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

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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,

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745-3017; Email: info; Website: _www.nutramedix.com_

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For comprehensive scientific information about Samento® and Lyme disease

visit the Science Library of Bionatus Laboratories in Ecuador at,

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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_

(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.html_

(http://www.samento.com.ec/sciencelib/medmain.html) Nutramedix 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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Patients, 250:50-52, May 2004.

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

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NutraNews/New

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11. Castleman, M. The New Healing Herbs: The Classic Guide to Nature's

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the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies, Fourth Edition. (London: The Horworth

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

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

Alternative Medicine & God-Designed Living. (Benton, Kansas: Somerleyton Press,

2003).