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.

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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-