How many internal versions of Cansema do you now have?
Currently we offer new Cansema Tonic III, a reformalation that includes the best, most effective characteristics of our original Cansema Tonic I and the original Cansema Tonic III.
More versions of Cansema Tonic are in the works to provide different herbal avenues of attack (see Question 241), much as we differentiated the CanSupport line to provide maximum effectiveness.


Why does the Tonic III cost more than original Tonic (I) when it is half the amount?
[ The quantity of Cansema Tonic III is now 8 fl. oz. (236 ml.), the same as the original Cansema Tonic I, which has been discontinued. ]
Several things factor into the pricing of our products. As it pertains to Cansema Tonic products, including level of concentration; of course, manufacturing cost; and the level of in-house support that a given line will require. Remember, we provide all consultation, both to end users and to health care practitioners and other practitioners, at no cost. Our advice is free.


What is the relative strength of each internal version?
This really IS quite a frequently asked question. It takes many forms, but it all boils down to the same thing: which formula is stronger, which formula is more effective and will act quicker, etc.
What makes this question difficult to answer is that no two cases are exactly alike. If one formula worked for everyone, we wouldn't need multiple internal versions. As it is, one formula will provide one user with a VERY potent answer to their problem, and get little response from another. Why has allopathic medicine put so many different antibiotics on the market? Presumably because different bacterial infections in different people requiring a different pharmacological solution. Likewise, in dealing with internal cancer - the very term itself, cancer - a collective term for over 60 different types of aberrant, neoplastic growths.


On what basis should I pick the internal Cansema version that is right for me? After all, I don't want to buy something that won't work.
Choosing the right formula involves several issues - and whether or not it will "work" is just one of them.
Cansema Capsules (now temporarily discontinued while we re-establish our operations in Ecuador) are an excellent general cancerolytic formula, but several factors would make them an inappropriate choice: the inability of the patient or end user to swallow "double O" sized capsules (not an uncommon phenomenon among older Stage IV cancer patients who come to us); a naturally queasy constitution (and this applied to Cansema Tonic I, as well), which in the case of some patients can lead to situations where it is difficult to "keep the product down" -- and then there are those who just find the "after taste" disagreeable after swallowing. Going back to the "queasiness" issue, as we have stated in other FAQ sections, both Cansema Capsules and Cansema Tonic I contain bloodroot, one of a number of cancerolytic herbs that, in sufficient quantity, acts as an emetic. (This effect is lessened by taking the products with meals and not on an empty stomach, which is what we advise.)
The new Cansema Tonic III (brought online in the fall of 2008) combines the best characteristics of Cansema Tonic I and the Cansema Tonic III we sold prior to the FDA raid of 2003. (See also Meditopia - Chapter 3). Whereas both the Capsules contained zinc glutamate or zinc oxide, Tonic III contains zinc chloride as an active ingredient, just as does the Salve. It can be used both internally and externally -- although nothing works as quickly and as directly on a cancer that is accessible from the skin surface as Cansema Salve® does.
As can be seen from our CanSupport bundles page, we normally suggest starting out with Tonic III, because it bypasses the stomachic tolerance issues that face so many elderly cancer patients. Other cancerolytic alternatives include CanSupport capsules, AO Oleander Blend, along with AO Chlorite (to control opportunistic pathogenic organisms during the healing process).
After many thousands of cases, we have found no basis for why certain internal Cansema products work well for some people and not for others - why one case of prostate cancer responds well to Tonic I - while another doesn't, and instead, responded well to Tonic III; while one person will use Cansema Capsules for a month and come back from their oncologist with a mysterious cancer-free bill of health, and another person take the very same product and see little improvement.
If this sounds to the reader to sound a little bit like a game of "cat-and-mouse," it is because it is. And this is why no one can truly claim to have found THE cure for cancer - or a single treatment or adjunct that works well on everyone. We would not attempt to dispute those in the orthodox community who claim that those who say they have found the cure for cancer are quacks.
Fighting cancer is like waging war. You don't win by with the singular dependence on any one weapon. You usually win because you chose a variety of weapons, deployed them rigorously in concert, and entered the campaign with a firm resolve that you would not lose.
Our products and the strategies for success that we discuss on this site reflect that reality.
Remember, we are always available to discuss, from a herbalist or phytochemist's perspective, the specifics of your case - either with you or your physician. Our comments above are just some general guidelines, if you have doubts about picking the right product, write us.


What causes one of your Cansema "internals" to work for one person, and not another? It seems odd that Cansema Salve would work so flawlessly in over 98% of all skin cancer cases, but internal versions appear less reliable.
We have own theories, having worked in this field for close to 15 years. Some of the licensed physicians we work with have been in continuous practice for well over 40 years. They all have their theories. Needless to say, there is no peer-reviewed agreement or consensus on all points.
A few things that everyone agrees on are as follows:
None of this should be interpreted to mean that the goal is insurmountable. If we have found any one common thread that run throughout our many success cases, it has been a mental predisposition - a proactive, almost militarily aggressive attitude that says, "There's no way in hell I'm taking this laying down. I'm going to fight. I'm going to win. Now will you help me?"
With that kind of attitude, our internal products, taken individually or (more often still) in concert, can do wonders -- even with advanced Stage IV cases where oncologists had rendered their final verdict: "There's no hope for you. We can do nothing more." In fact, it is a simple fact that we win more cases than we lose when the attitude is positive and proactive..
However, in the absence of that kind of mental attitude, we are working with a serious liability - a liability that only reduces our chances of success.


What do I do if I purchase an internal Cansema formula and it doesn't work for me?
First thing: you email us and describe the specifics of your case: (1) What is your condition? (2) What was the diagnosis of your condition and your prognosis before coming to Alpha Omega Labs? (3) What other products are you taking? (4) What does your physician or the practitioner attending your case now say about you current condition? (If he or she is open to alternative products and techniques, it's even better if you can have your practitioner contact us.) (5) Which product(s) from Alpha Omega Labs have you been taking, for how long, and at what dosage levels? (6) Provide any helpful objective observations, as well as subjective experiences related to your case that may be helpful.
You then email us these specifics and we will normally respond (on average) within 24 hours (unless you write just before the weekend - i.e. after 12 p.m. on Friday afternoon).
Among the options that are most common: a recommended change in your current protocol or dosage levels; the employment of other products (not necessarily a product or service from Alpha Omega, either) that will work in concert with what we do; or a refund recommendation on our part. (Note: you can always go this route anyway, without our input, by going directly to the Refund / Exchange Request page.)
Physicians, in particular, enjoy working with us because it is our practice to defer to their best judgement. We offer our best counsel as it relates to our products and the extensive knowledge we have about them, but ultimately the attending practitioner should be able to deliver their guidance unfiltered.
This message can then be evaluated by the ultimate judge in the case: the patient.



Will you be coming out with other internal versions of Cansema?
Yes. Our current work involves further differentiation of both Cansema Salve and the internal Tonic versions. Our goal with the Cansema Tonics is to create the kind of specificity in recommended usage that we now have for the CanSupport line (which employ cancerolytic herbal sources from South America).



Are there any known synergies between the internal Cansema products, or between these products and the CanSupport line?
This has been our experience, yes. We created the CanSupport bundle program, for instance, not because we were out to sell more products (our physician-customers, in particular, know better than that) but because we found that all our herbal products worked better when our customers were pH balanced (hence the inclusion of HRx) and that the CanSupport products from South America worked better when used in conjunction with one of the internal Cansema products (the current bundle focuses on Tonic III).
As we stated earlier, fighting cancer is like waging war. And few wars are won in the reliance on only one weapon.



Why, of the internal Cansema products available, was Tonic III chosen to be in the bundle?

As we stated earlier there are less stomachic tolerance issues with Tonic III, but there is absolutely no reason why (aside from this reason) that either of the other two Cansema products could not be used with HRx and the applicable CanSupport product to accomplish the very same thing: a triad of products which work together as an effective adjunct for cancer patients.



I am very impressed with the results of Cansema Salve. Which internal Cansema product is closest to the salve - in its composition and in its internal, escharotic action?
Cansema Salve is an escharotic and works by interrupting the cancer cell's normal cell-to-cell communication and alerting the immune system that invaders are present. Most of the "killing" action is actually conducted by the body's own granulocytes. The most active components are the mild caustic, zinc chloride (Cl2Zn), NDGA (nordihydroguaiaretic acid, from Larrea mexicata), and sanguarene (from Sanguinaria canadensis) - all of which are then further bioactivated using scalar wave technology.
The internal Cansema product that most closely mimics the Salve, both in composition and in action, is the newly reformulated (2008) Cansema Tonic III.



Chapparal leaf is one of the ingredients in your Cansema Capsules and both Tonics. I have heard that chapparal is dangerous because of its effects on the liver. Is this true?
Our finding is that the charge is exaggerated and this, again, falls within the realm of being mindful of dosage. Too much of anything is toxic.
larrea tridentata Some background is in order.
Chapparal is a bush that is indigenous to the Southwest U.S. and Northern Mexico. There are five species on the North American continent, the most popular being " larrea tridentata," (although we use "larrea mexicata" as specimens showed high NDGA counts; "larrea divaricata" is also popular). The active component is NDGA* (short for "nordihydroguauretic acid,") a very potent anti-oxidant - so potent, in fact, that in tests we ourselves conducted against food-grade phenolic anti-oxidants, such as BHA, BHT, and TBHQ, NDGA was far stronger. It prevented very instable fats from going rancid against which traditional phenolics were powerless. Whereas phenolics would retard oxidation, NDGA prevented it altogether. There is no question that its anti-oxidant properties are tied into its medicinal properties.
Historically, there is nothing new about its use. Various Indian tribes, notably the Navaho, Apache, and L'akota, used chapparal extensively for medicinal purposes. The treatment of cancer with chapparal by a variety of Native American Indian tribes is also well established.
Despite thousands of years of successful use by various indigenous peoples, the Medical Industrial Complex decided that chapparal was very damaging to the kidneys and liver and, according to Dr. Patrick Quillin, author of "Beating Nutrition With Cancer," constructed studies using people with very debilitated liver conditions (i.e. hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc.) to demonstrate that, when taken in sufficiently high amounts, chapparal was toxic to the liver ("hepatotoxic"). The operative words here are "sufficiently high."
Dr. Patrick Quillin also notes that these findings are not supported by epidemiologists who have worked in Arizona with indigenous tribes who use chapparal extensively. Not only is there an extremely low incidence of cancer, but given their usage (which is greater than that which most Cansema users will ever come close to), it is unusual that there is an absence of damaged livers, as these reports would suggest.
What is more unusual is that Alpha Omega Labs has been selling products with chapparal since 1989 and to date there has not been one single case of liver damage reported by any of the clinicians we work with, and, in fact, Cansema Capsules have been used with liver cancer patients with reported success. Where is all this liver damage were supposed to be seeing?
Despite the absence of support, this has not prevented a host of health providers from jumping on the bandwagon. One of the derivatives of chapparal leaves is chapparal tea, against which orthodoxy rails as being dangerous. In Malaysia, health authorities tell herbal users to shun chapparal because there are TWO reported cases of liver damage - referring to U.S. studies. Elsewhere, extensive contraindications for chapparal with prescription drugs are identified, but then authors have to admit that the "proofs" are lacking. As one would expect, chapparal consequently finds itself on the black list of those who report on liver problems, and one site lists chapparal as a potential etiology for acute hepatitis, a charge that has occasionally makes its way to the health periodicals.
One nutritionist and health writer, Phyllis A. Balch ("Prescription for Herbal Healing") is more specific in her condemnation. She advises that "chaparral should be externally only as a bath." As to clinical data, she notes that "in one seven-year period, there were eighteen reports of toxic liver damage from the use of chaparral in the United States." She goes on to note that "(chapparal) causes serious signs of toxicity and pathological changes, such as a marked reduction of growth, pronounced irritability and aggressiveness, and a marked shrinkage of the testicles," according to Mexican toxicological studies. (Weakly anecdotal though it be, this author is here to note that he has been taking chapparal internally for twelve years - with no detectable change in emotional disposition or size of his testicles.)
It is well worth noting that the lack of such findings in the field is in marked contrast to what these partisans are able to find in their own laboratories.

Our Position: On examination of the scientific literature, we feel that the charges against chapparal are quite weak. There is no question that chapparal should be taken judiciously. Whatever name games we choose to play, to fit the politics and economic rivalries of our time, the fact remains that herbs ARE drugs - by their very nature, and they should be treated as such. There are instructions on our bottles and people should follow them. It would be unfair, however, to compare a user of Cansema Capsules, taking two capsules twice a day, with someone drinking Chapparal Tea throughout the day -- unmeasured and with no thought as to dosage.
As to the issue of liability for our clinicians, we strongly advise our clinicians to avoid administering chapparal products to those with weak or debilitated livers. We also advise that users discontinue usage and consult an alternative health care practitioner at the sign of any adverse condition(s).


* --- (Note: NDGA should not be confused with "NDGA quinone", which can be found in some chaparral varieties in various amounts and is more toxic. At least one one U.S. Patent has been filed to create a virucidal therapeutic agent by preventing NDGA from reducing to NDGA quinone.


Although it takes hours to go through the testimonial pages for Cansema and the CanSupport formulas (not to mention the veterinary or Bloodroot Paste pages), is there a reason why you don't have more testimonials on the internal versions?
This question gets frequently asked for a number of reasons: (1) Our reputation is larger than our web site -- literally, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have used Cansema products, (2) The specificity of various disorders -- for instance, someone who has esophageal cancer that has metastasized to the lungs would ideally like to see a testimonial from a person that has experienced their exact disorder - perhaps even contact them, but in the cancer field alone, there are thousands of combinations. This is bound to lead to disappointment for some. (3) The testimonials on file are weighted in favor of those we have had the longest. Cansema Salve has been available on our web site since 1995. But CanSupport products were introduced in 2001 - and, therefore, far more testimonials are available for perusal on the former.
There is another, more profound explanation - and it is something we hear many times from other providers - certainly, it's not isolated to Alpha Omega Labs. There is in this world nothing so rare - no element, no precious stone, no specimen from antiquity - nothing so rare as gratitude. The nature of our work constantly reminds us of the story of the ten lepers (from the Christian Bible - Luke 17:11-19), where Jesus of Nazareth cures ten lepers, and only one (a Samaritan) returns to offer thanks ("Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the other nine?" There are not found that returned to glory to God, save this stranger. And He said unto him, "Arise go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole...")
Lest someone get the idea that we're comparing ourselves to God, we can dispense with that thought by saying that we don't get a written letter or email from one customer out of a thousand --- positive, negative, or neutral --- let alone one out of ten. So, right there, the Messiah has us beat - hands down. Many people call the home office and will tell us verbally what their experience has been, but very few will actually sit down and take the time to compose a republishable letter. We will not republish something that has been told to us verbally -- we have never done this. Not even once. The report must be in writing - either handwritten or submitted by email.
We get many letters where someone begins to offer a testimonial, but then it has questions woven in throughout the letter. We could make that letter reprintable if we would only be willing to doctor it up and change the wording -- something we simply refuse to do. If a letter is difficult to understand or shows too marginal a command of English (the official language of this site), we will not republish it, either.
There are constantly new testimonials we added to our web site, but we would like more -- complete, truthful, understandable, documentable testimonials. If you are reading this FAQ question, and know of an Alpha Omega customer who had an experience -- no matter what it is -- with one of our products, do encourage them to email us.


Are there any of the kind of pain management issues with your internal Cansema or CanSupport products, the way there can be with the use of Cansema Salve? What kind of sensations might your internal products create?
The short answer is: "VERY rarely."
This is not to say that one does not experience bodily sensations. Users frequently report sensations that we have broken down into categories, even though their descriptions are quite subjective. But these sensations are not interpreted as pain by those who have them. A more common statement is, "I can feel it tingling," or "I can feel it eating away at my tumor."
Two very distinct sensations are TINGLING and PULLING. "Tingling" is produced primarily by Cansema Capsules and Tonic I - and it is an internal escharotic response. The ingredients which are the biggest contributors to this sensation are the zinc, NDGA (from the chapparal), and sanguinaria.
PULLING is more closely associated with the graviola / bitter melon combination. We have discussed this with a number of our primary care physicians, and we believe, based on our discussions with them, that this is the experience of the necrosis (death) of a live tumor. Cancer, true to the etymological root of the word itself, grows like a crab. There is a central mass from which tentacles reach out, grow, and eventually initiate metastasis. As one physician articulated, "Cancers grow from the inside out, and they die from the outside in." When the growth dies a rapid death, they literally contract and as they "draw to their center," this contraction produces a "pulling" sensation. Given the fact that these sensations do not occur when there is no tumor mass (as with blood cancers, like leukemia), we believe this to be the cause of the pulling sensation.



What body sensations or other responses might I experience to tell me that the internal Cansema or CanSupport product I'm taking is "working"?
 We discussed what could be termed "tingling" and "pulling" sensations in the previous question. When these sensations, which are quite muted in contrast with those normally produced by Cansema Black Topical Salve when applied to a sizeable skin cancer, are felt in the area for which the internal products are applied, this is most often an indication that Cansema or CanSupport is at work. It should be remembered that the same cancerolytic effect that Cansema Salve demonstrates topically is the same effect that its internal counterparts are designed to replicate internally.
Other responses that will tell you the products are working include localized edema and general fatigue. Both are immunological responses created by the products. Either symptom taken by itself would mean nothing, but these symptoms, when appearing in concert, are usually an indication that suspicious growths have been targeted and already are being destoyed - in whole or in part.



How long do I need to take Cansema Tonic or CanSupport before I know that treatment is complete? When can I stop?
 Every case is different.
Influencing factors include the size of the cancer (in the case of a localized tumor), type, stage of development, immunological condition of the patient, confluence of other disease conditions, etc.
Generally speaking, within two weeks you should begin to feel distinct "sensations" -- discussed in Questions #247 and #248 above -- that tell you that the product is working. If you have liver cancer, you'll feel these sensations in the area of the liver; with lung cancer, in the lungs; with lymphomas, in the area of the affected lymphs, etc.
Most of our customers who have internal cancers (which we'll define here as cancer activity other than skin cancer) are advanced (Stage III or IV) and in serious condition. On average, cases in this category will need anywhere from two months to a year, using a combination of Alpha Omega Labs' products, cancer-fighting dietary practices, and perhaps one or two other regimens which their practitioner may recommend, before subsequent testing shows complete remission.
As we state in the answer to Question #239 above, the success rate for internal cancers is lower than it is for Cansema® Salve (applied to skin cancers). But with conscientious adherence to our protocols, good dietary practices (read out Health Zone), and a regular examination (and re-examination) of psychological and emotional factors that act as triggers for the genesis and perpetuation of cancer (see introduction to Dr. Hamer's New Medicine), the battle is not only winnable, but our experience is that rates of success well exceed 50% -- much better than the statistics of those who elect to go with orthodox chemotherapy and radiation treatment. In fact, practitioners here in Ecuador who use our guidelines have rates of success that are well over 60%.
You know your treatment is complete when your practitioner, who should be well grounded in effective alternative practices, conducts clinical testing (i.e. MRI, Catscan, antigen blood testing, etc.) which demonstrates to his satisfaction and yours, that you are cancer free. That is the goal and focus of our work.