Boosted Leukemia Survival 71% — And NOBODY Is Talking About It

It may be the next breakthrough treatment for leukemia… and several other types of cancer, too.

But if mainstream medicine has its way, you’ll never hear a word about it.

A simple shrub bark is so prized by indigenous people in Alaska that it’s been called an entire “medicine cabinet.”

It was shown to increase lifespans by up to 71% in animals with aggressive leukemia.

When it was tested against multiple types of human cancer cells, it stopped them from spreading — and even destroyed them.

The medical establishment and Big Pharma are doing absolutely NOTHING to bring this natural remedy to the market.

But I’m going to share everything you need to know… and exactly where to find it.

A shrub called devil’s club (Oplopanax horridus) grows particularly well along the coast of southern Alaska.

It gets its name from the sharp spines that covers its stems. But for centuries, local healers have been much more interested in its bark.

Indigenous Alaskans known as the Tlingit people have used devil’s club bark to treat everything from colds to stomach problems to high blood sugar. It’s like an entire medicine cabinet, and is sometimes known as “Tlingit aspirin” because it’s so versatile.

Now, we know its compounds can be a powerful weapon against cancer, too.

In a study published in Phytotherapy Research, scientists gave mice with acute myeloid leukemia some devil’s club in their drinking water.

Now, acute myeloid leukemia is an incredibly aggressive, fast-growing cancer.

But devil’s club extended the lives of female mice by up to 52% — and male mice by up to 71%.

Now, I get it… you’re not a mouse. But when scientists tested devil’s club against human cancer cells, it slowed them to a crawl… and started killing them off in droves.

In a laboratory study out of the University of Chicago, devil’s club was tested against colorectal cancer cells. It didn’t just inhibit their growth – it actually forced them to commit suicide through a process known as apoptosis.

Another study showed the same thing when it was tested against ovarian cancer cells.

And in research out of the University of British Columbia in Canada, devil’s club was tested against two types of leukemia cells and two types of breast cancer cells. It proved it can stop cancer cells from growing and spreading – and maybe help chemotherapy drugs work better, too.

Devil’s club’s secret seems to be compounds called polyynes that can interfere with the division and spread of cancer cells.

Now, the research is early – and nobody is claiming devil’s club is a cure for cancer. But the evidence is mounting that it may play a role in at least slowing cancer – and cancer patients deserve to know about it.

But there have been no serious efforts to bring it to the masses or launch large clinical trials. Remember, it’s a natural substance – so it can’t be patented and sold for big profits.

And unlike lots of the cancer drugs out there, devil’s club has a history of hundreds of years of safe use – and hasn’t demonstrated toxic effects in animal studies.

If you’re being treated for cancer, you should always discuss your supplements with your doctor. But you have a right to know about devil’s club.

It’s not incredibly popular in America yet, but companies like Herb Pharm and Mountain Rose Herbs sell it as a tincture for about $20.

To giving you every weapon against cancer,

Ray Thatcher
Research Director, Health Sciences Institute

Sources:

• Levine, K. (2004, August 11). Devil’s club: A medicine cabinet for Alaska tribe. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2004/08/11/3607496/devils-club-a-medicine-cabinet-for-alaska-tribe#
• Li, X.-L., Sun, S., Wang, C.-Z., Williams, S., & Yuan, C.-S. (2010). Effects of Oplopanax horridus on human colorectal cancer cells. Anticancer Research, 30(2), 295–302. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20332432/ (PMCID: PMC3057088)
• McGill, C. M., Alba-Rodriguez, E. J., Li, S., Benson, C. J., Ondrasik, R. M., Fisher, L. N., Claxton, D. F., & Barth, B. M. (2014). Extracts of Devil’s club (Oplopanax horridus) exert therapeutic efficacy in experimental models of acute myeloid leukemia. Phytotherapy Research, 28(9), 1308–1314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5129
• Rosen, Y. (2014, March 13). Devil’s club may help leukemia patients, study suggests. Anchorage Daily News. https://www.adn.com/science/article/devils-club-might-help-leukemia-patients-study-suggests/2014/03/13/
• Sun, S., Du, G.-J., Qi, L.-W., Williams, S., Wang, C.-Z., & Yuan, C.-S. (2010). Hydrophobic constituents and their potential anticancer activities from Devil’s club (Oplopanax horridus Miq.). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 132(1), 280–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.026
• Turner, N. J., & Bell, M. A. M. (2014). Traditional use of Devil’s-Club (Oplopanax horridus; Araliaceae) by native peoples in Western North America. Journal of Ethnobiology, 17, 17–38. (Note: historical ethnobotanical reference often linked with Devil’s club traditional uses; included here if relevant to your research.)