in the blood

of all animals and also in plants – all living things on Earth have

the same somatites.

Incredible breakthrough ability

The natural way to attack the cancer cell in the begin-

ning is through your own immune system and especially the lym-

phocytes. But cancer cells have their own defense system. What

is the cancer cell doing is build a mucous membrane around it to

defend itself, to protect itself. So, now the lymphocytes can’t

penetrate the cancer cell anymore. And when this is in stage

three or four, the tumor cells fence the lymphocytes in and they

are paralyzed. So there is no fight in your body anymore. And

this is why chemotherapy is no good. I found out with my pho-

tos and in vitro that when you give the terminal patients 4 or 6

Samento capsules, then the fence, the slimy substance, the

membrane goes away. Yes, with Samento, and I have over 20

examples already now. And now the lymphocytes can attack the

cancer cell. And that’s so nice!

Always when we talk with oncologists about Samento or

other natural products they say, “No, we have our own tools. We

do radiation, operation and chemotherapy”. But now I say, “I can

help you. You can’t penetrate the cancer cell anymore, it’s too

hard. We can help you that the chemotherapy is working; make

a bridge”. And now they are listening because they didn’t know

about the mucus membrane and why chemotherapy is not work-

ing. And I show them in vitro what’s going on... So now we are

not the good guys and they the bad guys or vice versa. We can

help each other and it sounds ridiculous, ladies and gentlemen,

but the Samento and the chemotherapy have a synergistic

The Samento Phenomenon

By Prof. Henk OSWALD, M.D., presented at the

Samento Conference in London, November 30, 2001

Prof. Henk OSWALD M.D. is the director of a med-

ical clinic and Meditest International - Amsterdam, the

Netherlands; member of the International Academy of

Natural Health Science and chairman of the “Nutrition

and Science” Foundation. Dr. Oswald is a distinguished

scientist in the field of natural health and metabolic

chemistry. During the course of his career he has

received over 70 awards and honors in recognition of his

immense contributions. Included among these is the

prestigious Albert Schweitzer Award for Medicine. He is

the first scientist in Europe to use the live blood analysis

method. His clinic in Amsterdam attends to 25,000

patients a year.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I will tell you about my experience with patients for the

last 2 years. I already worked with the “old” Cat’s Claw with a lot

of success. But now with Samento I give 2 tablets rather than 12

or 20 to have the same result and even better.

First of all I want to tell you what I do in just 5 minutes

with my blood tests. When my patients enter my laboratory, I

take a little bit of blood from the finger and I do two tests with

that small blood drop. One is the live blood test and the other is

the coagulated blood test. So, we let it dry. And then you see

this (showing different images of blood on the projector): a

healthy version - no white spots, nice fiber net, really nice color.

That’s a healthy person, you don’t see it anymore.

Now I’ll let you see what you can see here, this is can-

cer. These are holes in the intestinal tract, leaky gut syndrome;

this is lung cancer; this is rheumatism. All of these diseases later

on we can treat through Samento. The white flecks are the tox-

ins the cancer cell or the cancer tumor is producing. The magni-

fication here is 600 times. That is my microscope for the live

blood cells with which you can make a 15,000 times magnifica-

lymphocytes, so they can do the job and Samento can do the

job. Yes, it concerns all types of cancer. I do prostrate cancer,

lung cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer. It’s an amazing prod-

uct; you have results even in terminal cases. Now see what

Samento is doing in a couple of months. You can see the differ-

ence, look at the cancer pictures – the cancer cells always have

sharp edges, the fibrin is away, and the somatites are almost

missing.

I treated about 20 patients with arthritis. This is (a pic-

ture of) an arthritis patient, 62 years old. There you see the cells

- very bad, the form is completely changed. After 2 months with

Samento (3 capsules a day) the spots are smaller, the cells are

already better; after 5 months practically back to normal. This is

real experience and I did this with a lot of patients. This system

is so nice: I can follow the patients step by step, making these

tests every month or two.

Here’s another patient, in a wheelchair. Look at this –

the same, white spots, terrible condition… After 2 months it’s

already better, after 4 months – back to normal. That man is

coming now to my office, no wheelchair anymore and less pain

– you see what you can do with Samento. Sometimes I give him

4 capsules a day and maintenance 2 or 1 a day, but still he’s

doing fine; only sometimes in winter when it’s cold and wet he

has a little bit of pain and then I tell him to increase the dosage

and take 2 or 3 capsules a day.

I think you know all about free radicals. When the super-

oxide combines with hydrogen peroxide a very dangerous com-

pound is formed – hydroxyl; in a split second it can ruin the

whole body. In the early days we attacked them with superoxide

dismutase and then the hydrogen is catalyzed. Now in the last 6

months I did it only with Samento. What is Samento doing: it

helps the liver to produce more scavengers that take care of the

free radicals – very, very important when you have degenerative

diseases and so on. I have a lot of success also with Candida.

Combining chemotherapy with Samento gives good

results, fewer side effects, less pain and the patients feel really

great. I don’t say I can heal cancer but I can lengthen their life,

effect, they help each other. So when the patient has chemother-

apy every three weeks sometimes, in those three weeks we have

time enough to give the Samento.

And what is the chemo doing? There are all other meas-

urements, but let’s say the blood count is 5 – the white cells and

the red cells. When you have chemotherapy, after a couple of

weeks it goes to 4, then 3, then 2 and oncologists say, “We have

to stop the chemotherapy. The count of the cells is too low.” Now

in that 3 weeks time it’s 5 in the beginning, then goes to 4, goes

to 3, but never to 2, and goes up to 4 after 3 months time with

Samento – that’s the experience I have with my patients. So

they can continue with chemotherapy.

A bridge between Samento and oncology

I’m not against chemotherapy but if my wife had cancer

I’d never permit it. So I must find a bridge between the two and

now there are already oncologists that are giving the Samento

in that 3 weeks period. It takes care of the mucous fence around

the cancer cells, it doesn’t paralyze the lymphocytes so the

chemotherapy can do the job and the lymphocytes can do the

job.

When the patient has no chemotherapy, it’s the same

story and that’s important. The blood count never falls too low

and after a couple of months it goes back to 4, which is quite

normal, only with Samento in terminal cases: 3 x 2 capsules a

day and then later on 2 x 2 for maintenance, and I can tell you

there are no side effects at all. Here you can see the fence sur-

rounding the cancer cells and after 5-6 weeks with Samento it’s

back to normal and then you can attack the disease. The dosage

and duration of the treatment with Samento depends on how far

the cancer has advanced. When you give 6 capsules a day -

about 3 to 4 weeks, and then you can see on my pictures that

it’s away. Don’t forget that you can talk about terminal cancer,

stage 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Only in terminal cases the cancer cell will

immediately build that fence around it. But it doesn’t attack the

lymphocytes from the beginning, only when in stage 4 it will par-

alyze the lymphocytes too. And then you can see how in 4-5

weeks of treatment with Samento there is no fence around the

prostate cancer you usually do PSA. At the beginning it is very

high – 65. Then I give Samento. After one month it falls to 50,

after two months with Samento 3 capsules daily it falls to 40,

and now I have patients who have managed to return to the nor-

mal levels: 10-12.

The highest dosage of Samento I have given is 6 cap-

sules daily in terminal cases. I haven’t seen any side effects.

Samento Protocols

Applied By Prof. Henk Oswald

Adenocarcinoma (fast growing cancer)

3 x 2 capsules (6) daily

If an examination after 3 months shows that the patient

is improving decrease dosage to 2 x 2 capsules (4) daily.

Prostate cancer

2 x 2 capsules (4) daily

If the PSA is reduced: 3 x 1 capsules (3) per day

Maintenance dosage: 2 capsules daily

If chemotherapy is involved: 3 x 2 capsules (6) daily

during therapy

Cancer with chemo treatment:

3 x 2 capsules (6) daily

After chemotherapy: 2 x 2 capsules (4) daily

After six months: 2 capsules daily

Sarcoma

2 x 2 capsules (4) daily

Slowly decreasing till 2 capsules daily

Melanoma

3 x 2 capsules (6) daily

2 x 2 capsules (4) daily after an examination shows the

melanoma is shrinking

Before an operation: 3 x 1 capsules (3) daily

6 weeks after the operation: 2 x 2 capsules (4) daily

Maintenance: 2 capsules daily

they have no pain and they feel great – in terminal cases. I have

always worked with cancer, the last time two years ago with

Galavit from Russia. But I don’t use it anymore, now I have

Samento. Samento is doing a better job and the treatment with

Galavit is much more expensive – more than 7,000 dollars, while

the treatment with Samento costs around 500-600 dollars.

What’s the better choice for cancer patients?

Sometimes the whole family of a cancer patient comes

to me asking, “What can we do?” It’s very difficult. I can’t say to

the patients, “Don’t take chemotherapy”. They’ll put me in jail

immediately. I can only say, take chemotherapy, then in the

meantime in that 3 weeks period take Samento.

But I have more results with only Samento. When we

have 100 patients with the same cancer in the same stage and

when 50 go to the hospital to take chemotherapy and 50 are

treated by me with 6 Samento capsules daily, I have a better

success because Samento alone can do the job. I have a lot of

examples. But I can say that to you, I can’t tell it to the cancer

patients.

But, now, I found a bridge between chemotherapy and

Samento. That’s fantastic. Now I can convince oncologists to

work together. And they say okay, when of course the patient

agrees. That’s already fantastic that they are doing that. Not all,

oh no… But some do and they see the results.

And also in vitro, when you take a small tumor (that’s a

lot of cancer cells) and you put it in extract from Samento (I

made an extract by myself), in 3 weeks you see the tumor

shrinking. First of all the membrane, the fence around the can-

cer cells goes away and then you can see the tumor slowly

shrinking.

(Remark from the audience: The shrinkage of the tumor

is not necessarily due to Samento, but simply because it has

been removed!)

- Yes, but when you do the same in water or in alcohol,

does it change? That’s my answer. Of course I put pieces of the

tumor in different media, I’m not stupid! (Laughs heartily).

You all know what PSA is. When you have a patient with

The Healing Range of Samento

By Atanas TZONKOV, herbalist and healer, editor

in chief of Lechitel Weekly, founder and director of the

Lechitel Health Center

The statements and conclusions contained in this report

are the result of a 7-year-long therapeutical experience with the

common (TOA-containing) Cat’s Claw and a 10-month treatment

practice with Samento (TOA-free Cat’s Claw). Although the sub-

ject of our conference is the herbal product Samento, I also refer

to the common Cat’s Claw because as far as I’m concerned, its

use in treating thousands of patients opened the door for the

more effective application of Samento and allowed for fruitful

comparisons between the two products, for finding the optimal

dosage in the treatment with Samento, etc.

One of the biggest problems that arise in the treatment

with Samento is the disbelief among doctors and patients that

it’s possible to have a remedy with such a broad range of effec-

tiveness as Samento claims to have. This kind of skepticism

springs from the outdated and erroneous notions in contempo-

rary medicine for such concepts as “diagnosis”, “disease”, “noso-

logical unit”, as well as the fact that the majority of the conven-

tional physicians are not acquainted with the actual healing

mechanisms of herbs that are essentially different from the

pharmaceutical medicine, still dominant worldwide. These ques-

tions were discussed in more detail in my report at the First

International Conference for Samento that took place in Sofia on

March 22

of this year. That’s why I’m not going to repeat them

now. The treatment with Samento, its prosperity and recognition

in both medical science and the mind of the public will be

delayed and seriously impeded until a reform in clinical thinking

or, if you prefer, the revolutionary change that already has begun

in this field, is carried out. This unique plant species and

herbal product – Samento – is offering the best chance

for the development of a new kind of medicine in the

third millennium – kinder and safer, more effective,

Colitis, Crohn’s disease and other intestinal tract

disorders

Light cases: 2 capsules daily

Serious cases: 3 capsules daily

Maintenance dosage: 1 capsule daily

Before, during and after operation for 4 weeks: 2 x 2

capsules (4) daily

Gluten intolerance (celiac disease)

Light cases: 1 capsule daily

Severe cases: 2 capsules daily

tions: hypertension, influenza (which I already spoke about),

rhinitis (including hay fever), edemas with various origins,

herpes, sinusitis, gastrointestinal problems – ulcers,

gastritis, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation,

etc., conjunctivitis, urinary infections (including dysuria -

difficult urination), hepatitis C, allergies with different etiolo-

gy, pharyngitis, rheumatoid polyarthritis, fibromyalgia,

ischaemic heart disease, stenocardia, cysts, prostate

adenoma, menstrual cycle irregularities, severe and unsus-

ceptible to other treatments hemorrhages, lung emphyse-

ma, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, asthma, involuntary

urine leaking, tumors – benign and malignant,

endometriosis, chronic fatigue syndrome… The list can be

extended further but our trials and observations also continue,

especially those related to cancer diseases. We have achieved

indisputable results in patients in the terminal stages of

different kinds of cancer (of the uterus, bladder, breast,

etc.) – results that proved unattainable with the tradi-

tional anticancer therapies (surgery, chemotherapy,

hormonal treatment, radiotherapy): normalization of the

tumor markers and the characteristic pathological deviations,

restoring of the normal blood values, discontinuing of uncon-

trolled haemorrhages, removal of the pain that renders unnec-

essary all the drugs with analgesic properties, etc. All these

cases are well illustrated by systematic laboratory and other

tests.

The range of diseases, including such until recently con-

sidered incurable, which however yield before the potent healing

power of Samento, will undoubtedly grow. Diseases are invent-

ed by medical minds. In fact Samento doesn’t care about dis-

eases – it cures the person or, even more precisely, helps the

human body cure itself. But these again are questions of the

fundamental medical science.

3. Does Samento have any side effects?

I personally suppose that some day such might be dis-

covered. But for the time being the treatment of over

more humane, more dignified for Homo sapiens.

Since the time is limited, I won’t enter into the details of

the treatment with Samento. Instead I’ll try to give an answer to

some of the most pressing questions which are also the most

often posed by scientists, doctors and patients alike.

1. Does Samento treat acute or chronic condi-

tions?

In the medical literature has been established a deeply

erroneous notion, of non-medical origin, that the herbs are

appropriate only for milder or chronic conditions and that the

serious medicine is made with a scalpel and antibiotics, cortisone

drugs, etc. Nothing could be more wrong than that and the

proofs are countless, but undoubtedly the most impressive is the

treatment of the influenza infection with Samento. There are

dozens of patients in our therapeutical practice that recover from

the flu – not symptomatically but definitively – for not longer

than 2 days (48 hours). Conventional medicine does not

dispose of any such treatment against influenza.

Moreover, in our practice there hasn’t been a single patient who

hasn’t managed to recover from the flu in 48 hours. In one case

a 3-year-old child was cured just in 24 hours. The child’s temper-

ature was 40

C in the morning and after taking one well meas-

ured dose of Samento, that is to say in 4 hours, it returned to

normal.

2. Which or how many diseases are treated with

Samento?

The answer in this case raises fundamental questions of

the medical science and our conclusions, which are only based

on countless facts, are causing embarrassment and nearly indig-

nation among the medical professionals who still think in the

canons of Paracelsius and Hippocrat.

According to modern classification of diseases,

our medical practice has listed more than 101 of them

that are susceptible to treatment with Samento or influ-

enced to an extent unachievable with any of the reme-

dies of the conventional medicine today.

I’ll mention but a few of the successfully treated condi-

The Herb For Our Age

By Brian LAMB, phytotherapist, founder and head

of a naturopathic clinic in Scotland

I started using the ordinary TOA-containing Cat’s Claw.

The first thing that got me interested is that you should be using

it to treat Crohn’s disease. Anyone that has worked with Crohn’s

disease knows how difficult it is, you only got steroids. I started

to get people better with the TOA-containing Cat’s Claw. I than

started to expand my use of the ordinary Cat’s Claw and found

that it was very powerful on the immune system. And that let me

on to using Cat’s Claw to support the immune system rather than

the herb that I have used for many years - Echinacea. Then I

heard about this astonishing Samento. And certain herbs that I

have used when I started I don’t use at all anymore. They seem

to be weak and ineffective. They were very good all these years

ago but now we are moving on to with things that are important

for this age and I do believe that Samento is that herb for this

age. As I started to use Samento on cancer patients I was care-

ful, I made no claims, offered no treatment. People come to me

(I am treating several patients right now) in a terminal condition

where the doctors said, “We can do no more”, and I have seen

some astonishing things happen. I have reason to believe that

Samento crosses the blood-brain barrier because I believe that

it is antiparasitic on the brain. I have at the moment a 55-year

old man who was sent home in a terminal condition with astro-

cytoma - inoperable brain cancer, and sent home to die. I have

been treating the man with Samento and much to everyone’s

astonishment his right arm which had no power has almost the

same power as his left hand now. He was taking the Samento

capsules 2-3 times a day during his radiotherapy and he had no

side effects. I gave him one or to other things as well, but I have

no doubt that it is the Samento which is doing it. He has his

speech come back, he can write the alphabet, he can converse

reasonably well, and he walks half an hour a day. A few days ago

the doctor came in and said “this is astounding, we don’t know

2000 patients has proved no such effects. In fact the side

effects and the toxicity problem for Samento are related to the

product’s dosage. This is a question to be still examined with the

best possible precision and a bigger number of live subjects. In

my experience Samento has been used effectively and without

any problems by people ranging from a 10-month baby to a 92-

year-old woman. I count with a documented case of prolonged

application of the common Cat’s Claw (18.000 mg daily) for a

period of 3 years and then Samento 600 mg (with an average

dosage of 3 x 1 capsule daily) in the course of 10 months with

three or four 5-day breaks, and the patient is in good shape,

without any indications of toxicity. During all these years system-

atic tests of the liver, blood, etc. have been made.

According to what I have witnessed in my practice,

Samento isn’t liable to a unified specifying of the dosage as the

patients cannot be subject to unifying – every one of them needs

an individual approach, a designation of a complex therapy ade-

quate to the competently diagnosed condition of the patient.

Samento can be prescribed as an independent therapy, prefer-

ably accompanied by Rooibos tea, and it can be also combined

with some suitable natural products that increase its fantastic

healing effect even more. In some cases its use is recommend-

able along with antibiotics, corticosteroids, chemotherapy or

radiotherapy, but this concept still awaits the serious involve-

ment of the medical researchers.

and it is to put it on the tongue, because the bitter receptors

connected to the liver will have an immediate effect and also

these components will go through the mucous membrane of the

mouth and prevent them being passed through the liver on the

first pass. I give Samento early in the morning and it is better to

give it slightly apart from food, and in the evening I give a gen-

eral herbal tonic. But my instructions are don’t give anything

close to Samento, I don’t know why, but it seems to be the case.

I wouldn’t suggest to use Samento with vitamins, because it

does not want to be interfered with. Babies can be given very

small amounts, milligram doses, maybe 1-2 drops of a 1:1

extract, so they get maybe 1/40 of the gram (25 mg). There is

another strange thing I noticed with children who take Cat’s

Claw, which is intensely bitter: they actually get to anticipate

taking it, as if their bodies are realizing that there is something

quite remarkable in this herb.

Samento must be seen as a healing totality, and that is

what makes it so exciting for me - it hasn’t been interfered with,

hasn’t been standardized or extracted. I have treated viral infec-

tions, respiratory infections and I much prefer Samento to

Echinacea, because I believe this is the herb for now, it’s passed

the Echinacea and it is a total system herb. And especially now

with the worldwide fear of the immune system being breached

from all sorts of things, it would be very wise to take Samento

as a preventative. I think it would be a tremendous policy for

health.

what is happening, whatever herb he is taking, he is taking the

right herb. He was a man expected to die”. His seizures are vir-

tually nonexistent, he is putting on weight, and the doctor is say-

ing he can do all his everyday work in the house. He is now

down to three capsules Samento a day. So it is quite astonish-

ing.

I have another patient who had bowel cancer who

received surgery, chemotherapy and recently was expressing

some severe respiratory stress, so bad that she could hardly tell

me the problem. Within one day of taking Samento something

astonishing happened - I met this woman in the supermarket

and had a 10-minute conversation with her, and she said some-

thing amazing has happened to her body.

Another case is interesting. I visited a woman the other

day who has a secondary bowel cancer. It was a very difficult sit-

uation, because there was virtually no movement through the

bowels, and within one minute of taking 1 Samento capsule she

experienced a very severe pain, which is unlike the other that

she has been having.

The last case I had is very interesting indeed only

because I believe Samento passes the blood-brain barrier. A man

came to see me the other day with motoneuron disease, and we

all know how sad that it is. The latest thinking on motoneuron

disease is that it is a parasite or virus in the brain. If Samento is

antiparasitic, antiviral and if it does cross the blood brain barri-

er, I may have some very exciting news. In any case I do believe

that Samento is an herb for these times. And why do I think it is

so much better than this synthetic product that has been devel-

oped in Austria? It is simple: the Nutramedix product is the

whole plant for the whole man and it has got a whole spectrum

of phytochemicals without having things removed that may be

vital for the efficacy of the product. So I do support this thought

of using this rare Samento in its entirety, absolutely pure and

unrefined. So I am very excited about Samento. This is just the

beginning, what I am looking forward to is more practitioners

taking this into uncharted territory.

I believe there is a very good way of taking Samento

or so it’s accumulated at a very diverse population of life forms.

This concept of the leaky bowel syndrome seems to satisfy some

doctors’ understanding of why there can be such a diverse array

or constellation of symptom patterns, diagnostic categories that

can respond when you treat this leaky bowel. Essentially what

we’re talking about here is a failure of the filtration mechanism

to keep out large molecules which then result in the body’s

developing antibodies or some type of reactivity to these macro-

molecules. And as a result you get symptoms - you can get joint

symptoms, mental symptoms, cardiovascular symptoms; any

number of combinations you can think of and of course that’s

depending on each individual’s uniqueness and so forth.

And now I’d like to go back to Cat’s Claw. According to

the most recent studies published it’s a fair assumption that Cat’s

Claw is definitely modifying the expression of tumor necrosis fac-

tor from the body. This has been studied in various systems and

I think it closely parallels what we’re finding with rheumatoid

arthritis and some of the other inflammatory conditions that

people are responding to with Samento. It’s the TOA-free form

of Cat’s Claw that’s modifying the tumor necrosis factor.

Let’s not forget that there are many other substances in

Cat’s Claw that are responsible for its overall benefit - antiviral

compounds, antimicrobial compounds, potentially antiparasitic

compounds, antioxidant compounds and compounds causing

changes in the lining of the blood vessels or endothelial cells that

result in the release of as yet unknown messenger molecule that

is modifying the function and the expression of the immune sys-

tem, namely the lymphocyte populations and the macrophages.

This is particularly important in the area of cancer.

The pentacyclic oxindole alkaloids (POA) have an

immunomodulating effect on the immune system. They increase

the absolute numbers of the lymphocyte population but they

don’t have a cytotoxic effect and they don’t have an effect on the

overall white blood cell count. That’s really interesting property

and they also have a kind of cytostatic effect on blast cells,

which is to say pre-cancer cells in the lymphocytes.

We plan to organize clinical trials for Samento, both in

Unique Qualities

In A Purely Natural Product

By Dr. Jerry SCHLESSER, a well-known US scien-

tist and practicing naturopathic physician, researcher,

developer of hundreds of natural products including the

antiviral drug ImmuVir.

In my experience, which is over 20 years, as a physician,

as a researcher, as a developer of natural products that have

been studied in various medical centers around the country and

outside the United States as well, this particular Samento stands

out most importantly in my mind, because it is an unprocessed

product, which is very, very unusual - to find something that as

a native material can have the therapeutic effects that are being

reported around the world. Also, it’s unusual because Cat’s Claw

and its compounds have been subjected to fairly intensive pre-

clinical studies, in vitro studies, animal studies, toxicology stud-

ies and so forth. So we really have a sense of confidence about

Cat’s Claw and also about the alkaloids and the active con-

stituents that are in Cat’s Claw that may be responsible for parts

of its actions. I also want to say, that like all natural products we

don’t know enough about them and as time goes on we are

going to learn more. Even in the last couple of months, there

have been several reports of newly discovered compounds, new

alkaloids, or precursor compounds.

I’d like to share with you something that is revolutioniz-

ing naturopathic medicine or integrated medicine in the United

States and that is a new recognition for the intestinal tract as an

important barrier, a filter if you will, a first line of defense for the

body. Now there’s a new diagnostic category that we’re calling

“leaky bowel syndrome”. Essentially what it’s down to is that the

intestinal tract’s basic function is to act as a filter and supposed-

ly it’s selectively filtering the things that we need inside our body

and keeping the things that we don’t need outside our body - it’s

like a huge genetic engineering factory. When we’re born it’s

completely sterile and as we mature within a matter of a decade

Third Samento International

Scientific Conference

Florida, USA

May 10, 2002

the United States and abroad, so we collect information and

eventually publish it.

(With abbreviations)

care clinic. General and family medicine are practiced, as well as

several modalities of alternative medicine. The local hospital

supplies most of our standard diagnostic testing with more spe-

cialized testing available at the Medical College of Georgia locat-

ed in Augusta, Georgia, approximately 30 miles distance. In-

house we use an extended history and physical, scalar technol-

ogy, applied kinesiology, and live cell microscopy. In the future

we would like to add on heart rate variability and biological ion-

ization testing.

The dosing schedule used in all cases, unless otherwise

stated, was three 600mg per oral capsules of Samento

twice a day for 10 days. Thereafter dosage was

decreased to two 600mg capsules twice a day. Samento

was taken on an empty stomach, by itself. Other supplementa-

tion (vitamins/minerals) was taken with meals. Concurrent

usage of other herbs was discouraged as it was felt that other

herbs might contain alkaloids with a blocking effect similar to the

tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids (TOAs.)

Beginning in March 2002 and continuing to date, over 60

patients have been treated with Samento. Conditions treated

include:

• Chronic Fatigue

• Fibromyalgia

• Status Post Cerebrovascular Accident

• Chronic Back Pain

• Status Post Breast Cancer

• Diabetes

• Hypertension

• Irritable Bowel

• Candidiasis

• Hypothyroid

• Menopausal Syndrome

• Pre Menstrual Syndrome

• Peptic Ulcer Disease

• Gastritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Arthritis

98% Of Patients Show Clinical

Improvement

By Dr. John Kule, M.D., director of the East Aiken

Health Center in Aiken, South Carolina

Recent advances in the chemical analysis of Cat’s Claw

have shed new light on its use as a natural therapeutic agent.

Specifically, it has been found that the clinical efficacy increases

as the pentacyclic oxindole alkaloid (POA) fraction increases and

as the tetracyclic oxindole alkaloid (TOA) content decreases

respectively. Samento is a rare form of Cat’s Claw that has

been found to be 100% TOA free. It is a wild crafted prod-

uct of a unique Peruvian rain forest microclimate that so far has

been found to be most effective in its most minimally processed

form.

At a Samento Conference held May 10, 2002 in Florida,

Brian Lamb, medical herbalist from Scotland, reported that

100% of the terminally ill patients he is treating with Samento

are showing remarkable clinical improvement. An historical

review of the scientific literature on Uncaria tomentosa was pre-

sented by Jerry Schlesser, ND, DC, CNS. Professor Henk

Oswald, M.D., Ph.D., expounded on his experience of the use of

Samento in the treatment of cancer. And Michael Coyle

demonstrated Samento’s use as an antimicrobial agent. This

paper will explore the use of Samento in the primary care set-

ting.

All patients were seen and treated at the East Aiken

Health Center in Aiken, South Carolina. The background of the

patient population is diverse. Aiken is located in rural South

Carolina, but has long been a winter training center for thor-

oughbred and standard bred racehorses. Fall, winter, and spring

also see an influx of hunter/jumpers, 3-day eventers and polo

players, and golfers. Local industry includes the Savannah River

Nuclear Site, so the town has an unusually large engineering and

managerial class.

The East Aiken Health Center is an integrative health

The patient was changed to Natural TriEstPro. The Celebrex,

Claritin, and Nasonex were discontinued and SAMENTO begun

at three capsules twice a day. Despite the patient’s initial

skepticism, she has been well with no acute flare-ups. A mild

decrease in fasting blood sugars has also been noted. The

patient continues to do well on two capsules twice a day.

CASE #3 KW, 33 year old white female with a history of

severe asthma beginning after a bout of pneumonia as a 7-

year-old. The patient has had multiple hospital admissions, with

increasing severity and frequency of asthma attacks occurring

the last few years. Her last hospitalization also almost required

the use of intubation/respirator, and did require intravenous cor-

ticosteroid. The patient is taking Depoprovera IM every month,

Proventil inhaler every day, Flovent inhaler twice a day, and

Serovent inhaler twice a day. On physical exam, there was

marked shortness of breath and abundant wheezing in all lung

fields. Live cell microscopy revealed severe rouleaux. The patient

was begun on Samento three capsules twice a day with marked

improvement noted within three days. There have been no fur-

ther hospital admissions to date, and the patient is back to work.

CASE #4 AS, 56 year old white female with a history of

schizophrenia, cholecystitis/cholelithiasis (surgery has

been recommended on several occasions), renal lithiasis, and

poorly controlled hypertension. Surgeries included hys-

terectomy and bladder tack. The patient had been noncom-

pliant with medications (anti-hypertension and anti-psychotic),

noncompliant with dietary restrictions (a hot fudge sundae occa-

sioned her last gall bladder colic), and is obese. The patient was

voluntarily restricted to home. On at least one occasion in the

past, the patient had to be admitted for psychiatric care. Live cell

testing revealed marked spicules, liver congestion, and marked

lymphatic congestion. Prior to beginning Samento, the patient’s

mental condition was deteriorating with auditory and visual hal-

lucinations, and increasing threats of physical harm directed

toward her husband (actually directed toward “Raymond”, but

her husband’s name is “Bill.”) Within one week of beginning

Samento the patient’s mental condition remarkably stabilized.

• Schizophrenia

• Asthma

• Lyme’s Disease

• Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

Out of the over 60 patients, only one has failed to show

clinical improvement so far.

Several case studies have been selected, and are pre-

sented hopefully to illustrate the amazing scope of illnesses that

are being successfully treated with Samento at our clinic.

CASE #1 BK, 48 year old white male, recently diag-

nosed with incipient cirrhosis of the liver. Patient has a his-

tory of light alcoholic consumption but at time of exam was

under much personal and professional stress and was experienc-

ing acute flare up of Epstein Barr, herpes simplex, and

systemic yeast. Physical findings were significant for fatigue,

weight loss, pale appearance, decreased urinary stream, and

moderately tender liver of normal size. This patient began with

Samento one capsule twice a day and then moved up to two

capsules twice a day. Patient was also placed on a yeast-free

diet, AA supplementation, and severe nocturnal cramping was

alleviated with calcium supplementation and a multivitamin/min-

eral supplement. The patient experienced almost immediate

increase energy, increased sense of well-being, and increased

mental clarity. A mild diuretic effect was well tolerated as the uri-

nary stream normalized within 3 to 5 days. The patient also

experienced several healing crises which included liver tender-

ness, bowel inflammation at several sites, hemorrhoidal and fis-

sure inflammation followed by normalization. The patient contin-

ues to improve on one per oral twice a day.

CASE #2 PE, 53 year old white female diabetic educa-

tion nurse. The patient has a long history of rheumatoid

arthritis as well as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus,

and also hormone replacement therapy with synthetic

estrogen alone since hysterectomy in 1979. The patient

expressed a desire for more natural treatment alternatives at her

first visit. Other medications included Celebrex, Claritin D,

Nasonex, and prednisone as needed in acute arthritic flare-ups.

of well-being, increased daily activity, and improved cog-

nitive functioning.

CASE #7 JM, 75 year old white male, with a long-

standing history of anemia. The patient was successfully treat-

ed with whole food combinations of iron and chlorophyll (Standard

Process Ferrofood and Chlorophyll Complex.) The patient then

began to experience gastrointestinal distress and then had sever-

al episodes of rectal bleeding, determined on physical exam not to

be of hemorrhoidal origin. The patient was scheduled for upper

and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy which was delayed for one

month due to hospital backlog. Samento was begun one 600mg

capsule twice a day then increased to two per oral twice a day.

The patient experienced one more episode of gastrointestinal

bleeding while taking Samento, then a cessation of symptoms.

At the time of endoscopy, no upper or lower gastrointesti-

nal lesion could be identified. The patient continues to show

clinical improvement.

In these cases and others, what we have consistently

noted so far can be summarized as the following positive clini-

cal findings:

• Increased energy. This in particular has been gratify-

ing when used with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyal-

gia, and depression.

• Sense of well being/lifting of brain fog. Current

studies are under way but this finding appears to be

related to the anticoagulant properties of Samento.

Those patients suffering from chronic cold hand and feet

seem to make the most gain here. Also to be explored

would be a positive effect on infertility, especially when

coupled with Peruvian Maca.

• Decreased inflammation. Here there might be a

transient exacerbation of symptoms, then a marked

improvement. The only patient in our clinic who has not

shown improvement was one who stopped the Samento

when her symptoms worsened. There was no way to get

this patient to understand the concept of a healing crisis.

• Decreasing blood pressure. Almost all of our anti-

The patient was able to leave home and shop for the first time

in three years, and also became more compliant with taking

medications, and improved compliance with scheduled office

visits. It was felt that IM B No I would further improve the

patient’s condition but she would not tolerate the injections. The

patient remains stable on Samento and anti-hypertension

(Diovan) medication alone.

CASE #5 PK, 56-year-old white female, who since 1998

has suffered neuralgia-like pain and burning sensations in the oral

mucosa. Also night sweats, chronic muscle and joint pain,

fatigue, short-term memory loss, and visual blurring

(“seems my eyeglasses are dirty when they are clean.”) Occult

dental infection was corrected with oral surgery and a combina-

tion of oral penicillin and clindamycin. Symptomatic relief lasted

several weeks after which the dental/oral facial neuralgia

returned. The patient subsequently was diagnosed with Lyme’s

disease by fluorescing antibody. Colloidal silver (MSP) was initiat-

ed along with homeopathic Ledum, resulting in partial relief of

symptoms. SAMENTO was added to the above regimen and

increased the patient’s symptomatic relief to approxi-

mately 95%.

CASE #6 FC, 75 year old white male, with a long histo-

ry of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, and

depression. Chronic worsening symptoms of fatigue, muscle

soreness, and cognitive loss (“I just can’t think clearly”) had ren-

dered the patient almost housebound. Domestic support is mini-

mal as the patient is married to a sedentary chain smoker little

interested in her own health problems and who ridicules the

patient’s search for health in the alternative medical field. The

patient also suffers from insomnia, which could more rightly be

described as a loss of circadian rhythm as the patient is unable

to fall asleep at night, then chronically is unable to awaken in the

mornings. The patient takes Xanax, cytomel, Allegra, Humulin R

and N. Treatment with Nutri-Spec diphasic supplementation

designed to help restore a more normal diurnal rhythm met with

limited success. The addition of SAMENTO resulted in a

marked improvement in the patient’s energy level, sense

How To Dose Samento

By Atanas TZONKOV, herbalist and healer, editor

in chief of Lechitel Weekly and director of Lechitel Health

Center

Last year I had several occasions to point out that one of

the key problems related to the use and propagation of Samento

is its dosage.

In fact to determine the dosage of a healing product

means to answer at least 95 percent of the questions concerning

its use. Why is it so important and so complicated to answer these

questions? First of all the dosage makes the cure as well as the poi-

son. Second, in order to specify the dosage you should know

something about the contents of the product. Third, for the dosage

to be effective you must know a lot, if not everything, about the

patient and his illness. And fourth, when the dosage proves inef-

fective the person conducting the treatment needs to try and look

into the reasons, and that’s how the new, pioneer steps in medi-

cine are sometimes made…

I already had the opportunity at the First International

Conference on Samento, which took place on March 22, 2001 in

Sofia, Bulgaria, to explain why the conventional standardization of

medicines known to us from the orthodox drug-based medical sci-

ence is practically inapplicable, and useless, as far as herbs and

Samento in particular are concerned.

What I have found out in my practice as a herbalist in the

last more than 30 years in which I have treated tens of thousands

of patients using hundreds of herbs and other natural products, is

also confirmed in my work with Samento.

From those treated only the cancer patients are more than

350 and there are also people with diseases, more rare but consid-

ered incurable, like fibromyalgia, sarcoidosis, glaucoma, MS, etc.

The diagnoses on my list that are positively influenced or cured by

Samento are already 104.

Of course it’s inconceivable that all of them would recede

or disappear with one and the same dosage of Samento!

The range of the healing dosage of Samento varies

hypertension patients have been able to lower their

dosage of anti-hypertension medication. None have

been able to discontinue the anti-hypertension med-

ication altogether, at least at this point in time.

• Decreasing blood sugar. All our diabetic patients

have had mild lowering of fasting blood sugars (around

10 to 20 points.)

• Increased diuresis. All of the patients have experi-

enced a mild diuretic effect.

Adverse clinical findings include:

• Lower extremity cramping. This is easily alleviat-

ed when present by either/or calcium supplementation

and a good multivitamin/mineral combination.

• Several patients have experienced healing crises. In

fact, individual patients have experienced multiple “mini-

crises” with continued use of Samento. No patient has

required hospitalization while on Samento.

• One patient experienced a severe immediate gastri-

tis. The dose was lowered to 250mg each day instead

of a normal starting dose of 1800mg twice a day. Within

two weeks the maximum dose was tolerated.

Gastrointestinal complaints have resolved. This patient’s

presenting complaint was chronic migraine headache.

No change has been noted yet in the severity or fre-

quency of the headaches.

• Skin rash. Several of the patients experienced tran-

sient photosensitive skin rashes, none requiring any

treatment other than time.

In our clinic, 12 patients have had adverse effects of one

or all of the above.

In conclusion, as the several case studies illustrate,

Samento has proven in our clinic to be a safe natural

remedy with a wide range of therapeutic efficacy. To

date our patients continue to show remarkable clinical

improvement. As our experience and confidence with the use

of Samento grows, we are applying Samento to an expanding list

of clinical illnesses.

of these cases there’s also a psychogenic factor seen at the base -

the fear of the unknown herb. It makes the body respond with the

mentioned hostility, which is completely surmountable, not to men-

tion that there’s often no alternative to Samento - this product is

the last chance that countless terminally ill people have.

The healing dose depends exclusively on the physical and

psychological condition of the patient. One 60-year-old person with

lung cancer metastasized to the liver and bones whose weight has

dropped to 42 kg (at 180 cm of height) cannot absorb the “stan-

dard” dose of 3 x 2 capsules of Samento 600 mg recommended by

Prof. Oswald whom I deeply respect, while for a patient in the early

stages of disease (bladder cancer), with 175 cm of height and 80

kg of weight, the 3 x 2 dose is not only recommendable but in the

most cases lifesaving - and he must take it… For how long?

This is another key point in the dosing of Samento.

Prof. Oswald, whose pioneer contribution to the elucida-

tion of the cancer process and the effect of Samento on the human

cells deserves our admiration, recommends a 3- to 4-month dura-

tion of the 3 x 2 treatment course for cancer patients.

But for me this is an unacceptable standard. If needed,

the patient can take 3 x 2 600mg capsules daily for six or more

months but this is rarely necessary and it’s good to make short

breaks from 2-3 to 10-15 days if the treatment with such doses

continues for more than 2 or 4 months. In my own practice the

optimal dosage of 3 x 2 capsules is being controlled by precise lab-

oratory tests of the blood, urine and secretions, as well as differ-

ent scans - ultrasound, X-ray, MRI, etc. And further on the dosage

is determined by the progress of the treatment process (or that of

the disease if we haven’t been able to inhibit or eliminate it).

Here’s only one particular example. C.B., 83, was diag-

nosed with prostate cancer in a prestigious hospital specialized

in cancer treatment. Let’s look at one of the criteria for control and

observation of the patient - the tumor marker PSA. In October its

value was 135. After 2 months of treatment with Samento 600 mg

in a 3 x 1 dosage the PSA dropped to 85. On January 9 the patient

underwent an operation. After another 3 weeks on the same treat-

ment PSA was already 36. For lack of funds in February the patient

between one sixth of a 600mg capsule and nine 600mg capsules

a day, i.e. from 100 to 5400 mg daily. When we talk about dosing

of Samento, we need to clarify some points:

1. The single dose

2. The daily dose

3. The treatment dose - for the duration of the treatment

course

4. The maintenance dose

5. The prevention dose

So far the most unclear and unspecified question is the

dosage for children. Samento is suitable for all childhood ages from

9 or 10 months up. Of course, as I already emphasized, enormous

work on the part of many doctors, scientists and researchers is

needed to get closer to the optimal doses of Samento for children.

While a 1-year-old baby can take one 120mg capsule in two days,

a well-developed 3-year-old can take a 600mg capsule divided in

three. But this is still a single case and so far I don’t recommend

such a dose for 3-year-olds. In this particular case however the

child’s temperature was 40

C in the morning, most probably due

to a developing influenza, and at noontime - 4 hours later - he

already played with his temperature having dropped to 36.6

No doubt some adult patients need a several days’ adap-

tation period to be able to reach the maximum dosage of Samento.

With many cancer patients we begin with 3 x 1 600mg capsules

daily and in a week or two we move on to a 3 x 2 dosage.

The problems concerning the dosage and taking of

Samento mostly ensue not from the patient’s immune system,

exhausted by disease, but from the fact that the ailing human body

is overly “allergized” by the innumerable meaningless (but also

damaging!) drugs and other conventional treatments like radio-

therapy. Such “therapies” ruin the body’s defenses and reserves

even more and some of the patients “treated” that way end up

showing a certain intolerance to Samento that manifests itself in

feelings of tension and stinging in the back, stiffening of the joints

and muscles and mild gastrointestinal complaints or dizziness. You

should bear in mind that this happens to one in 300-500 patients

and the problem is overcome once reducing the dosage. In some

Fourth Samento International

Scientific Conference

Sofia, Bulgaria

October 10, 2003

discontinued the use of Samento for 10 days but at the next con-

trol test the PSA was back to 50 already. Later on the treatment

proceeded with a 2 x 1 dosage of Samento 600 mg (mornings and

evenings half an hour before meals with a cup of warm Rooibos

tea). The last control test from April 26, 2002 shows the tumor

marker is normal - 1.75. The patient feels excellent.

The treatment dose depends on the goal we’ve set as well

as the information we have about the patient. If we are going to

treat a common flu (no matter whether type A, B or a new mutant

form), 3 to 4 600mg capsules daily are enough for the patient to

forget about the muscle and joint pain, the running nose and the

fever already on the third day. Then the dosage can be reduced to

2 x 1 capsules for another 5 to 6 days and if no complications

appear the patient can continue taking 1 capsule daily for about a

month as a maintenance dosage.

In some cases the maintenance, prevention and treatment

dose can prove identical. Of course such cases are rare but they

still exist.

One capsule of Samento 120 mg daily is an excellent pre-

vention dose against the flu, common cold and other similar trou-

bles. However the same dosage proved entirely sufficient to cure

in just a month a grave stomach condition in a 52-year-old woman

that didn’t recede to the latest therapies applied in such cases not

only in Bulgaria but also in the USA and the entire developed

world. I’ll tell you about this case in more detail some other time.

There are quite a lot of examples for combating one and

the same disease with a 2 x 1 (or 3 X 1 at maximum) dosage of

Samento 600 mg in one patient, and not achieving anything even

with the maximum 3 x 2 dose being applied for a whole 3 months

in another patient. And the disease is not even cancer!?

How many more unknowns does Samento hide? I can only

tell, on the base of my former experience of treating over 3000

people with Samento, that this herb has many more useful prop-

erties than we know and than we can suppose… It is the greatest

example that the human health is more in the nature, whose part

are also we people, than in the modern civilization that too often

ruins men instead of strengthening their health.

The Optimal Medicine

Against The So-Called

Untreatable Diseases

By Atanas TZONKOV, herbalist and healer, editor

in chief of Lechitel Weekly and director of Lechitel

Health Center

This paper isn’t built according to the canons of official

medical science since I’m convinced these canons now prevent

medicine from developing and people from receiving decent

treatment, i.e. reasonable, sparing, effective. My paper doesn’t

just infringe the accepted conventional principles and practices

in medicine but also denies them as increasingly unproductive,

absurd, non-scientific and inhumane. It offers new viewpoints on

health and disease, on prevention and treatment. These claims

are based not just on good intentions but on real facts, on prac-

tical results from the treatment of several tens of thousands of

patients that encompass more than 100 conditions, including a

large number of the so-called “untreatable” diseases: multiple

sclerosis, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, arthritis,

Parkinson’s disease, influenza, polycystic disease, etc.

The successful treatment of such “untreatable” condi-

tions, or rather of such patients, or at least the accomplishment

of an unseen so far improvement of their health conditions, is

not a fiction, not a fruit of the placebo therapy, not a dream, but

an unbiased and documented healing process.

I wouldn’t bother you with these general theoretical

reflections but unfortunately without them it’s impossible to give

a clear and understandable account of the extraordinary results

that I’d like to report to you. These have been registered in the

treatment of patients with Parkinson’s, cancer, asthma,

hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, chlamydiosis, etc.

It is sad that though I have repeatedly raised the ques-

tion, including on the First Samento Conference in 2001, about

the new medical conceptions on which my therapeutical success-

The Herb That Is Already Called

A MIRACLE Even

By Medical Professors

Two and a half years after the First Samento International

Scientific Conference, which took place in the first country in the

world to apply Samento on a mass scale for the treatment of thou-

sands of people – Bulgaria, we once again play host, this time to the

Fourth International Scientific Conference about “the herb of the

century”. This comes as an exceptional acknowledgement for

our success in the field of the best, the optimal medicine.

After the first conference in Sofia (March 2001), the second

in London (November 2001) and the third in Florida (May 2002), we

can tell that the fourth one on October 10

2003 (in Sofia) turned

into an extraordinary event affecting the lives of millions of patients

around the world. First of all because it proved the indisputable

advantages of a new, not strictly scientific and not only natural med-

icine but the best synthesis of both types - a synthesis resulting in a

more humane, gentle and a lot more efficient medicine formulated

by Lechitel Weekly’s editor Atanas Tzonkov as optimal medicine in

his conference report: The Optimal Medicine Against The So-Called

Untreatable Diseases.

Second, because in the opposite ends of the world – from

Ecuador and Peru to the United States, Bulgaria and Germany, the

results accomplished in the treatment with Samento of thousands of

hopelessly ill patients given up by conventional medicine, in terminal

stages of cancer, suffering from AIDS, Parkinson’s and MS, in wheel-

chairs, incapable of moving and talking, have showed that these

patients have improved dramatically or fully recovered…

“This is not a medical plant but a real miracle, an incredible

gift from God!” - such was the definition given for Samento by Dr.

Luis Romero M.D. The same words you can read as well in the hun-

dreds of letters published in the book Samento: Health for Everyone

– the first book in the world dedicated to this unique plant that came

out days before the conference in Sofia.

Lechitel Weekly, No 42/2003

the health authorities of the manufacturing country (USA,

Finland, South Africa, Spain), as well as by those in Bulgaria.

In the first place I most often, almost always use

Samento! As the doctors, by virtue of a bad tradition, most fre-

quently apply antibiotics, corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-

inflammatory drugs, antidepressants, analgesics... As a matter

of fact between the synthetic medications and Samento there’s

a certain ground for comparison: the medications are normally

accompanied by a long list of side effects and Samento is accom-

panied by a long list of healing effects: antiviral, antibacterial,

immunostimulating and immunomodulatory, antitumor, anaes-

thetic, haemostatic, antiparasitic, detoxifying, febrifuge,

hypotensive, etc. This list is extended continuously.

None of the known herbs and contemporary medicines

can match Samento. Samento outrivaled everything known in

therapy on at least several criteria: safety, power and speed

of action, efficacy and a healing range unseen so far. I

already had the opportunity to make my comments on this

“amazing healing action of Samento”, as Prof. Oswald says. It is

built into the herb’s unique biochemical composition. And I

would immediately like to emphasize that every attempt at self-

treatment with Samento, since it is so curative and safe, and

every effort to apply it in serious health problems without opti-

mal diagnosing of the patient, is ultimately not in the

patient’s interest and sometimes this can undeservedly com-

promise Samento’s exceptional reputation.

Here are just a few particular illustrations proving that

Samento can both favorably influence the symptoms and elimi-

nate the causes for a huge number of conditions, some of which

are known even to date as incurable in official medicine:

1. R.R., 80, from Sliven, writes: “At the end of 2001 I

too, the 80-year-old granny, had a BREAST CANCER surgery.

In the first six months I took, as you prescribed, Samento and

Rooibos tea every day - morning and evening, and after that, up

to now, I take one capsule of Samento with Rooibos every morn-

ing. I also use some other products offered by Lechitel: the

Spanish dietary biscuits, Gingkomax… Your magic herbs

es are based, almost no one (no doctor, no expert, no patient)

notes the conceptions but nearly everyone is interested only in

what kind of herbs I use and in what dosage. It’s still good I’m

not being asked what antibiotics or corticosteroids I use, but

such an approach to disease and treatment doesn’t bring a long

way. And I don’t wish to mention where it brings to - the sad

world statistics of conventional medicine is pretty expressive and

disheartening.

The medicine I preach, propose and apply is called

OPTIMAL MEDICINE. Without its understanding, mastering and

practicing it’s impossible to attain and keep attaining the thera-

peutical results I’ve been recording - they are OPTIMAL!

Otherwise with or without Samento, gingko biloba or coenzyme

Q-10, the successes will alternate with failures, the hopes - with

disappointments, the full hits - with woeful mistakes, the initial

improvement - with a sudden funeral… And in both cases the

patient or his doctor will wonder, not being able to grasp why the

patient sometimes improves or even recovers, nor why at other

times he gets worse or dies.

In a nutshell, the OPTIMAL MEDICINE combines all or

almost all the best created by both scientific medicine (especial-

ly in the field of diagnostics) and alternative medicine (particu-

larly in the realm of naturopathy: phytotherapy, apitherapy,

nutritional therapy, etc.). To that I also add some personal views

on the PATIENT’S OPTIMAL ANAMNESIS, as well as the OPTI-

MAL (not practiced anywhere else by physicians, experts or

witch doctors!) DIAGNOSING OF THE PATIENT.

It’s been said a long time ago that whoever diagnoses

well, treats well. But I shall not interpret these words right now

- they hide the first key to the treatment’s success.

The second key to health is the OPTIMAL TREATMENT

COMPLEX, conformed with the PATIENT’S OPTIMAL INDIVIDUAL

CHARACTERISTIC: diagnostic findings (particularly in the blood

serum and secretions), body weight, unhealthy habits, previous

diseases, professional and family environment, etc.

In my practice as a healer I use only natural remedies:

high-quality standardized herbal and other products, licensed by

two plants and most of all Samento. Two and a half months later

the patient, previously doomed and written off by orthodox med-

icine, went out for a walk (and made the round of the famous

Doctors’ garden twice) together with her husband - the pro-

fessor of classical medicine, the creator of powerful synthetic

drugs who believed in the phenomenal power of herbs and was

not disappointed.

Unfortunately the further keeping track of the healing

process became impossible due to reasons beyond my influence.

4. The patient S.N. from Shumen suffers from HEPATI-

TIS. The blood tests show extremely high values: ASAT - 850,

ALAT - 1980. The more detailed testing found out that the

patient suffered from drug-induced hepatitis.

In spite of the desperation and mistrust that anything

could help her anymore, while still in hospital the patient start-

ed treatment with Samento and Rooibos. In less than a

month the extremely high values of the hepatic markers

ASAT and ALAT returned to normal. After having used 5 bot-

tles of Samento in total, the patient keeps on feeling well includ-

ing after the ninth month…

5. S.B., 68, is a teacher from Pleven. She suffers - or

rather suffered - from BRONCHIAL ASTHMA for 36 years! The

diagnosis had been specified at the University Hospital in Pleven

and confirmed by the National Laboratory at the Institute of

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Sofia. The treatment - only

symptomatic of course - included nophilin, clemastin, antibiotics,

syrups, salbutamol. The patient has a proven allergy to dust

mites, bird down and plumage, various perfumes and pollen

from herbs and flowers. She was subjected to desensitization

from 1969 to 1980. The severe cough subsided but the diffi-

cult breathing persisted, as well as the rapid exhaustion.

The use of Becloforte and Ventolin inhalers caused dermati-

tis (rashes and itching).

After a 3-month use of Samento 600 mg in a 2 x 1

dosage with a cup of Rooibos tea half an hour before meals, the

difficult inhaling and exhaling disappeared. So did the

rashes and the itching caused by the corticosteroidal “treat-

restored my blood pressure and blood sugar to a normal

level, and the Parkinson’s I developed a couple of years ago

vanished without a trace… Now I feel lively and strong as a 20-

year-old. Every morning and afternoon I go out for a walk with

my friends, all of them in their 60s and 70s. They tell me I have

the gait of a lass, because the knee pains I’ve had for 20

years disappeared too…”

2. Ekaterina Atanasova from Varna writes: “I’d like to tell

you about my sister who lives in the countryside and has devel-

oped PARKINSON’S 3 years ago. Initially she was taking

Lechitel’s products Pycnogenol and Selesan along with the

prescription Madopar. Her condition was relieved, her nervous

system calmed down, but she remained as stiff as before, had

difficulty walking and wasn’t even able to cut herself a

slice of bread. One of her arms was paralyzed. Two

months ago she started taking Samento 120 mg and then pro-

ceeded, as you recommended, with Samento 600 mg. Now for a

few hours every day my sister walks freely, as if she’s never

had Parkinson’s. She can take a bath all by herself and she

can even wash by hand. This is a miracle for us!”

3. The third case is oncological. The patient, E.L., is 76,

a wife of a medicine professor who has created several

renowned medicaments. The woman has been diagnosed with

GENITAL CANCER metastasized throughout the body, in

terminal stage - with pain and bleeding round-the-clock

that could be stopped with none of the remedies offered by the

world oncology. The patient was bedridden. At the request of

her husband her treatment started on April 15

2001 with

Samento 600 mg. I prescribed the following dosage: 3 x

1 capsule, half an hour before meals with a cup of warm

Rooibos.

The first beneficial effects of this treatment came on

the sixth day: the pain subsided to such an extent that

the patient no longer needed the conventional helpless and

harmful painkillers, and the constant bleeding stopped! She

was saved and from that moment on every day of her life was

owed to the yet incompletely identified healing powers of the

from 1:264 (March 28

2002) to 1:16 (Oct 30

2002), which is

negative.

Seventh, the patient feels lively, energetic and has no

complaints. At her 80 years of age!

It is in cases like this that the advantages of Samento

over pharmaceuticals stand out most brightly. It becomes clear

how and why Samento copes with scores of diseases, including

such that the most up-to-date medicaments are helpless

against. While doctors are attempting to cure with drugs one dis-

ease or another - one drug against arthritis, others against

hypertension, third against cancer, and then adding fourth and

fifth and seventh to get rid of the dermatitis, the drug-induced

hepatitis or the ulcerous colitis, caused while trying to cure so

many conditions with so many medicines that have so many side

effects… Samento doesn’t treat diseases, it treats

patients!

By applying the optimal diagnostics, in most cases the

doctor can really reach the roots of the disease, the cause or

causes laying beneath it. This raises the chances not just for

treating, but also for curing the patient. Scientific medicine

talks about radical, pathogenetic, definitive, i.e. real treatment.

Samento doesn’t talk about it - it does it. Such real treatment

can be accomplished also by other herbs, by other natural reme-

dies. Samento just possesses the optimal therapeutical qualities.

We have to admit that Samento is something much big-

ger than our notion, our estimates, our current knowledge of it.

And every future day will provide new arguments supporting this

statement-prognosis.

Pay attention - while conventional medicines are

designed to eliminate at least one disease, Samento never limits

itself to just one condition. This is the moment to emphasize

once again that it can do this job the best if on the basis of an

optimal diagnostics the herb is applied in the optimal dosage for

every particular case. Thus Samento manages to cope with

dozens of diseases and symptoms, including such among the so-

called “incurable”. It successfully restores normal blood pressure

ment”. The inhaler and all the previously taken medicines were

rendered unnecessary and their use was discontinued. This last-

ing effect has persisted for more than 9 months already. The

patient comments upon the results of her treatment with

Samento saying, “I’ve been born again!”

6. J.I., 80, had undergone BREAST CANCER surgery

15 years ago. She contacted me in the spring of 2001 when her

medical record listed the following conditions and symptoms:

bilateral chronic pyelonephritis, chronic gastroduodeni-

tis, hypertension, insomnia, conjunctivitis, vertigo, aller-

gies, rhinitis, tracheitis, rheumatic pains, parodontitis,

itching all over the body, fatty infiltration of the liver…

Until then the patient had been treated unsuccessfully with non-

steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics and all kind of

other medicines. Her blood sugar level was slightly elevated, as

well as the blood fats. The tumor markers (CA 15-3) varied from

19 to 52 (Nov 4

2000 - June 28

2001). The sedimentation

rate (SR) was above the norm – from 20 to 60 (between January

and October 2002).

I appointed tests for the detection of Chlamydia and

Helicobacter pylori that no one had done to her before. The

results were: Helicobacter pylori – positive (240),

Chlamydia trachomatis – positive (1:512).

After prolonged treatment, mainly with Samento 600 mg

by a complex scheme, and several other natural products, the

following results were achieved:

First, all disease symptoms faded away.

Second, some of the paraclinical readings move in the

upper range but most of the time remain within the norm (glu-

cose, lipids, liver enzymes).

Third, some other indicators like the tumor marker CA

15-3 and SR have still not completely returned to normal.

Fourth, Helicobacter pylori (positive) was reduced from

240 (on May 9

2001) to 90 (positive) on April 22

2002.

Fifth, Chlamydia trachomatis levels were reduced from

1:512 (May 9

2001) to zero (April 22

2002).

Sixth, the rheumatic marker AST was brought down

The Role of Samento:

Elimination of Untreatable

Organisms

By Dr. Luis Romero, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Luis Romero M.D., Ph.D., born in Venezuela, earned

his M.D. at the Venezuelan Central University and served his full

Internal Medicine Post Grad work at the J.M. Vargas University

Hospital of Caracas, Venezuela.

He was a visiting trainee at The Sloan-Kettering Institute

for Cancer Research, with Dr. Felix Wroblewsi and Dr. Mary

Peterman, as well as at the Rockefeller Institute in New York City

with Dr. S. Moore and W. Stain (Dr. Peterman, Moore and Stain

– all Nobel Prize Winners).

In 1979 he was accepted to do his fellowships in

Cardiovascular Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at the com-

bined program of The University of Massachusetts-Harvard

University in Boston, Massachusetts and finished his post-grad-

uate Magna Cum laude. He later returned to Caracas, Venezuela

as Adjunct and Professor of Cardiology and Medicine at the M.

Perez Carreño University Affiliated Hospital.

In 1995 Dr. Romero founded in Puerto Rico the First

International Chapter of the Humanitas International

Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to the design,

development and execution of Community Educational and

Health Promotion Programs. In 2002 he was appointed as

President and Scientific Director of the Humanitas Research

Institute.

Since 1997 Dr. Romero has been living in Miami, Florida

and participating in research studies in collaboration with med-

ical universities in USA, Latina America and Europe.

Treatment for Untreatable Microbial

Uncaria tomentosa is included among the WHO

Medicinal Plants Monographs, in British Herbal Pharmacopoeia

and in the European Pharmacopoeia PRAXIS.

(lowering the high and raising the low), blood sugar, cholesterol

levels, body temperature and sedimentation rate; eliminates

viral, bacterial and other infections, strengthens the weakened

immune system that in turn completes the overall healing

process.

By reporting these incredible and even sensational

cases, I don’t mean to say that with Samento or other

natural remedies one can heal for instance every cancer

patient, but still I don’t say that one can’t. A few more

years are needed to obtain the clear, peremptory, indisputable

answer to this big question. I’m looking forward to it with opti-

mism.

But for the present we already have an obvious answer

to this question: what the herbs can do, what Samento can

do, what Optimal medicine can do? Following certain rules

and requirements for diagnostics, treatment and behavior, my

patients improve subjectively and objectively faster than those

treated with conventional medicines. They recover more often

than reported by official medicine statistics, and even when they

die, they meet their end in calmness, physical and mental com-

fort, with no pain and sleeplessness, no fear and suffering of

whatever nature.

This is what SAMENTO in particular can give to

mankind, and this is what OPTIMAL MEDICINE in general can

give to the world!

selective block of alpha-1 and alpha-2 receptors in

cardiac muscle and other organs: lungs (bronchial), anti-hyper-

tensive action.

Tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids (TOAs) act predominantly

at central and peripheral nerve systems. In the immune system,

block pentacyclic oxindole alkaloids (POAs) actions.

POAs stimulate vascular endothelial cells regulating

VEGF (angiogenesis control). POAs induce endothelial cells to

release a lymphocyte proliferation – regulating factors.

POAs cause activation and regulation of B and T lympho-

cytes.

Samento is stopping, inhibiting the proliferation of lym-

phoblast.

POAs cause:

Inhibition of immature cells = B & T lymphoblast (spe-

cific POAs action)

Inhibition of DNA polymerase activity (vitro/vivo)

Enhances phagocytosis (vitro/vivo)

Anti-pyretic and anti-inflammatory effects

Cytotoxic effect on tumor cell lines (lung, cervical, and

prostate)

Another very important effect of this gift of God,

Samento, is that it also modulates the tumor necrotizing factor

Glycosides

anti-inflammatory and broad anti-microbial effects

against bacteria, virus and Candida (anti-rhinovirus, VSV-vesicu-

lar stomatitis virus)

anti-Borrellia: research pilot study on Lime’s disease

stave III patients at Dallas/Forth Worth, Texas, March 2003.

Triterpenes & nor Triterpenes:

anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-Leishmaniosis

immune modulator and immune stimulant

hypo-glycemizing

anti-tumor and cytostatic, it has been proven benefi-

cial activity against lungs, skin, brain, colon and stomach cancers

anti-angiogenesis.

Everything is recoverable. As we see in the December

When we talk about pharmacology, we are going to be

concentrating on the active ingredients inside Uncaria tomen-

tosa.

Uncaria tomentosa’s most important biologically active

components are alkaloids. The most important alkaloids are the

tetra-cyclic and the penta-cyclic oxindole alkaloids.

Unfortunately, the conventional Uncaria tomentosa contains

tetra-cyclic and penta-cyclic alkaloids. And unfortunately it’s

excellent action in the body is blocked by the tetra-cyclic oxin-

dole alkaloids. Many other plants, like broccoli, contain penta-

cyclic and tetra-cyclic oxindole alkaloids. But Samento is the only

one in the world that contains 100% penta-cyclic oxindole alka-

loids.

Samento is chemo-type, which contains only Penta-

Cyclic alkaloids. Tetra-cyclic alkaloids inhibit the proper action of

the penta-cyclic as a very potent immune modulator.

Uncaria tomentosa also contains actives:

polyphenols, tannins, and procyanidines

sterols, plus triterpenes as oleanolic and ursolic acids.

The beta-sitosterols are heavily contented in Samento.

Also contains more theh 10 quinovic acid glycosides.

The oxindole alkaloids act mainly in the Central nervous

system.

The indole alkaloids have the following effects:

antiviral

smooth muscle relaxant

reduces blood pressure

anti-spasmodic

gastro-intestinal mucosa protector

anti-arrhythmic

anti-convulsing

analgesic

Physiological actions of the indole alkaloids:

non-competitive dopamine inhibition

reduction of intracellular calcium by: inhibition of

using cellular reserves; blocking Ca++ inflow through Calcium

membrane channels

tion as well the synthesis of glyco-proteins. Samento has 6 of

them. Those are indispensable for restoring the cell to cell com-

munication and Samento has 6 of them.

The only creature that contains 8 is Aloe Vera. The

breast milk contains 7.

Therefore Uncaria tomentosa TOA free contains glycans

and restores the glycol-proteins synthesis, which are indispensa-

ble for restoring the epithel physiology

And in case of toxicology, research studies using aque-

ous Uncaria tomentosa extract did not cause toxic symptoms, as

well as any mutagenic effect or any visible organic changes. All

the toxicological studies reveal zero effect in animal or human

beings.

In our studies of different type of chronic illnesses and

regardless of the name of the illness, Samento works.

I will present now 2 case studies, one of MC, only 30

months old, with a diagnosis of Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Treated with steroids, and methotexate, with no clinical improve-

ment. She began Samento plus diet in November last year

(2002) and today she is 98% normal. She has 85% less swelling

and is pain free and recovered her knee functions in about 95%

(mobility – flexibility).

Samento in Parkinson’s Disease (PD)

This one is the most important one. One patient suffer-

ing of PD for 27 years. He is 87 years old. And he underwent all

kind of therapy. Nothing happened. He started treatment with

Samento and within the first week the patient started to

improve.

By the third week, patient was walking. I need to tell you

that this patient was end stage Parkinson disease. Couldn’t eat,

couldn’t talk and couldn’t walk. And today he is speaking, walk-

ing, doing everything.

Three patients with acute food poisoning took Samento

and within 3 hours, within the same day, they took Samento

every 3 hours, symptoms were totally controlled and stopped

within 24 hours.

So, in conclusion, Samento’s action is related to the

edition of “Scientific American” the cells, that were thought to be

unrecoverable – the neurons – are recoverable, if you do the

proper things.

Samento works in any disease.

I suffered from cancer disease 15 years ago. I am a

proud cancer survivor. And the chemotherapy they gave me at

the Harvard Institute didn’t work. So I went back in my country

Venezuela. And our Lord saved me, directing me to see a doctor

from India, and he gave me Ayurvedic medicine plus a total of

396 capsule a day, of course I didn’t swallow. From papaya, a

tropical fruit, I was making a puree and I was eating that puree

all day through until midnight, and I am here. In those years

Samento didn’t exist.

And doctors from Harvard University have already

demonstrated the big mistake that the conventional medicine is

doing in treating cancer. As soon as the oncologists or the sur-

geons see a tumor, they call immediately for operating and then

chemotherapy.

Sterols:

very potent anti-inflammatory action (high concentra-

tion of B-sitosterol)

anti-atherosclerotic

And this is the action of Samento on the bronchial area.

In three segments of the pathway for developing bronchial

spasms Samento acts. We see people with bronchial asthma for

20 years and gaining relief in three days, using Samento

Polyphenols have:

anti-inflammatory

anti-tumor

hypoglycemizing effects.

Flavonoids:

The procyanidines and tannins:

vasoprotector (anti-oxidant)

anti-inflammatory

anti-tumor (garlic acid)

Samento contains several glycans that play a key role

in helping cells in restoring the cell-to-cell communication func-

Report On A Pilot Study

Demonstrating That Samento

Is Effective In Treating Lyme

Borreliosis: An Infection Linked

To Over 300 Conditions

By Svetlana Ivanova, M.D., Ph.D.

Investigators:

- William Lee Cowden, M.D.

- Hamid Moayad, D.O. – Lyme Literate Physician

- Joan Vandergriff, N.D. – Nutritional Consultant

- Luis Romero, M.D., Ph.D.

- Svetlana Ivanova, M.D., Ph.D.

Introduction and History of Lyme Disease

In the Last decade, the “avalanche” of the scientifically

proven research data on many aspects of the Lyme disease

(Lyme borreliosis) dramatically changed the understanding of

this “mysterious” illness and the methods for its treatment.

Lyme disease was first recognized in the United States

in 1975, following a mysterious outbreak of juvenile rheumatoid

arthritis near the community of Lyme, Connecticut.

The rural location of the Lyme outbreak and the onset of

illness during summer and early fall suggested that the transmis-

sion of the disease was by an arthropod vector.

In 1982, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease was discov-

ered by Willy Burgdorfer.

Burgdorfer isolated spirochetes belonging to the genus

Borrelia from the mid-guts of Ixodes ticks. He showed that these

spirochetes reacted with immune serum from patients that had

been diagnosed with Lyme disease. Consequently, the lyme

effect that Samento produces on the neurotoxins. And the neu-

rotoxins are the most important molecules, produced by Borrellia

Burgdorferi. Beside of that, Samento is a poison antidot

We have one incredible tool for treating anything, of any

age, we have been treating even newborns.

I had a patient with Down Syndrome, in Venezuela, and

she started taking Samento and she was never taken to the

Emergency room with any acute respiratory illnesses. And we

know that Down Syndromes, they create very frequently, acute

respiratory illnesses.

Samento has shown to be highly effective as treatment

for “un-treatable” microbial.

Samento is an active anti-toxican. Is an active antidot as

well as prevents premature aging. So we are going to keep the

Bulgarian younger and younger with Samento. I use Samento

every day and I don’t have any illness and I use Samento

because I want to keep my energy all my life. When am I going

to stop taking Samento? As soon as I reach my age of 130 years!

(With abbreviations)

microbiology, immunology, diagnostic procedures, and clinical

presentation of the Lyme infection, and proposed that there are

at least two similar and unified, but distinct forms of human B.

burgdorferi infection: “Lyme disease” (the only presently

acknowledged Borrelia burgdorferi illness from a zoonotic dis-

ease) and “Epidemic Borreliosis”, in which the transfer of infec-

tion is intra-human (congenital or sexual) and is initially silent or

unrecognized. Being untreated, this infection is life-long, dor-

mant, and latency (chronic, persistent infection), late activation,

and reactivation (triggered by any unfavorable events that

impair the immune system function) are common. Late (more

than one year old) zoonotic disease may overlap both forms.

They also emphasize that zoonotic transfer was likely the initial

route of human inoculation and continues with regularity into the

larger pool of infected humans in zoonotically endemic regions

as a primary or a repeated event through the life-time of the

human host.

The existence of a much larger “non-Lyme” pool of

Borrelia burgdorferi – infected humans with a clinical presenta-

tion of extraordinary variability from asymptomatic infection to

clinically pronounced forms, mostly mislabeled with other dis-

eases, has a global geographic distribution in all 6 continents in

both endemic and non-endemic regions, and far greater preva-

lence (in at least 15.5% of all the population on the Earth).

William Lee Cowden, M.D., a Primary Investigator of the

current Pilot Study, states that “there are very few symptoms

where one shouldn’t consider Lyme, especially given that a quar-

ter of the U.S. population may be affected. It is estimated that

Lyme disease may be a contributing factor in more than 50% of

chronically ill people.”

The latest research data on epidemiology of Lyme bor-

reliosis confirmed that besides ticks, Lyme can be transmitted by

fleas, mosquitoes, mites, human-to-human contact, blood trans-

fusions, gnats, unpasterized milk, and some other raw foods of

animal origin.

spirochete resembling the syphilis spirochete was given the

name Borrelia burgdorferi.

This infectious illness we now call Lyme disease or Lyme

borreliosis, was first described earlier in the twentieth century in

Europe under a variety of other names, such as erythema chron-

icum migrans or Bannwarth’s syndrome.

Number of Cases

Lyme disease is currently recognized as the fastest-

growing epidemic in the world.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta,

Georgia, U.S.A. reports that there have been less than 180,000

confirmed cases of Lyme disease since 1980.

Nick Harris, Ph.D., Director of the International Lyme

and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), states “Lyme is gross-

ly under-reported. In the U.S. we probably have about 200,000

cases per year.”

Dan Kinderlehrer, M.D., stated on the Today Show (June

10, 2002) that the actual number of cases may be closer to 100

times more (18 million cases) than what the CDC reports.

Joanne Whitaker, M.D., who specializes in advanced

testing methods for Lyme borreliosis, suspects that the great

majority of people in the U.S. are infected with Borrelia burgdor-

feri. Dr Whitaker has developed a “Rapid Identification of

Borrelia burgdorferi” (RIBb) test and has over 2900 positive

specimens for Bb from forty-six (46) states, including Alaska and

Hawaii. In addition, Dr. Whitaker has had positive specimens

from Canada, Brazil, Denmark, Scotland, The Netherlands,

Ireland, England, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and the

Canary Islands.

Drs. W.T. Harvey and P. Salvato of Diversified Medical

Practices in Houston, Texas, USA, being puzzled by high num-

bers of chronically ill Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) PCR- and seropos-

itive patients not only in endemic areas, but also in “non-endem-

ic” regions all around the world, analyzed over 300 references on

most controversial scientific research data in epidemioilogy,

ly develops at the site of the tick bite and is accompa-

nied by flu-like symptoms. Spirochetes can be isolated

from the leading edge of the rash. (Antibiotics effective

at this stage)

Stage 2 (Dissemination Stage)– Occurs days to weeks fol-

lowing infection. At this stage the spirochetes spread

hematogenously to additional body tissues. One or

more of the following symptoms and signs may be

noted: fatigue, chills and fever, headache, loss of

appetite, muscle and joint pain, “migratory arthritis”,

swollen lymph nodes, secondary annular skin lesion.

Stage 3 (Persistent Infection / Chronic Lyme Disease) -

Weeks, months, or years after a tick bite or other expo-

sure to Borrelia burgdorferi;

Common clinical manifestations at this stage include:

Profound fatigue, Severe neurological symptoms,

Cardiac involvement, Memory loss, Cognitive dysfunc-

tion, Concentration and Thinking Problems, Migratory

pain to joints, tendons and muscles, Oligoarthritis;

Nervous System abnormalities can include numbness,

pain, Bell’s palsy (paralysis of the facial muscles, usu-

ally on one side), meningitis and/or encephalitis (fever,

stiff neck, severe headache, emotional instability, per-

sonality changes).

Joseph J. Burrascano JR., M.D., one of the world leading

specialists in Lyme disease, considers “Lyme disease” to be “not

simply an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, but complex illness

potentially consisting of multiple tick-derived co-infections; in

late stages, it also includes collateral conditions resulting from

being ill with multiple pathogens, each of which can have pro-

found impact on the person’s overall health”.

The most common microbial co-infections in Lyme dis-

ease are: Babesia, Ehrlichia, Bartonella, Mycoplasma,

Chlamydia, Viruses (mostly often - CMV, HSV1, HSV2).

Association of these infections in chronically ill patients

101

Frequently Misdiagnosed

Katrina Tang, M.D., HM.D., Medical Director of the

Century Wellness Clinic in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A., states that

Lyme Disease eludes many doctors because of its ability to

mimic many other diseases. According to an informal study con-

ducted by the American Lyme Disease Alliance (ALDA), most

patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are

actually suffering from Lyme disease. In a study of 31 patients

diagnosed with CFS, 28 patients, or 90.3% were found to be ill

as a result of Lyme.

Dr. Paul Fink, past president of the American Psychiatric

Association, has acknowledged that Lyme disease can contribute

to every psychiatric disorder in the Diagnostic Symptoms Manual

IV (DSM-IV). This manual is used to diagnose psychiatric condi-

tions such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), antisocial person-

ality, panic attacks, anorexia nervosa, autism and Aspergers syn-

drome (a form of autism).

Lyme disease has often been misdiagnosed as various

allergic conditions, Alzheimer’s Disease, Attention Deficit

Disorder (ADD), Autism, Chronic Candidiasis, Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome, Crohn’s Disease, Epstein Barr Infection, Fibromyalgia,

Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Headaches (severe), Hypothyroidism,

Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lou

Gehrig’s Disease (ALS), Lupus, Ophthalmologic Disorders,

Parkinson’s Disease, Pseudo-tumor Cerebri, Rheumatoid

Arthritis, Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Syndrome, Trigeminal

Neuralgia, Multiple Sclerosis. Additionally, Lyme disease has

been misdiagnosed as a neuro-psychiatric problem such as

Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia.

Tracking the world-wide data on diagnosis and clinical

presentation of Lyme borreliosis, it has been shown that this

infection has been linked to over 300 conditions and illnesses.

Stages of Lyme Disease (Zoonotic Case)

Stage 1 (Early Infection) – Bull’s eye rash (25%) that usual-

100

tem to normal functioning, but to boost it as well. Even a nor-

mal functioning immune system is unable to attack and eliminate

Bb in all its forms.

The results of research on Samento (TOA-free

Chemotype of Peruvian Cat’s Claw) demonstrate its powerful

immune system modulating and stimulating properties, along

with pronounced anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-infec-

tious effects. The diverse spectrum of the biological activities of

Samento is due to its biologically active compounds. The penta-

cyclic oxindole alkaloids (POAs) contained in this Chemotype are

generally accepted as the principal immunomodulating and

immunostimulating agents. POAs are actively involved in the

repair of many elements and functional mechanisms of both the

innate and acquired immunity damaged by the Borrelia and

other co-infections, assisting in restoration of structural and

functional integrity of the immune system, enhancing its ability

to eliminate the pathogens naturally. In addition, this Chemotype

contains quinovic acid glycosides – compounds with strong nat-

ural antibiotic properties (the latest generations of conventional

synthetic antibiotics “Quinolones” are based on quinovic acid

glycosides), which further enhance the medicinal effect of

Samento in fighting the infection.

Bb can remain viable within various cells, including

macrophages, lymphocytes, endothelial cells, neurons, and

fibroblasts. Considering the life-time of intracellular forms of Bb

equivalent to the life-span of the cells invaded by these forms,

they should be constantly released into surrounding environ-

ment upon the natural human cell death. The release of intracel-

lular forms of Bb is gradual over the time due to various life-span

of various invaded cells. Since about 90% of these forms reside

in various human cells (including all blood cells) which have the

life-span from 2-3 weeks to 6-8 months, it may be assumed that

within a 6 to 8 month period, a significant majority of all intra-

cellular forms of Bb will be released into the environment where

they can be successfully attacked by a properly functioning

immune system and a natural powerful herbal antibiotic.

103

can result in damage to virtually all bodily systems. In addition,

it is possible to see latent infections reactivated, especially of the

Herpes type. Studies have shown that concurrent Borrelial and

Ehrlichial and/or Babesial infections change their individual clin-

ical presentations, with different symptoms, atypical signs,

decreased reliability of standard diagnostic tests, and most

importantly, the creation of chronic, persistent forms of each of

these infections.

How Samento may be effective in treating Lyme

Borreliosis

The latest research on Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) shows

that it exists in at least three different forms: the spirochete, the

spheroplast (also known as L-forms and/or Cell-wall deficient

forms), and the cyst. During the course of infection, Bb can shift

among these three forms, converting from the spirochete form

to the others when presented with an unfavorable environment

(antibiotics, changes in pH of body fluids in chronic inflamma-

tion, etc.), and reverting back to the spirochete form to grow and

reproduce upon being released from naturally aging and dying

infected cells. It is during the growth period after re-conversion

to the spirochete form, as well as in adult spirochete form, that

Bb is most vulnerable and susceptible to pharmaceutical and

natural herbal antibiotics and natural elimination by the body’s

immune system.

The severity of Lyme presentation is directly related to

the spirochete load: low load results in mild or even asympto-

matic infections. With increased spirochete load from subse-

quent repeated infections and/or reactivated dormant infections,

the severity of the disease increases. Higher loads also impair

key cells of the immune system and modify the immune

response, thus making the immune system unable to fight the

pathogen.

The negative effects on the immune system increase the

longer the Borrelias are present. To prevail in the effort to fight

Lyme disease, it is necessary not only to restore the immune sys-

102

In all the participants clinical diagnosis of Chronic Lyme

Borreliosis has been confirmed by positive Western Blot Test

before the beginning of the Study.

During the study period, all participants had initial and

final office visits, and within the 6-month period were followed

on a monthly basis, and additionally on as-needed basis for eval-

uation and treatment of their health condition.

All study participants had their Initial Medical history at

the beginning of the study, and on each visit - Physical examina-

tion, Neurophysiological testing, Kinesiological Analysis, Quality

of Life Self-Assessment with “SF 8 Health Survey” (a validated,

historical questionnaire developed by the Medical Outcomes

Trust of Boston, USA) and “10 Top Health Concerns Self-

Assessment” questionnaire with a scale of 1-to-10 for the degree

of the severity of patients’ ten most problematic symptoms.

Laboratory tests included Serologic Tests for detecting Borrelia

Burgdorferi and other Infections (including the Western Blot –

IgG & IgM anti-Borrelial Antibody Test) at the beginning and at

the end of the study; Routine clinical blood test (including com-

prehensive metabolic panel, CBC, WBC differential, CRP, ESR)

and complete clinical urinalysis with microscopic evaluation,

Biological Terrain Evaluation (pH Strips - Saliva and Urine, Sugar

and Mineral content in Urine), and Dark Field Microscopy of the

live blood at least 3 times during the study period (at the begin-

ning, at the end, and after first ten weeks of study).

During the first 14 days of the study, the 13 patients of

the Experimental group each had dietary changes compatible

with their blood type and metabolic type, and used tissue pH

balancing with green drinks and other individually recommend-

ed supplements, enzymes with and in-between meals, lymph

drainage, kidney drainage, liver supporting natural remedies,

eicosapentoic acid, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins, homeo-

pathics, and a few select organ-balancing herbs, but no

Samento. All prescription antibiotics were stopped in these 13

patients before the study started. Previous experience with the

other 58 patients had taught us that due to Samento being such

a powerful antimicrobial, patients would get a severe

105

Preliminary Studies: 58 patients with stage-3

Chronic Lyme disease with significant neurological involvement,

who had not improve significantly on antibiotic therapy, and had

been referred from the Lyme Literate Physician, were treated

empirically in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (Texas, U.S.A.) with a

combination of Samento, nutritional supplements, dietary

changes and body pH-balancing, and showed 25-50% improve-

ment in overall symptoms over the period of 2 – 3 months. It

was decided that refining the treatment protocol in a prospective

cohort study could be quite instructive.

Pilot Study - Experimental Design and Methods:

The 6-month Study was aimed to evaluate the partici-

pants’ response to alternative therapy with Samento

(Pentacyclic Alkaloid Chemotype Uncaria tomentosa, also known

as TOA-Free Cat’s Claw) compared with conventional therapy for

Chronic Lyme Disease (including antibiotics and/or symptomatic

treatment for existing conditions).

28 patients with Chronic Lyme Disease (Lyme Neuroborreliosis)

started study:

14 patients (control group): continued using conventional thera-

py (including antibiotics and/or symptomatic treat-

ment for existing conditions) with no other interven-

tion; all 14 patients completed study.

14 patients (experimental group): received alternative treat-

ment (including Samento, dietary changes, and

some natural supplements for the initial body pH-

balancing); 13 patients completed study (1 patient

dropped out due to cancer surgery at the very

beginning of the study).

The patients of both the Control and the Experimental

groups had a comparable degree of illness, age sex, blood type,

social-economic status and the duration of their Lyme disease.

104

seropositive to Borrelia burgdorferi by Western Blot Test, and in

both the “Treatment” and the “Control” groups, about the half of

the patients (46% and 43% correspondingly) had co-infections

with Babesia, Ehrlichia, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Virus Type 1

and 2, Mycoplasma, and Chlamydia.

Based on the results of the patients’ Self-Assessment

questionnaires, clinical evaluation, and laboratory tests, all 13

participants of the Experimental group compared to the partici-

pants of the Control group, showed higher (in 2 to 3,5 timessig-

nificant (in two to four timesimprovement in their health condi-

tion within the first 10 weeks of study and continued to improve

during the entire study period.

Diagrams of the Clinical Symptoms (Slides ## 1-11)

demonstrate: decreased fatigue; significantly reduced joint and

muscle pain, stomach pain and digestive disturbances; dimin-

ished peripheral neuropathy symptoms; increased energy level;

improved sleep, cognitive abilities, memory, concentration and

thinking process; significantly decreased anxiety, depression,

irritability, mood swings, and communication problems.

Compared Diagrams of the patients’ clinical improve-

ment during the entire study period (Slides ## 12-19), show

that the patients of the “Treatment” group compared with the

patients of the “Control” group improved significantly higher (in

2,2 to 3,6 times) in all clinical symptoms.

The following Slide #20 demonstrates the changes in

Patients’ overall clinical condition (according to the doctors’ eval-

uation) during the entire study period.

In the “Treatment” group, from 13 patients: 6 (46.2%)

showed significant improvement, 5 (38.5%) – marked improve-

ment, and 2 (15,3%) – moderate improvement.

In the “Control” group, from 14 patients: 1 (7.1%)

showed moderate improvement, 6 (42,9%) – slight improve-

ment, 3 (21,4%)- worsened, and 4 patients (28,6%) remained

with no change in their clinical conditions.

The following Diagrams (Slides ## 21-29), based on the

results of “SF 8 Survey”, show that the impact of patients’ phys-

107

Herxheimer reaction if they were not detoxified and prepared to

receive the Samento before starting the first dose.

Each of the 13 “treatment” patients improved somewhat

in their symptoms during these first 14 days. The Samento dose

was started from the third week of the study (on the 15-th day

of the study period) at one capsule (600 mg) three times a day

in most patients, and built up to three capsules three times a day

over a six-to-nine day dose-adjustment period. By the end of the

4-th week of the study period, all the patients had been adjust-

ed to the therapeutic dose of Samento (3 capsules 3 times a

day).

During the following 4 weeks (the 5-th – 8-th weeks of

study), these 13 “treatment” patients were kept on nine cap-

sules of Samento per day, plus the other vitamins, minerals,

herbal and homeopathic support. During the next 2 weeks (the

– 10

weeks of study), the Samento was continued at the

same dosage (nine capsules per day), and other supportive

remedies were used in minimal amount (only on as-needed

basis).

After the tenth week of the study period, most of the

other supportive remedies were discontinued, and the Samento

was continued at six-to-nine capsules per day in the “treatment”

patients for an additional 14 weeks.

Results of the Pilot Study

At the beginning of the study, the most prominent clini-

cal symptoms in all the patients of the both groups were (in the

“Treatment” and the “Control” groups respectively):

Fatigue - 92,3% and 85,7%; Joint pain – 84,6% and

64,3%; Muscle pain- 53,8% and 57,1%; Digestive disturbances

and/or Stomach pain – 84,6% and 57,1%; Memory impairment

– 30,8% and 71,4%; Cognitive dysfunction – 61,5% and 57,1%;

Limbic Encephalopathy Symptoms – 76,9% and 50,0%; Sleep

disturbances – 30,8% and 21,4%; Headache (severe) – 23,1%

and 42,9%; Peripheral Neuropathy symptoms were noted in

46,2% of the patients of the “Treatment “ group only.

At the beginning of the study, all the participants were

106

Samento Normalizes Blood Pressure

Associate Professor Ludmila Ivanova, MD, Ph.D.

Atanas Tzonkov, herbalist and healer

Assoc. Prof. Ludmila Ivanova, M.D., Ph.D. is a nutrition-

ist and dietitian, currently head of the Nutrition Laboratory at the

National Center of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition; con-

sultant at the Lechitel Health Center, Sofia, Bulgaria.

SAMENTO is a natural herbal product with a proven ver-

satile beneficial effect on health. Its action is above all

immunomodulatory, antimutagenic, antibacterial, diuretic, antivi-

ral, etc.

SAMENTO is a unique plant species, Uncaria tomentosa,

not containing tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids (TOA) that inhibit

the action of the biologically active pentacyclic oxindole alkaloids

(POA). It is namely the POA that display a potent stimulating and

modulating effect on the immune system and are probably impli-

cated, along with the other active components of the herb, in the

famous anticarcinogenic effect of SAMENTO. Although some

Uncaria species (Uncaria rhynchophylla) show hypotensive

action in animal tests, Uncaria tomentosa’s effect for normalizing

human blood pressure is less studied.

The aim of our research was to analyze the results from

the use of Samento 600 mg with or without Rooibos tea in

hypertensive patients, based on data from readers’ letters sent

to Lechitel Weekly’s editors’ office between November 2002 and

May 2003. The majority of these patients were treated accord-

ing to schemes prescribed by us. After analyzing a significant

number of letters sent by people with different diagnoses, a total

of 25 patients were selected - 29 women and 16 men, aged

between 46 and 82, who had been diagnosed with essential

hypertension with values of 160-190 mm Hg / 90-100 mm Hg.

The schemes according to which SAMENTO was applied

vary as follows: 20% of all patients have taken 1 capsule daily

for more than 6 months, 60% - 2 capsules daily for more than 3

109

ical, mental, and emotional health problems on their physical

activities, daily work, and social activities with family or friends

by the end of the treatment course was significantly lower than

at the beginning of the study in almost all the patients of the

“Treatment” group. By the end of the treatment period, 11 from

13 of these patients evaluated their health in general as ‘better’

or ‘much better now” compared with one year ago, and 2

patients evaluated their health in general as “about the same”.

In the patients of the “Control” group, the results of the

“SF 8 Survey” did not demonstrate significant differences during

the entire study period (Slides ## 30 – 38).

In the patients of the “Treatment” group, the clinical

blood tests showed steady improvement in patients’ triglycerides

and cholesterol levels, and normalization of the HDL/LDL ratio,

more noticeable in the patients with more significant clinical

improvement. In the patients of the “Control” group, the triglyc-

erides and cholesterol levels showed “undulating” pattern corre-

sponding with the patients’ clinical conditions, with some ten-

dency towards normalization of the data.

Taking into account the results of this Pilot Study, we

can assume that continuous use of Samento over a period of

time consistent with the life-span of several generations of vari-

ous infected cells (8-12 months), would more likely result in

gradual killing and eliminating of Borrelia and co-existing infec-

tious pathogens, with subsequent reduction of infectious load in

the body and restoration of the person’s health.

108

Perfect Action Of Samento

In Patients With Neurovegetative

Dystonia

By Dr. Lyubomir Kaitazky, M.D., neurologist at

the Lechitel Health Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

The remedy SAMENTO has an exceptionally broad spec-

trum of therapeutic effect in different types of internal,

endocrine, dermatological, neurological, oncological, immunode-

ficiency and many other diseases.

A clinical study was carried out at the Lechitel Health

Center on 24 patients diagnosed with “Dystonia neurovegetati-

va”. All the patients had clinically expressed symptoms of anxi-

ety, depression and somatic complaints. The group did not

include patients with vegetodystonia or other similar diseases.

The goal of this study was to determine if SAMENTO

positively effects functionally proven disorders of the central

nervous systems, to what degree each disorder was influenced

or affected, and finally – to establish the optimal dosage for such

cases.

SAMENTO was prescribed in a dose of 2 to 4 capsules

per 24 hour period, divided into 3 parts, taking into considera-

tion the severity and individual characteristics of each case. The

complete time of therapy was 60 days. The events and symp-

toms were determined by using 4-graded scales.

At the end of this study the following data was estab-

lished: Overall, the therapeutic action of SAMENTO was signifi-

cant. Approximately 70% of patients exhibited or experienced a

“very strong effect’; 20% of patients experienced a “slight

improvement”; and 10 % of patients showed “no effect”.

Significant effect or results were seen in patients with hyperhy-

drosis, tachycardia, collapses, sweating, dizziness and

headaches. However, the best clinical effects or results were

obtained in patients with chronic fatigue complaints, memory

disturbances, sleep disorders, depression, sexual dysfunctions,

111

months, 15% - 3 capsules daily for 2 to 3 months, and 5% - 6

capsules daily for 1 to 2 months. 35% of the patients report hav-

ing taken Samento together with Rooibos tea.

The hypotensive effect occurs after different periods of

use of the product, most often after a 30-days application of two

600-mg capsules daily, in combination with Rooibos. The blood

pressure reaches normal values: 120-130/70-80 mm Hg, after

taking the product for 2 weeks. In some of the patients the nor-

malization leads to discontinuing of the antihypertensive drug

treatment. Several cases have been registered in which the

blood pressure normalizes before the 10

day!

The data analysis shows that SAMENTO 600 mg demon-

strates a clear hypotensive effect in patients with essential

hypertension. The likely mechanism is the vasodilative and

myocardial relaxant effect of the active substances - the penta-

cyclic oxindole alkaloids, as well as the diuretic effect exerted by

the combination of the product with Rooibos tea. It is even like-

lier that this extremely important healing effect is due to the

complex action, including anti-inflammatory, of SAMENTO, with

the active participation of its glycosides, organic acids, polyphe-

nols, flavonoids, etc.

These positive results from the application of SAMENTO

600 mg in patients with essential hypertension can be treated

also as preliminary. The further extended and detailed examina-

tion of the hypotensive action of SAMENTO is not only indispen-

sable but also extremely promising.

110

Questions And Answers

From The Press Conference

• Could you please tell us what opportunities

Samento offers for the treatment of such difficult-to-

treat diseases like the phobias? I mean the different

types of phobia – claustrophobia, aerophobia, etc.

Dr. Lyubomir Kaitazky: In the study conducted at the

Lechitel Health Center a part of the patients complained from

phobia-related experiences and by the way the phobia syndrome

or symptoms are among the typical leading elements in vege-

todystonia. The bulk of these patients, around 60%, were posi-

tively influenced - especially, as it was emphasized, the claustro-

phobia, etc. These are conditions related to the so-called panic

attacks or panic disorder: a sudden rise in blood pressure, fear-

related experiences, etc. In about a month after the beginning

of the treatment a great percentage of these patients showed a

real improvement – and that provided that they took no other

pharmaceuticals like benzodiazepines, antidepressants, etc. This

comes to support what was said by the speakers before me.

• Dr. Svetlana Ivanova explained in her report

that the composition of Samento includes quinovic acid

that is also contained in synthetic antibiotics. Does this

mean that Samento can be an equivalent of these

antibiotics?

Dr. Svetlana Ivanova: Samento contains quinovic

acid. In the basics of all quinolons, or synthetic antibiotics, is the

content of quinovic acid. In the pyramid given by the FDA is pre-

sumed that these quinolons are the most powerful, most potent

antibiotics.

Dr. Luis Romero: As pharmacologist, I can tell you

this: first of all, there is no doubt that Samento is extremely

active and effective. Secondly - Samento has zero side effects,

in contrast to antibiotics.

113

etc. Each of the 16 patients with the above described complaints

experienced a complete elimination of symptoms and a 6-month

maintenance therapy was appointed.

Finally, I have come to the following conclusions:

• SAMENTO has a very impressive clinical effect on

patients with neuro – vegetodystonic symptoms or patients with

“vegetoneurosis”;

• The best clinical results are seen in neuro – asthenic

complaints, such as chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, memory

problems, depression and sexual dysfunctions.

• In clinically mild or less severe cases, this remedy can

be prescribed without a supporting psychopharmacological ther-

apy.

• SAMENTO is a perfect alternative to psychopharmacol-

ogy in such cases.

112

Letters From Bulgaria

(2001 - 2004)

To all the people who have sent to the Lechitel editorial

office the following letters from Bulgaria and other countries, we

thank from all our hearts and sincerly wish them the most impor-

tant thing in life – to be healthy!

The authors

ber of phones we’re used to seeing in any doctor’s or scientist’s

office were nowhere to be found.

The first thing that pleased me was the absence of a

phone. That meant nobody was going to interrupt us as it usu-

ally happened during every medical examination.

The conversation started with my background – from my

very birth until the present. Believe me, for an hour and a half,

while the consultation lasted, the secretary didn’t allow anyone

to disturb Mr. Tzonkov, to enter the room and interrupt him. This

was so surprising to me because for the first time in my life

somebody listened to me so carefully and wrote everything

down.

Certainly he was astonished that nobody had succeeded

in relieving my pain when I told him what renowned hospitals I’d

been to. In the end he stated his position, which was quite com-

prehensive, and prescribed Samento - 3 x 2 capsules daily with

Rooibos tea. Before leaving I asked how much I owed him for

the consultation. Can you imagine someone nowadays saying,

“We don’t take money here, we want to help you”? I can tell you

I was sure such people no longer existed. But I had been wrong:

there’s only one such person and his name is Atanas Tzonkov.

And so I started taking Samento along with

Rooibos tea as I had been told. On the fourth morning I

woke up and felt somehow that this was not my weak,

exhausted body. My head felt light as a feather, my body

full of energy – as if I had been born for the second time.

The whole day was like a holiday to me. I wasn’t walk-

ing but flying and smiled without a reason. I hadn’t lis-

tened to the music in dozens of years and now I played my

favorite cassettes and the sound didn’t bother me.

And in the evenings I started falling asleep at 10 pm

precisely and didn’t wake up until the morning. Good God, I

can’t believe I’m healthy and sleep without sleeping-

pills! I feel alive; I have regained my strength and desire to

work. And everybody noticed my good mood and felt happy for

me – especially my kids who used to suffer so much beside me.

There’s one more thing I’d like to share.

117

You Saved Me After 32 Years Of Terrible Pain

I’ve been searching for the right words for days to

address my favorite newspaper Lechitel as a token of apprecia-

tion, but no matter what I write it will not be enough to express

my gratitude to Mr. Tzonkov.

I am now 50 years old. I was 18 when my

headaches started. A year later they became unbearable. I

started going from doctor to doctor. I was prescribed the most

potent of drugs – with no result. I went through all kind of tests

and luckily everything showed there was nothing abnormal. Of

course the good results made me happy but, on the other hand,

the cause of the terrible headache was never found. And they

started treating me with anything they thought would help me.

As time went by the amount of analgesics kept growing. This led

to chronic insomnia and even stronger pain. I was told that

after getting old my headaches would stop. Frankly speaking, I

just couldn’t wait to get old, but the things grew even worse. I

could no longer stand the pain. I plucked at my hair and felt as

if my brain flew out of every single hair. I quit my job and spent

more and more time in bed. Everything disturbed me, everyone

annoyed me and I felt absolutely miserable.

No sanatoria, no acupunctures, no herbs could

help me. The pain was so awful it stifled my every desire

to work, communicate and even live. My youth went by in

hospitals and sanatoria, I spent all the holidays lying in bed and

looking for quiet. And I’m so fond of holidays… I enjoy them like

a child but the pain did not allow me to feel the joy. Someone

might tell, “What’s all the fuss about, a head is nothing special,

there’s much worse than this”. Yes, that’s right, but I would pre-

fer to suffer from any disease than live with this fierce pain.

And so one day I learned about the natural product

Samento and, after reading more about it, I didn’t hesitate

because Lechitel had already earned my trust a long time ago.

I made an appointment with Mr. Tzonkov and waited

eagerly for it to come. He arrived on the dot and we entered his

study. The upholstered furniture, the thick carpets and the num-

116

colds have become a thing of the past. Just 60-100 mg of

the miraculous “powder” - not even continuously but with long

breaks - are enough to keep us healthy. The effect is so strong

that even in the case of insect bites and by taking a larger dose

(2 x 600 mg a day) people who are highly allergic can recover in

just 24 hours – as it happened in my family last summer.

I can write so much more: Samento strengthens

teeth and gums, preventing caries; it acts as a potent

antidepressant and since it gives energy and one can move

and act without getting tired, I personally use it as a slimming

aid.

And speaking of hypertension tablets, joint pain lotions

and pills, antibiotics, etc. that destroy the body, I wonder

whether our doctors and pharmacists from the National

Health Insurance Fund are really healthy minded people.

Architect Madlen Kachamakova, Sofia

The Lifesaving Formula

Samento + Rooibos: this is the formula of my

physical and mental salvation. There’s nothing better for the

one who suffers.

Migraine, bulimia, insomnia, stress, despair,