Hello -
I am the author of the book "Cancer's Natural Enemy", whose primary topic is oleander and it's uses against cancer and other cell proliferative diseases, and I am also the moderator of the Yahoo health group "oleandersoup" (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/oleandersoup/ ).
During the course of my research and my involvement with oleander and other natural cancer remedies I have either personally encountered or else learned about a very large number of people who have successfully used oleander (and yes, it is very highly toxic in raw form - but not when properly boiled and condensed according to directions).
One of the most amazing reports I have received about oleander is from South Africa, where noted cancer and HIV crusader and researcher Marc Swanepoel is using an oleander based product he formulated to treat cancer and HIV-AIDS. During the past three years he has seen his product used to treat 350 HIV patients and 80 cancer patients.
Of the 350 HIV patients, ALL are alive and doing well. Of the 80 cancer patients, many with cancers in advanced stages, 72 are alive and well. Of the 8 that did not make it, 5 were so weak and in their final days that they could not keep the supplement down and another 3 succumbed to major organ failure as a result of prior chemo treatments.
The product he formulated is known as OPC and it contains 80% oleander extract made exactly according to the directions for "oleander soup" as well as extracts of three other rain forest botanicals: the Agaricus Blazei Murill (ABM) mushroom, Cat's Claw and Pau D'Arco.
A couple of notes about oleander. First, although I do not personally recommend traditional chemo or radiation ever, oleander has been demonstrated to alleviate or eliminate all known side effects commonly associated with such treatments, including hair loss.
Secondly, in European studies in 1986-87, oleander was shown to have six times the immune stimulating activity of the most powerful patented immune stimulators known to man.
For more information about oleander, feel free to join my group. You can also find information at the International Wellness website (http://www.mnwelldir.org ) and the Cancertutor site (http://www.cancertutor.com ) as well as at the Wikipedia page for oleander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleander )
I hope you find this information helpful.
Live long, live healthy, live happy!