Dear Colleagues;
I hope you are well and hope many of you decide to attend the ICAK USA Homecoming the end of this month.
New Product
Black Walnut (Supreme Nutrition Products). I’ve been using Black Walnut especially in children with parasitic type issues since 1980 and this seemed a very appropriate tincture to add to our small line.
Juglans Nigra, commonly known as black walnut, is a large hardwood tree native to the east coast of North America as well as Asia. It was imported to Europe before the common era.
Black Walnut has been used in herbal medicine for centuries as a very effective anti-parasitic helping to kill and expel helminths (worms) as well as other parasites. It is also a powerful anti-fungal, including against candida albicans (1). Juglone is one of its active constituents and has been shown to be as effective as zinc undecylenate in treating fungal issues. It also exhibits anti-bacterial properties against Staph. aureus and other species, as well as having anti-neoplastic activity (2, 7). Juglans has successfully treated various forms of herpes and other virus (3-6). Anecdotally, Dr. Michael Lebowitz reported a case back in the 1980s of a 2-year-old with a positive c. difficile stool test unresponsive to the prescription given to her. She was exhibiting severe diarrhea. Juglans nigra tincture cleared the symptoms within a few days and a follow up test was negative. Dr. Lebowitz also had a 2nd similar case. We do not recommend forgoing allopathic treatment for this type of infection, but found this interesting to report (8).
Dosage: 10-30 drops 3x/day.
Contraindications: Do not use if pregnant or breastfeeding
Tinctures:
Our tincture is extracted with organic cane alcohol which is then boiled off (as much as possible while retaining potency) and then organic glycerin is added making it more palatable for children and without the liver stressing effects of a higher alcohol content.
Most tinctures on the market are extracted by non-organic grain-based alcohol (many from GMO corn ethanol). Supreme Nutrition products has decided to manufacture a small number of tinctures. While in general we prefer dried whole herb, our tinctures can also be effectively used. The main reason we decided on these is we wanted a small line of antimicrobials for children too small to swallow pills that would cover many bases. Our first product of this type, elderberry, is primarily an anti-viral and black walnut is primarily antiparasitic. They are also effective for adults.
Sources
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6523217/ Antioxidants (Basel). 2019 Apr; 8(4): 91.Published online 2019 Apr 5. doi: 10.3390/antiox8040091 Juglone in Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling
Taseer Ahmad1 and Yuichiro J. Suzuki2,*
2. Tan D.T.C., Osman H., Mohamad S., Kamaruddin A.H. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of juglone derivatives. J. Chem. Chem. Eng. 2012;6:84–89
3. King’s American Dispensatory. Henriette’s Herbal. 1999-2008. Henriette Kress. Accessed 15 September 2008. <http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic>.
4. Grieve M. 1980. A Modern Herbal. London: Penguin Books
5. Bone K. 2007. The Ultimate Herbal Compendium: a Desktop Guide for Herbal Prescribers. Warwick, Qld. : Phytotherapy Press.
6. Hoffman D. 2003. Medical Herbalism. Rochester, Vt: Healing Arts Press.
7. Bhargava UC, Westfall BA. Antitumor activity of Juglans nigra (black walnut) extractives. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1968; 57 (10): 1674-1677. (Abstract online). Available: <http://www.swsbm.com/Abstracts/Juglans-AB.txt> (26 August 2008)
8. Private conversation June 2022
clinical observations
A couple of interesting clinical observations sent to me from docs.
1. From Dr K, GA who took our last seminar:
79 year old female w/ diabetes; Arms stopped shaking the next morning after 1 day of Supreme Nutrition Products, before she could not walk with a cup of coffee without splashing it all over, shaking now gone.
2. Dr K:
4th day for 4 days 7/10 pain all over and Thursday morning woke with all of her pain gone. Lost 1 pound a day since the 1st day. Not off balance when getting up, much better, not dizzy rising. Camu, Schisandra, Dan Shen, Uva Ursi, Hemo Guard are the prescribed supplements
3. From Dr K:
45 year old male -headaches 2-3 /month, sinusitis both barely controlled w/OTC meds, after 1 month only 1 headache, (he knows why) no sinusitis. Dan Shen Supreme, Body Guard Supreme, Lectin Supreme, Magnesium
Lots of clearer thinking, more alert, less inflammation…
4. From Dr Bea Knight-Johnson Boulder:
Michael - I just had to write to you about this, it’s the first time I have ever encountered anything like this. I had been treating a 46 year old Jessie (female) for 7 months once a month for fungus, molds and yeast plus food reactions. I had her on things like Cats Claw Supreme, Andrographis Supreme, Melia Supreme, Morinda Supreme, Vital Guard Supreme, Hemoguard Supreme (stopped because of nosebleeds), Undecyn, manual muscle testing her at every visit for what was indicated, plus of course checking out the fungus-mold and yeast vial.
Here is the fun part. I added BFB#1 (Supreme Nutrition) about 2 months ago, and told her to use it on her big toes before bed. The next month I told her to add it to the earlobes. Well, with the addition of the one site (toes) with the BFB#1 plus the other supplements, she started oozing rank stuff from her belly button. Then when we activated the ear lobes with the drops of BFB#1, she started oozing stuff out of her ears. She said it smelled musty and awful. Every since the oozing happened (All of the oozing stopped after a while even though she remained on the BFB#1) she feels so much better, her mind is clearer and today I found that she didn’t need the BFB#1 anymore, told her to finish up the Cats Claw and VitalGuard at 1 a day until the bottles are empty.
I hope you find this as interesting as I did! Bea
TESTIMONIAL
Short testimonial from a recent seminar attendee who first came to the Schmitt/Lebowitz seminars of the late 1980’s:
Dear Michael and Noah,
I wanted to thank you so much for coming to my office when you were here in May. I know it was your day off and I really appreciate the time you spent with me. FYI, I did donate to the Atlanta Food Bank and we were able to provide around 1600 meals!!
Most importantly, I want you to know how much your work and research and teaching have helped so many of my patients and, of course, improved both my and my wife's and my family's health.
Please keep up with your passion--it's so invaluable.
Much love,
Gurusahay (and Mukta)
Gurusahay Khalsa, DC, DiplAc