HSI members battle prostate cancer with  herbal complex from the Amazon

It's been called a miracle tree. Indigenous peoples from the Amazon jungle have used the bark, leaves, roots, flowers, fruit, and seed from the graviola tree for centuries to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems, and arthritis. Scientists from North America learned of the legendary healing tree and, through dozens of in vitro tests, discovered its ability to kill malignant cells of 12 different types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung, and pancreatic cancer. Laboratory research showed it to be 10,000 times stronger in killing colon cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapy drug. And graviola, unlike chemotherapy, can kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells.

Pharmaceutical companies-who couldn't turn a profit on a natural substance that couldn't be patented -shelved their research on graviola. But one company developed the botanical into a supplement called N-Tense. In January 2001, Health Sciences Institute broke the story of this rare and potent cancer-killer, and numerous members have benefited from it over the past year.

W.R. from Knoxville, Tennessee, had a lot of pain when he urinated and thought he might be passing a kidney stone. He was examined by his doctor and found out he had a PSA of 38. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a marker for prostate cancer. A level of 0 to 4 is normal. W.R. immediately underwent mainstream treatments and reduced his PSA to 9.8, but it wouldn't drop any further. After one month of using N-Tense, his PSA dropped to 4.5. And after a second month of supplementation, it dropped it to 2.2!

T. U. in Douglas, Ontario, told us about his 76-year-old brother in England who had advanced prostate cancer. Mainstream medical treatments seemed useless, and his doctors gave him a year to live. After reading about N-Tense in the Members Alert, T.U. sent his brother some. After only four days of taking a full dose, his brother's pain vanished. In less than a month, he was in remission-and even his oncologists couldn't explain why. Today he still takes N-Tense to make sure his cancer cells continue to shrink.

It is important to note, however, that not everyone has had a successful experience with N-Tense. J.G. from Cherokee Village, Arkansas, had a PSA of 9 and took N-Tense for a month to try to reduce that level. Instead of dropping, his levels jumped to 29. His doctor gave him two hormone shots, which reduced his PSA to 2.4. He tried N-Tense one more time. His PSA went back up to 9, and J.G. switched to PC-Spes.

And a few people had unexpected experiences with N-Tense. A.C. from Palm Springs, California decided to give the supplement to her Irish wolf-hound, who had osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer). The veterinarian suggested amputation or chemo-therapy (at $1,000 per treatment), both of which were unacceptable options. After treating her dog with flaxseed oil and six capsules of N-Tense per day, the bone cancer disappeared.

Please note: Several members have asked us about a graviola/ ellagitanin product available online through Greenwood Health Systems, which posted our January 2001 article on its website without our authorization. We are not in any way affiliated with Greenwood and don't know enough about the company or its product to recommend anything from their line.

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New HSI panelist partners with shamans and botantists to harness the medicinal potential of the Amazon

After working with her on alerting you to several exciting discoveries in underground medicine, we are pleased to welcome Leslie Taylor to our panel. Ms. Taylor is a board-certified naturopathic doctor and a member of both the American Naturopathic Medical Association and the Texas State Naturopathic Medical Association. She lectures and teaches classes in naturopathic and herbal medicine, botany, ethnobotany, and conservation issues worldwide. In addition, she is a faculty member of the International University of Natural Health in San Antonio, Texas, and author of the book Herbal Secrets of the Rainforest. 

In 1995, she launched the Raintree Group of Companies and began working with tribal shamen and traditional healers to learn their ancient knowledge of plants. Through collaborations with botanists, phytochemists, herbal medicine practitioners, and other professionals, Ms. Taylor also began to identify and test the medicinal potential of other Amazon plants. Today, Raintree manages a sustainable harvest of rainforest botanicals, oils, and extracts that are sold to the U.S., Europe, and the Far East.

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New formulation of rain forest herbs targets leukemia

As an anti-cancer supplement, graviola has shown incredible promise, but it has failed to show results against one major condition. It is powerless against leukemia.

So Raintree Nutrition, the company that introduced us to graviola with N-Tense, has developed Ntense-2-an anti-cancer formula that may help prevent leukemia relapses by stimulating the immune system.

Ntense-2 contains some of the same ingredients as the original N-Tense, such as the immune system enhancers mullaca and cat's claw. Both products also contain vassourinha, which inhibits tumor growth. In place of graviola, Ntense-2 contains several other natural cancer-fighters that show promise in the battle against leukemia.

Simaruba. The National Cancer Institute has known about simaruba's potent anti-amebic activity for 40 years, but it wasn't until 1978 that in vitro (test tube) research showed that it also contains dehydroglaucarubinone, which significantly inhibits the growth of lymphocytic leukemia.1 Dehydro-glaucarubinone is part of a group of phytochemicals called quassinoids. As research continued, scientists discovered additional quassinoids in simaruba that had antileukemic activity.2 To date, there have been no human studies on this herb, although a few animal studies support the results of the in vitro tests.

Anamu. This plant fights cancer by directly attacking malignant cells.3 According to Raintree Nutrition's web site, research shows it also enhances the immune system by stimulating natural killer cell activity and increasing the production of interleukin-2, a protein that further enhances immunity. One of the constituents of anamu is coumarin, which may be a concern for those taking blood-thinning drugs. Coumarin can enhance the effects of blood thinning medications and increase the risk of bleeding.

Brazilian peppertree. Also known as mastic tree and Jesuit's balsam, the Brazilian peppertree is a potent antimicrobial agent which works against a wide range of bacteria and viruses.4 According to Raintree, in vitro tests show it is effective against a specific type of cancer cell, that can be found in cancers of the throat, esophagus, and other areas, in addition to exhibiting general anticancer activity. Researchers have known about the antibacterial properties of the Brazilian peppertree since 1966, when they patented a formula for a topical bactericidal medicine based on an essential oil of the plant.

Ntense-2 is available from Raintree Nutrition, which recommends a dosage of six to 12 capsules a day.

To learn more about Ms. Taylor or Raintree Nutrition, visit www.rain-tree.com