In the previous article “An amazing discovery in Turkey”, the first in this series of articles on oleander, I described how Dr. HZ Ozelle discovered an ancient remedy for cancer and other conditions in rural Turkey in the early 1960s and, after successfully treating thousands of patients over the past 40 years, Dr. Ozel patented the drug and entered FDA trials. Unfortunately, after passing phase I trials, the patented drug known as Anvirzel has languished due to lack of funding (the patent, based on an ancient remedy and a common plant, is considered by many to be weak) and disputes between companies, and may It will be many years, if ever, before this promising cancer fighter hits the market as an FDA-approved drug.
The good news is that you don’t have to wait for the approved medicine, because you can make your own oleander extract at home on the stove, based on Doctor Ozel’s original patent and folk remedy that has been used for thousands of years. . Oleander is a naturally growing plant found throughout the southern and southwestern United States and much of the world, and if it doesn’t grow naturally near you, you can order oleander plants at many mail order nurseries at Internet. (There are also at least three sources of a commercial companion version that I know of, but that will have to wait for a later installment in this series.)
Yes, you can make your own oleander remedy, known as “oleander soup” at home as easily as a big pot of beans, and for that, you can thank a San Antonio personal injury attorney named Edward F. Hensley. , Texas, whom I call the “Father of Oleander Soup.”
In 2002, Ed’s mother was diagnosed with small cell lung and liver cancer and a sister with Hepatitis C. Ed’s sister, Catrina (Cat), began researching and networking with her friends for answers to the prognosis. from the doctor that Betty Hensley only had a few months to live. After contacting one of her old friends, she was told about a clinic in Honduras that she could contact and talk about a new cancer drug that was being manufactured in San Antonio. Cat made a few calls and found someone to ask for the drug. She cost $1500.00 for a six week supply of what was called Anvirzel(TM). Cat, Ed and his brother John put up the initial funds and the medication was ordered.
Betty had been seeing an oncologist in San Antonio, who counseled her about the risks of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and the fact that in his advanced stage, he would have only a small chance of prolonging his life and a great chance of suffering serious side effects. effects, including the destruction of the immune system of him. Still, she tried chemotherapy for several weeks, to no avail. When she got the Anvirzel (TM), she began injecting it with Cat’s help, following the instructions provided by the doctor in Honduras. After three weeks, she underwent further scans with her oncologist. The new films showed that the tumors in both his lungs and her liver were shrinking. Her doctor couldn’t be directly involved in the injections, but she agreed to investigate the drug.
When the six-week supply was about to run out and Betty was very sore at the injection site, Ed began researching what this new drug was made of, what its long-term use would be, and how much it would cost. The FDA posted a letter on his site warning about the drug, made from the oleander plant, saying it was unproven and should not be used. However, the clinic in Honduras reported many successful cures for various types of cancer, including juvenile brain cancer.
Ed was determined to find out what was in the drug, so he went to the US Patent Office website and did research using the term Anvirzel. After several searches, Ed found the patent. It was some 39 pages of legal jargon, written in the language of patent attorneys, who charge $400 an hour to write patents, that only lawyers and scientists dare to read.
After several weeks of part-time study, the patent began to make sense. It was simply a very confusing, overly detailed, and exaggerated method of making a soup out of the leaves and stems of a common plant, the oleander. No problem. Ed had huge oleander plants in his backyard, which were very healthy ornamentals with beautiful flowers all year long. Making the soup was as simple as getting a pot of soup, some scissors, a hot plate, and a place to cook. Ed’s wife, Carol, wouldn’t let him cook it in her kitchen, so Ed resigned himself to his outside storage room, a 10-by-18-foot building that stores garden tools and seasonal sports equipment. After burning several pots of soup because the heat was too high, Ed turned down the heat and boiled the water and oleander trimmings for four hours. He then removed the leaves and stems, and strained the remaining broth, using paper towels and plastic strainers. According to Dr. Ozel’s method in the patent, he allowed the broth to cool before filtering it. He then slowly boiled the broth until there was only about a fifth of the original liquid left in the bottom of the 12-quart pot.
Ed measured the specific gravity with an antifreeze gauge, which displayed the measurements on a small scale. It was where Dr. Ozel recommended in the patent, about as thick as chicken soup broth. Next, 10 feeder mice were purchased and given the new liquid, which Ed named “oleander soup,” as their only source of liquid for two weeks, with as much mouse food as they could eat. The mice gained weight, were a bit lazy, but remained alive and looking good.
Ed’s mother was about to run out of Anvirzel at the time, so Ed brought a bottle of the soup over to Betty’s house to compare it to her medicine. She looked the same. She tasted the same. The new soup was fresh, not freeze-dried or reconstituted, and according to Betty, she tasted fresher. Ed went first and tasted a little, like a teaspoon. Betty then tasted it, taking a full teaspoon. She declared that she liked the fresh version better, and that was that. She took oral doses three times a day with meals, the only side effect being diarrhea, which she resolved after a week.
His tests three weeks later were surprising, showing that the tumors were still shrinking and had almost disappeared. A month later, she had no tumors at all. Betty stopped eating the soup after another month, after her doctor declared that she did not have cancer.
Sadly, about eight months later, feeling healthy and energetic, Betty lay down on her bed for a nap and felt her collarbone break. Tests showed cancer in her bone, and she was aggressive. Her oncologist referred her to another doctor who recommended a strong new chemotherapy and advised her against going back to oleander extract. Within two months, the chemotherapy had slowed down the bone cancer, but it had also destroyed her kidneys. She died a month later of kidney failure, never taking another drop of the oleander soup or Anvirzel, which had previously saved her life. But she confided in her oncologist, that he was very kind and very persuasive. Fortunately, she Betty she lived to be 88 years old. She had smoked heavily, two packs a day since Ed’s father gave her a cigarette when she was 18 years old. He died at the age of 61 from coronary disease, directly related to his heavy smoking.
Catrina had been dealing with hepatitis C, a serious liver condition that often leads to liver cancer. She began to make her own oleander soup and ate it, hoping that it would stop her condition. She did it. In less than two months, her Hepatitis-C disappeared. Her liver enzymes were normal. She hasn’t been back in over two years. She has shared the recipe with doctors in Mexico who are treating poor patients with AIDS, cancer, hepatitis C and psoriasis. A friend of hers reports that her rheumatoid arthritis symptoms have disappeared with the home remedy. He laughs as he describes the scene in his kitchen, with a large pot of boiling leaves, and two Mexican brothers, medical doctors, standing there taking notes on how to cook something that isn’t as difficult as “boracho beans” or mole de chicken, two favorites. Mexican dishes.
Later in 2003, Ed was surfing the Internet looking for sites that referenced “Anvirzel”. He found the Minnesota Wellness Directory site and read his comments about the good prospects for this new extract made from poisonous oleander leaves. Ed emailed the host the recipe and a brief summary of his research. After host David Bonello researched the concept and recipe for the soup, including getting opinions from herbalists and medical friends of his, he posted the recipe on his site in his June 2003 newsletter, with caveats. about its use.
Since 2003, many people have used the recipe to make their own oleander soup, including friends and family of Ed Hensley, David Bonello, and the author. None of them have reported a serious side effect and many of them have reported that their cancers and other conditions were gone or much improved.
Later in this series: The Oleander Soup Recipe
Live long, live healthy, live happy!
