THE HERB OF THE CENTURY Since the beginning of the new millennium Samento® has turned into a real worldwide medical event. No other medicinal plant has received in such a short time such enthusiastic and unconditional recognition on the part of patients, doctors and researchers alike. And with every passing day its reputation is established with even stronger arguments and its therapeutic range is extended ever more convincingly. Bulgaria had the enterprise and chance to become the first country on the European mainland to start a regular import of this unique herbal product. We began to apply it on a large scale, as well as conduct continued additional studies. On March 22nd 2001 we held in Sofia the First Samento International Scientific Conference, which served as a catalyst for the application and research of the phenomenal herb. The intelligent and wise readers of Lechitel Weekly, the most authoritative medical periodical in Bulgaria, have been sharing for three years now with our entire reading audience their impressions of Samento, their questions and acclaim, their reflections and suggestions… The column called “Samento News from the Mail of Lechitel” is undoubtedly the most popular, most interesting and most useful one. During that time through the 30 Lechitel drugstores, as well as the Lechitel Weekly editorial office and the Lechitel Health Center have passed tens of thousands of customers, patients, people asking questions and offering their thanks – including patients from Greece, Turkey, Austria, Australia, the United States, England, France, Israel, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Russia, Poland, Cyprus, Spain, Macedonia, New Zealand, Finland... The priceless experience we have accumulated in the use and understanding of the “herb of the 21st century” gave us the courage to put together this book about Samento – the first
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