Black Salve

Bloodroot Plant

Black salve is a natural herbal remedy containing a plant called bloodroot, as well as other herbs.  Bloodroot has been used as an "Indian Mud" poultice by Native Americans for hundreds of years.  Commonly referred to as puccoon, the Native Americans used bloodroot as a remedy in treating cancer, moles, gangrene, and a wide range of other illnesses.

It is called bloodroot because the roots of the plant produce a bright red sap when cut, and it is this sap which is used in the Black Salve.

The scientific name for bloodroot is Sanguinaria canadensis and Sanguinaria has been found to be a potent cancer-fighting agent (examples linked below). 

In addition to Native Americans, medical doctors in Europe have used bloodroot to treat cancer as early as the 18th century.  After helping to found the New York Academy of Medicine in 1847, Dr. Jesse Weldon Fell took the Native American remedy to London where he used it extensively to destroy malignant tumors at Middlesex Hospital; usually within an average of 2-4 weeks.

In 1911, Dr. Eli G. Jones wrote a book entitled, "Cancer, its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment" which documented his use of bloodroot pastes in successfully treating various cancer tumors, including masses so large that they were considered by other doctors to be "beyond human skill to cure".

Understanding that surgery alone would not get rid of all cancer cells (which can spread via blood vessels, nerves and cartilage), Dr. Frederic Edward Mohs used a salve of bloodroot and zinc chloride to kill the roots of cancer cells in what he called his "Chemosurgery" approach to skin cancer.  After using the salve to kill the roots, he could then proceed with surgery to remove the tumor.  It is said that this approach allowed Dr. Mohs to "root out the cancer completely while sparing the greatest possible amount of healthy tissue and minimizing scarring".

Bloodroot roots with red sap showing.

Bloodroot was also a main component in Harry Hoxsey's herbal paste which was so successful that he had the support of various senators, judges, doctors and others who could personally testify to its effectiveness.  Two Federal Courts also found that his treatment did in fact cure cancer, causing him to be dubbed, "The Quack who Cured Cancer." 

Dr. Andrew Weil - a world-renowned integrative medical doctor - also wrote about bloodroot salves in his book, "Spontaneous Healing" which describes his success in using it to treat a tumor on his dog.  In fact, if you research the use of black salves, you will find that they are commonly used in veterinary medicine today.

There are certainly far too many testimonies to share here.  My point however is to show how black salve has been used to effectively treat cancer - even amongst the medical community - for centuries.  It is no "snake oil" tonic, but has historically been shown to seek, draw out, and destroy cancer cells/tumors.

Black salve works as an escharotic salve, which has been called a type of botanical surgery because it targets, kills, and draws out cancer cells so that the body can expel it.  Escharotics are corrosive agents which produce a scab or "eschar" when applied to skin as they cause tissue to die and then slough off.  There are MANY counterfeit products in the market being promoted as "black salve".  However, you should be aware that a properly prepared black salve will not burn healthy skin, but literally targets cancerous cells.  Because bloodroot has aggressive corrosive properties, one should be very careful in using it, including purchasing the product from trustworthy vendors and working with a medical professional to monitor its use.

After much prayer, I decided to try black salve in treating the metastasized breast cancer (which was a skin lesion at the site of my biopsy/lumpectomy), as well as treating the tumor mass which had developed deeper in my breast tissue.   While I was using the Protocel treatment (and still am), I really thought I needed something which would work more aggressively on the cancer.

Black Salve On-line Journal
In case it might help others, I started an on-line journal to chronicle my experiences in using black salve (including descriptions and pictures).  You can access the links to each day's entry here: Black Salve On-Line Journal Entries


Personal Testimonies of Black Salve Usage

Dr. V. Conquers Breast Cancer

Cancer Treatments banned by Govts

Removed Mole with Black Salve


Black Salve Resources

Black Salve Info

Best on Earth Products - This is where I purchased my black salve from.

Alpha & Omega Labs I know others who have purchased here with good results.

Bill O'Leary's Black Salve Testimony

One Answer to Cancer with Elaine Hollingsworth

Black Salve Cancer Cure

Breast Cancer and Black Salve

Scientific Studies
Differential Antiproliferative and Apoptotic Response of Sanguinarine for Cancer Cells versus Normal Cells
The results of this study suggest that by modulating apoptosis, sanguinarine may be able to affect the steady-state cell population and thus possesses a potential for development as an agent for cancer chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic study showing the cancer therapeutic potential of sanguinarine, and the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells by this alkaloid.

Sanguinarine causes cell cycle blockade and apoptosis of human prostate carcinoma cells
Several studies have shown that plant-derived alkaloids possess remarkable anticancer effects. Sanguinarine, an alkaloid derived from the bloodroot plant Sanguinaria canadensis, has been shown to possess antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties...A highlight of this study was the fact that sanguinarine induced growth inhibitory and antiproliferative effects in human prostate carcinoma cells irrespective of their androgen status....These results suggest that sanguinarine may be developed as an agent for the management of prostate cancer.

Sanguinarine-induced apoptosis
In this study, we investigated the underling mechanisms by which sanguinarine induce apoptosis in human breast cancer MDA-231 cells. Treatment of MDA-231 cells with sanguinarine induced remarkable apoptosis accompanying the generation of ROS. Consistently, sanguinarine-induced apoptosis was mediated by the increased reproductive cell death.

Induction of necrosis and apoptosis to KB cancer cells by sanguinarine
These results suggest that sanguinarine has anticarcinogenic properties with induction of ROS production and mitochondrial membrane depolarization, which mediate cancer cell death.

Inhibition of Stat3 activation by sanguinarine suppresses prostate cancer cell growth and invasion
In this study, we identified sanguinarine as a potent inhibitor of Stat3 activation which was able to suppress prostate cancer growth, migration, and invasion...These data demonstrate that sanguinarine is a potent Stat3 inhibitor and it could be developed as a therapeutic agent for prostate cancer with constitutive activation of Stat3.

The alkaloid sanguinarine is effective against multidrug resistance in human cervical cells via bimodal cell death
This study provides the first evidence that sanguinarine is effective against MDR in cervical cells via bimodal cell death, which displays alternative mechanisms involving different morphologies and caspase-3 activation status.