What Makes Lyme Disease Tick & How Samento® Eliminates It

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What Makes Lyme Disease Tick & How Samento® Eliminates It

by Morton Walker, D.P.M. with Randall S. Walker

 

The current pandemic of Lyme disease is more infectious and insidious

than any other known illness; it is prevalent on six continents. Less

understood even than the symptom complex of Acquired Immune Deficiency

Syndrome (AIDS), Lyme disease ruins the quality of victims' lives by

striking them with various severe symptoms which may resemble one or

more of over 300 systemic degenerations or dysfunctions. Simulating

really serious afflictions, they may be symptomatic of multiple

sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus

erythematosis, Parkinsonism, rheumatoid arthritis, amyotrophic lateral

sclerosis, multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome, psychiatric

disorders such as depression and anxiety, Alzheimer's, and/or many

more. The complex multi-system inflammations of Lyme disease (Ld) are

triggered as a result of antigenic lipoproteins produced by the

anaerobic spiral-shaped (spirochetal) bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi

(Bb).

 

Who Is at Risk for Lyme Disease?

 

Everyone is at risk for Lyme disease, including newborns. " Of the

5,000 children I've treated, 240 have been born with the disease, "

says the world's leading Lyme pediatric specialist Charles Ray Jones,

M.D., medical director of the Pediatric/Adolescent Medicine and Lyme

Disease clinic in New Haven, Connecticut.

 

Two years ago, another Lyme disease expert, Dan Kinderleher, M.D.,

stated on the Today Show that the then existing 1.8 million cases

cited by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) in

Atlanta, Georgia had been under-reported by at least ten times. In the

United States, therefore, in actuality over 18 million Lyme disease

patients now exist.

 

" The CDCP criteria was developed only for surveillance; it was never

meant for diagnosis, " explains Dr. Jones. " Lyme is a clinical

diagnosis.The test evidence may be used to support a clinical

diagnosis, but it doesn't prove one has Lyme. About 50 percent of

patients I've seen have been seronegative for Lyme but meet all the

clinical criteria. " 1

 

A renowned authority in the field of integrative medicine, W. Lee

Cowden, M.D., of Ft. Worth, Texas, says, " There are very few symptoms

where you shouldn't consider Lyme, especially given that a quarter of

the U.S. population may be affected. More than 50 percent of ill

people may have Lyme contributing to their condition. " 2 (Please see

our interview with Dr. Cowden which appears later in this Medical

Journalist Report of Innovative Biologics.)

 

Marcus A. Cohen, New York Observer columnist for the Townsend Letter

for Doctors & Patients, writes: " . . . for every case [of Lyme

disease] reported, ten meeting the CDCP case definition aren't

recorded. An unknown number of cases not meeting the CDCP surveilance

criteria go unreported. Probable bottom line on the number of

Americans who actually contract Lyme: 250,000 to 300,000 per year. " 3

 

Suffering from Lyme disease herself, Jo Anne Whitaker, M.D., F.A.A.P.,

President and Director of Research at Bowen Research & Training

Institute, Inc. in Palm Harbor, Florida, has developed a blood test

useful in evaluating treatment by comparing pre and post serial

dilution results. Dr. Whitaker affirms: " We have now tested over 3,500

[blood] specimens, with 500 of these [specimens] from very sick

children. They come from a wide geographical distribution and all are

positive for cell-wall-deficient Lyme disease.

 

" The primary question is 'why are there no negatives?' " Dr. Whitaker

goes on to ask, " Does everyone have it?.....Since 1999, all blood

cultures have been positive with Bb, there were no negatives. We

believe this indicates the magnitude of the problem. We believe the

problem is not only endemic but may also be reaching epidemic

proportions. Early diagnosis is mandatory so that treatment can begin

immediately to provide opportunity for cure and prevent chronic Lyme

disease. " 4

 

Lyme Disease Recognition and Transmission

 

While the modern concept of Lyme disease is said to have been first

described as a mysterious outbreak of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

occurring near the town of Lyme, Connecticut in 1977, a semblance of

it was originally identified in Germany in 1883, in the town of

Breslau.5 One of the main carriers or etiologic vectors of Ld was

discovered in 1982 by entymologist William " Willy " Burgdorfer, Ph.D.,

M.D. (hon.). Dr. Burgdorfer isolated spirochetes from the mid-guts of

one of the Ixodes ticks (see Photograph 1). The proven Lyme vectors

include various deer tick species such as Ixodoes dammini and Ixodes

scapularis, Lone Star ticks (Ammblyoma americanum), western

black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus), dog ticks also known as wood

ticks (Dermacentor variabilis), and others. Note that ticks are not

insects; as adults, they are bloodsucking, 8-legged arachnids

(arthropods) along with spiders, scorpions, chiggers, and mites.

 

Providing an excellent internet report on personal experiences with

fighting off his own Ld infection, Scott Taylor, D.V.M., writes:

" There is a tremendous misunderstanding regarding the Lyme disease

tick vector. Critical information is not being reported by health

officials to the public and medical community. The widespread

distribution of these tick vectors greatly increases the prevalence of

Lyme disease well beyond that of official reports. The public needs to

understand the potential danger of all tick bites, not only that from

the deer tick. "

 

Description of the Organism Causing Lyme Borreliosis

 

Dr. Burgdorfer had demonstrated that the spirochetes, Borrelia

burgdorferi, reacted with immune serum from patients that had been

diagnosed with Lyme disease. Resembling the syphilis spirochete,

Treponema pallidum, the Ld spirochete was given the name Borrelia

burgdorferi after its finder (see Photograph 2). Since the organism's

discovery by Dr. Burgdorfer, about 100 American and 300 worldwide

strains of Borrelia have been uncovered.

 

Even though the transmission of Bb organism can occur through the bite

of the above-reported tick, Lyme disease authorities now recognize

that the spirochete is vectored by fleas, mosquitoes, mites, through

human sexual contacts, congenital transfer, and as a food infection.

 

The Bb organism is pleomorphic (changes shape) from a spiral to a

filament to a cyst, to a granule, to a hooked rod, or the bacteria

assumes an elbow appearance. All of these pleomorphics are described

by the Lister Institute as " L-forms " and show under the microscope as

cell-wall deficient (see Photograph 3). They produce no antibody

response since a cell wall is lacking to which an infected person's

immune system may respond. With no cell wall, Bb microorganisms can

hide within body tissues, thus protecting themselves from any adverse

immunological reaction to their well-being. Diagnostic tests for Ld

that seek antibody responses therefore produce inaccurate readings or

are outright failures. The illness is exceedingly difficult to detect,

and it perseveres in its pandemic spread. Lyme disease continues to

imitate, manifest, and be misdiagnosed in no less than 368 illnesses,

a listing of which is available at the website of one of our Ld

information assets, Bionatus Laboratories (www.samento.com.ec), which

is cited at the end of this article (see the Resources section).

 

Inadequate Standard Lyme Disease Treatment

 

A vaccine that had been manufactured for Lyme disease is now removed

from the market because evidence indicated that 30 percent of Ld

patients who possess a certain gene were developing autoimmune

arthritic disease from it. There is no known cure for this condition;

plus, previously undiagnosed Lyme disease patients frequently become

reactivated with Ld symptoms when they are vaccinated. Currently

lawsuits against the vaccine manufacturer are in the courts.6

 

The present standard approach to Ld therapy includes conventional

antibiotics such as the oral administration of doxycycline,

minocycline, tetracycline or amoxicillin for patients diagnosed early.

Parenteral therapy by intravenous (IV) administration is used for

those with neurologic involvement, severe arthritis, or any

life-threatening manifesation such as complete heart block. Such

treatment tends to be effective for acute conditions; however, therapy

for chronic Lyme disease is currently inadequate and this truism

causes it to be controversial.

 

Added to the usual antibiotics mentioned above, the Borrelia organism

is additionally sensitive to clarithromycin (Biaxin®), metronidazole

(Flagyl®), either of the two brandnamed products containing

co-trimoxazole sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (Bactrim® or Septra®),

and azithromycin (Zinthromycin®). Any of the cited antimicrobials must

be administered for a minimum of two months. Such prolonged antibiotic

usage does destroy the patient's intestinal flora which usually

manifests with severe candidiasis or other opportunistic infections.

 

The usual conventional antibiotic treatment gets prescribed for only

two-to-three weeks, and it is completely inadequate. Such poor therapy

invariably sees patients deteriorate with chronic symptoms of

borreliosis including arthralgias, fatigue, and paresthesias. Also

such insufficent treatment allows for Lyme disease relapses. Not

knowing this, Lyme-illiterate physicians often join the therapy's

controversy. Their figuring is that the disease does not exist or that

no treatment works. The drug treatment they had employed was

inadequate, and there is a failure in not seeking other natural and

nontoxic alternatives.

 

Andrew Wright, M.B., Ch.B., Treats Himself for

Lower Extremity Neuropathy Caused by Lyme Disease

 

Speaking with us from the country town of Bolton in the Manchester

region of Great Britain, 45-year-old physician and surgeon, Andrew

Wright, M.B., Ch.B, began using a nontoxic herbal remedy for his

patients who were suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme

disease, and allied conditions. Two years ago, Dr. Wright was

introduced to a particular product derived from cat's claw (Una de

Gato) which grows deep in the jungles of Peru.

 

" I discovered then and do find now that my patients respond very well

to that particular rare herbal chemotype with the botanical name of

Uncaria tomentosa. Patients frequently react strongly to the herb, and

it has become my first line of therapy. It is quickly effective, has a

cheap cost, and other remedies can be added readily if required, " says

Dr. Wright. " I'm really pleased with the product, particularly since

it has done away with my own health problem of bilateral lower

extremity neuropathy. "

 

Back in 1979 I began experiencing sensations of pin and needles in my

feet, spontaneous muscle-twitching, cognitive problems with energy

slumps, and more. As a teenager and into adulthood I never knew what

was wrong with me and no doctor could make the diagnosis. Then as a

health professional, I consulted colleagues from any of the pertinent

specialties concerned with neuropathies. " Dr. Wright explains. " My

eventual diagnosis was Lyme disease which fifteen years ago just

became recognized as sweeping through Europe. "

 

Some months back, because my patients were benefiting from taking

capsules or drops of this cat's claw chemotype, brand-named TOA-Free

Cats Claw, Samento®, I started to take it too. Such a particular

chemotype of cat's claw is devoid of those chemical antagonists called

Tetracyclic Oxindole Alkaloids [TOAs] which act adversely upon the

human central nervous system. Absent TOAs in this commercial

therapeutic agent predisposed me to using that certain brand of the

herb and good things have happened for me, " Dr. Wright assures us. " By

self-administering Samento®, the Borrelia organisms are gone from my

body, and this has now eliminated my neuropathy symptoms, discontinued

my mood swings, and generally recovered my normal functions. If I

forget to drink drops of the herb in purified water, I feel unpleasant

differences in well-being within a few days.

 

" I've been taking Samento® faithfully and fully intend to continue

with the drops indefinitely. My lower extremity neuropathy stays away

as long as I swallow these drops; it comes back when I fail to take

them, " states Dr. Andrew Wright.

 

Mechanism of Action of TOA-FreeCat's Claw

 

Cat's claw is represented by two species of the genus Uncaria of the

family Rubiaceae indigenous to tropical South America. Uncaria

tomentosa DC as well as the species U. guianensis are high-climbing,

twining woody vines found in Amazonia (see Photograph 4). A bark

decoction of U. tomentosa from Peru, the center of the plant's range,

finds use for the treatment of inflammations, rheumatism, gastric

ulcers, tumors, intestinal disorders, and certain skin disorders.7

 

The two chemical types of U. tomentosa differ greatly in their

alkaloid content and therapeutic utility. One chemotype contains

primarily the pentacyclic (5-ring) oxindole alkaloids which have

immunomodulating properties. The second chemotype comprises primarily

Tetracyclic (4-ring) Oxindole Alkaloids (TOAs), and these are

undesirable components. Not only do the TOAs act adversely on the

central nervous system, but they also antagonize any immunostimulating

effect of the pentacyclic alkaloids.8

 

What makes Samento® exceedingly valuable as an antimicrobial

therapeutic agent is that it is highly immunomodulating by being

TOA-free. 9

 

Samento® also contains quinovic acid glycosides and some novel

triterpenes which are applied by Amazonian tribes for the treatment of

digestive disorders such as gastritis, colitis, ulcers,

diverticulitis, leaky bowel, and hemorrhoids. As shown in laboratory

studies, the herb's alkaloids activate immune system cells and work

well against various viruses. Many of the herb's compounds also

counteract inflammation, lower blood pressure, relax and dilate

peripheral blood vessels, slow arrhythmic heart rate, and lower

elevated cholesterol. From its immunomodulating effect, U. tomentosa

has attracted attention among medical scientists for possible

usefulness against cancer and/or symptoms produced by infection with

the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).10,11

 

The chemistry of cat's claw has been well-studied over the past

twenty-five years, along with pharmacological reports of specific

fractions from the root and stem bark of both Amazonian species. The

herb's crude drug components are among the most widely used and best

known folk medicines in South America, particularly among natives in

the upper Amazon basin.12 The local natives harvest the herb's leaves

for brewing into tea, gather bark of the root plus stem for personal

use, and sell it as a cash crop (see Photograph 5). They gather their

cat's claw as a saleable commodity for purification, packaging, and

distribution as Samento® by Nutramedix, LLC of Jupiter, Florida.

 

Cat's claw climbs as high as 100 feet up the exterior sides of trees

with the help of its hooks that resemble the claws of a cat. If the

stem is cut, drinkable water exudes from it (see Photograph 6).

 

The medicinal components are present within its inner bark (see

Photograph 7). Known for over a century, the remedial qualities of

cat's claw were identified in 1974 by Austrian researchers. Other

names which identify this herb are: life-giving vine of Peru, samento,

uncaria, and Uaa de gato.

 

As a final caution about ingesting either of the two cat's claw

species as capsules or drops and possibly as brewed tea, they should

be avoided by women who are trying to conceive. Also pregnant women

should not take them because the safety and mode of action have not

been adequately studied for such women. Yet, the ingestion of cat's

claw products appears to protect against cellular mutations as occur

in cancer.13,14,15

 

Four Doctors Discuss their Experiences with Using Samento®

 

" Since the fall of 2002, I have used Samento® for the quick

symptomatic improvement of patients, often within a few weeks, because

spirochetes in their blood seen under dark field microscopy get

progressively less in number until none exist any longer, " states

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) expert W. Lee Cowden,

M.D., of Fort Worth, Texas. " Over a relatively short period, my

patients' symptoms disappear from their ingestion of this herbal

remedy taken usually in conjunction with digestive enzymes 30 to 60

minutes before meals and detoxification remedies to prevent the

microbe die-off healing [Herxheimer] reaction. "

 

" I know that the Samento® antimicrobial properties are derived from

its containing quinalone components and the pentacyclic oxindole

alkaloids (POAs). The POAs effect is to boost non-specific and

cellular immunity. Furthermore, the particular chemotype of cat's claw

in this commercial product, unlike others sold, does not contain the

chemical antagonists identified as tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids

(TOAs) which act adversely on a person's central nervous system, " Dr.

Cowden says. " TOAs tend to inhibit the beneficial effect of POAs.

Because the TOAs are absent, the patient experiences a powerful immune

system modification from Samento®. Pathological microbes as occur in

Lyme disease are effectively combatted.

 

" I could offer hundreds of successful case histories in which Samento®

was my treatment of choice. One is that of C. F., a 19-year-old woman

who has now been free of Lyme disease for 18 months. She consulted me

in January 2003 after being victimized by Borrelia burgdorferi for 14

years so severely that she had isolated herself indoors with

home-schooling for more than half-a-decade, " says Dr. Cowden. " She had

to walk with support from a four-legged rolling walker and she could

only study for two hours daily before exhaustion set in. She took

Samento® for eight weeks which kicked in and allowed her to ambulate

without aid from the walker. She went on a first date with her

boyfriend and finally did not experience asthma attacks, fibromyalgia

symptoms, brain fog, peripheral neuropathy, and gastrointestinal

effects of the organism. This Bb infection had caused " leaky gut " and

severe allergic reactions including frequent anaphylactic shock

reactions with hospitalizations. "

 

By the fifth month of Samento® ingestion, She went off to college

without symptoms, and is now actively dating and enjoying her college

life. The herbal remedy is allowing her to live a normal life, whereas

before her future had looked bleak, " affirms Dr. W. Lee Cowden. " This

is just one positive experience among many that make my medical

practice very satisfying by my use of Samento®. "

 

" I have had numerous positive experiences with patients using Samento®

as part of my dental treatment plan for individual patients. Those

coming to me with jawbone cavitations, for example, remain untreated

until I see that their pathogens are eliminated. Pathologic organisms,

especially certain cell-wall-deficient bacteria which cause Lyme

disease, travel through the body to areas of lowest resistance and

colonize. Jawbone cavitations allow such bacteria to feel most at

home, " says biological dentist Douglas J. Phillips, Jr., D.D.S., of

West Palm Beach, Florida. " When I apply Samento® great amounts of

cell-wall-deficient organisms get cut down markedly. I can cause them

to be reduced into measurements of low nanograms of existence. "

 

A 50-year-old restaurant builder from Toronto, Ontario Canada had been

suffering with cavitation pain from an infected root canal. He had

tried ignoring it for months, and finally phoned me for an

appointment. But he could not leave his business for another week;

therefore, to assuage his pain, I mailed him a bottle of 30 capsules

of Samento® to take three at each meal. The man telephoned me within

two days to say that the jaw pain was completely gone. He added,

'Other pains in my limbs are gone too and I'm sleeping through the

night. I'm not suffering anymore,' " paraphrases Dr. Phillips. " Those

thirty capsules lasted him until he arrived at my office a week later

and I could perform biological dentistry on his jawbone cavitation.

 

" Miraculous case histories involving Samento® such as had occurred

with the restaurant builder are repeated in my office week after week.

This herbal remedy works readily against Lyme disease but new

discoveries about Ld indicate that additional, associated tick-borne

co-infections include Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Bartonella, Coxiella

and various virsues. Samento® is applicable for all of them, " confirms

Dr. Phillips. " It lowers the body's bacterial count and makes my

patient feel really well. This is one treatment that is useful across

the board for a whole lot of the pathogens. "

 

Health care teacher and naturopath Zenia Richler, N.D., of

Springfield, Missouri, finds that Samento® gives people, including

herself, a psychological lift along with the feeling of well-being.

" When I take it I feel happier, plus it build's core strength for my

patients. They heal faster because of a lift to the immune system, "

declares Dr. Richler. " Quite simply, I love the stuff, particularly in

its dropper form.

 

" In using Samento® to treat Lyme disease, my distinct impression is

that the patients get better twice as fast. I need to use less

homeopathic remedies as my 'series therapy' when this herb is part of

my treatment program. This is information I give to health

professionals who attend courses I co-conduct at my teaching

institution, the Academy of Bioenergetics, School of Natural Healing

in Springfield, " says Dr. Zenia Richler.

 

David A. Jernigan, D.C., of Wichita, Kansas, co-author with his wife

and practice partner, Sara Jernigan, D.C., of the self-published book,

Beating Lyme Disease: Using Alternative Medicine & God–Designed

Living,16 employs the ingredients of Samento® extensively. Dr.

Jernigan states, " My partner in practice and I use Samento® for

patients with any number of infections. We're very impressed by

results we achieve. The Bio-Resonance Scanning technique my wife and I

have developed shows that the herb is nontoxic, active, highly

energetic, and synergetic with other remedies. Any person with an

invasion by Borrelia has high levels of neurotoxins in the brain and

nervous system. The neurotoxins produced by Bb are possibly the most

debilitating bacterial poisons known to man. Even after Bb spirochetes

are eliminated from the body, the neurotoxins can continue to cause a

myriad of devastating symptoms. In my practice, I use the botanical

Silphex! " in conjunction with Samento® to successfully neutralize

these neurotoxins. "

 

Resources

 

For additional information about Samento, contact this herbal

therapy's exclusive producer, Nutramedix, LLC, Suite 301, 900 East

Indiantown Road, Jupiter, Florida USA 33477; Tel. (800) 730-3130 or

(561) 745-2917; FAX (561) 745-3017; Email: info;

Website: www.nutramedix.com.

 

For comprehensive scientific information about Samento® and Lyme

disease visit the Science Library of Bionatus Laboratories in Ecuador

at, www.samento.com.ec where Samento is approved as a medicine.

 

To acquire a great deal of information about the action of Samento,

log on to http://www.samento.com.ec/sciencelib/sammain.html.

 

To acquire large amounts of information about Lyme disease itself, log

on to http://www.samento.com.ec/sciencelib/medmain.htmlNutramedix also

provides Samento® for distribution by Allergy Research Group under the

name Prima Una de Gato.

 

To acquire this branded product, contact the assigned distributor,

Allergy Research Group, 30806 Santana Street, Hayward, California

94544 U.S.A.; Tel. (800) 545-9960; website: www.allergyresearchgroup.com

 

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2.Ibid.

 

3.Cohen, M.A. " Lyme disease: the ABCs, " Townsend Letter for Doctors &

Patients, 250:50-52, May 2004.

 

4.Whitaker, J.A. " New test for identifying the morphing menace:

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NutraNews/New Thinking, NewDiscoveries in Nutraceutical Research,

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14.Op. cit. Graedon & Graedon, p. 279.

 

15.Op. cit. Ody, p. 146.

 

16.Jernigan, D.A. & Jernigan, S.K. Beating Lyme Disease: Using

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