While doing some reading on the net this week I came across a web site that spoke about this sort of scam. We all want to look our best and we all FEAR cancer. So it is no big surprise to me that there are people in our society that try to thrive on that fear and take advantage of the trust of people.
Let me first say that Salves intended for the treatment of cancers cannot be legally marketed. The FDA has banned the importation of all "black salve" products, including Cansema Black, Topical Salve, Cansema Deep Tissue, Cansema w/Lugol's Iodine (topical), Cansema for Cats, Dogs, and Horses, Cansema Tonic I, Cansema Tonic II, Cansema Tonic III, Cansema Capsules, Cansema Suppositories, Bloodroot Paste, C-Herb Paste, CAN-X, Cancerx, H3O, and Healing Formula 1. So If your are speaking with any physician or health care professional and they suggest this type of treatment they are breaking the law, you should run as fast as you can in the opposite direction!
Corrosive salves or "escharotics" produce a thick, dry scab called an "eschar" on the skin. For hundreds of years, perhaps even to ancient times they were used to treat cancer and skin problems. Their use was fairly common during the 18th and 19th centuries. If a tumor is confined to the superficial layers of the skin, it would be possible to burn it off with a corrosive salve or paste. Unfortunately, products capable of accomplishing this can also burn the surrounding normal tissue and result in unnecessary scarring. For superficial cancers - for which the cure rate with standard treatment is nearly 100% - it makes much more sense to use standard methods that can destroy the cancer with little or no damage to the nearby tissues. Some salves are also promoted for treating herpes, venereal diseases, diabetes, and lupus.
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These salves are so dangerous. As I was reading and looking around the Internet I found countless stories of people who applied these salves and basically burned off their nose, or in one case the lady was applying it to her cheeks and nose and lost almost her entire face! Ruth Conrad of Idaho consulted one of the state's many unlicensed naturopaths in 1984. She was seeking treatment for a sore shoulder but happened to mention and point out a bump on her nose. The naturopath stated that it was cancer and gave her a black herbal salve to apply directly. He did not do any testing or biopsy before declaring it was cancer. With in about 48 hours of using the salve, Ruth’s face became very painful and developed red streaks down each cheek. She called the office and the naturopath gave the explanation that the presence of the lines were a good sign because they "resemble a crab, and cancer is a crab." He also
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advised her to apply more of the black salve. Within a week, a large part of her face, including her nose, sloughed off. It took 3 years and 17 plastic surgery operations to reconstruct her face. During a deposition, the naturopath stated that he had obtained the salve from a woman in Mexico and that he didn't know who had manufactured it. The picture shows the extent of the injured area. Here is a picture taken of her during one of her first surgeries.
One of the scariest things about these creams and salves is these cancer salves are not manufactured under government supervision, it may not even be possible to know what is in them.
These Salves were wide spread during 2002-2005 but regulatory agencies have cracked down.
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In 2004, Gregory James Caton, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment to be followed by 3 years supervised release for marketing several products with claims that they could cure cancer and other diseases. Court documents indicate that from 1999 to 2003, doing business as Alpha Omega Labs, Caton and his employees sold Cansema Tonic III (a purported cancer cure) and H3O (claimed to be effective against athlete's foot, cuts and burns, eczema, fingernail fungus, chronic gas, gastroenteritis, gingivitis and periodontal disease, halitosis, herpes sores, ophthalmia, psoriasis, sore throat, strep throat, and wounds) 2.
In April 2005, the FDA ordered Two Feathers, Inc., of Reno, Nevada, to stop marketing an escharotic salve called Two Feathers 3 The Two Feathers product claimed:
Two Feathers Healing Formula has been found to have the following effects on the human system:
- Reproduces protein enzymes in system
- Strengthens enzyme structure
- Normalizes differentiated cells
- Responsible for release of negative cells from body by switching electrical frequency
- Oxygenates all cells
- Immune system stimulant, i.e. T cells
- Reorganizes electrical system
- Enhances oxygen to brain
- Restores blood parameters to normal
- Reduces excess fluid in heart, feet, ankles, wrists and lungs
- Actively restores elimination through skin, urine and feces
- Stimulates positive systemic nutrients in system
- Restores equilibrium (homeostasis) to body tissues and fluids
- Preventative, strongest of all anti-oxidants
- Transdermal poultice effect immediate, within five seconds
- Decreases all malignancies promptly
- Works on twelve hour cycle, most effective when taken once daily preferably in the morning
- Reduces mycosis in system
- Ancient American Indian formula that eliminates degenerative diseases of modern civilization (pollution of food, air and water) despite modern technology
2005, Lois March, M.D., an ear, nose, and throat specialist who practiced in Cotrell, Georgia, surrendered her medical license to settle charges that she improperly helped Dan Raber, an unlicensed person who treated patients for cancer. Georgia’s Composite Board of Medical Examiners had accused March of providing pain management to several patients whom Raber treated with a bloodroot paste, including one man whose flesh was eaten so badly from his shoulder that the bone was exposed 4. Press reports indicate that the FDA raided Raber's farm.
In April 2006, the FDA ordered Risingsun Health Alternatives and Herbs, a division of McAdam Health Enterprises of Livingston, Montana, to stop its illegal marketing of Cansema products 5.
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How ever the crack down on businesses has not stopped the Internet boom for these products. One web site claims on their front page “If you are suffering with skin cancer, or want to get rid of warts, moles, or skin tags you have come to the right place for information. Here you will find information about black salve and bloodroot salve. You will also find many unsolicited testimonials from people who claim to have successfully treated their ailment (including pictures), as well as the truth about chemotherapy and what it does to the body.” 6
McAdam Health Enterprises Inc is a Montana corporation and distributes the Risingsun Health product lines. Their web site states “Our main product line focuses on cancer.” 7 This site continues to function despite the 2006 FDA order to stop the illegal marketing of Cansema products.
Dan Raber formula is still being sold on the Internet despite the hearing and case going on pertaining to Lois March MD 4.
The list goes on and on. Shopzilla even sells a product labeled Can-X Black Salve and it is a tablet that you take INTERNALLY! This is a very scary market and I for one do know that when faced with cancer or a loved one has cancer we begin to hunt and hope for something that will cure it and take away the pain. I just want every one to know and be aware of this scam and the danger it can cause to you both physically and financially!
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