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| Dr. Fru presenting new discoveries |
It is no more news that for time
immemorial traditional medicine has served as the only reliable source of hope
for humanity yet conventional Medics nowadays continue to see the sector as flooded
by quacks and charlatans. More so, they see the aggressive and persuasive ways
of advertisements both in public places and the media as unorthodox. Besides,
they have been doubting the fact that some of these tradi-medics claim that
some of their drugs can cure as many as hundreds of diseases including terminal
diseases like Cancer, Diabetes and even AIDS have been rising controversy.
Whereas, WHO still looks at traditional medicine as a subsidiary to conventional
medicine.
Cameroon for example is lucky to
have a lot of plants that could rescue humanity from the present calamities and
if the sector is encouraged, research work developed, it will go a long way to
stand side by side with the Chinese natural medicine.
Dr. Fru, is a renowned
tradi-practitioner, who a week ago, took the media in Bamenda, capital of the
Northwest Region by storm. Dr. Fru who granted a press briefing to give more
light on the use of traditional medicine, controversies and to present some of
his new discoveries, was categorical that even Jesus Christ used traditional
medicine to cure people. To him, plants are gift from God and should be used to
treat people whenever the need arises. According to him, traditional Medicine
or indigenous medicine unlike conventional medicine is holistic in treatment
and as such does not depend on dosage or laboratory findings. The laboratory
where conventional medicines are tested according to him is a man made machines
with its limitations while traditional medicine is tested only in the human
system over time and had proven its effectiveness. He argued that while
conventional medics take care of only the physical, tradi-practitioners take
care of both the physical and the spiritual and as such more effective and
nature friendly.
While admitting that quacks exist
in all fields, Dr Fru was categorical in denouncing attempts by conventional
Medics to denigrate folk medicine saying that a true tradi-practitioner has no
lessons to learn from a conventional medical doctor. Many patients who could
not find solace after treatment have been referred to him from hospitals around
the country.
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| Dr. Fru talking to the Press in Bamenda on Traditional medicine |
At the end of the press briefing,
a wide range of well packaged traditional medicines were presented to the
press. Dr Fru told press men that most of the medicines are imbued with some
spiritual aspects because the mystery surrounding every germ cannot be
minimized. He disclosed that most of his medicines are tonics and cleaners and
does not kill germs but prevent the germs from living and growing in the system
because of dirt. According to him, germs like flies don’t strive in clean
environments and as such a clean system will be free of germs which cause
diseases.
It should be understood that in a
country like Cameroon
where Medicare is a luxury and expensive, the use of traditional medicine is
the sole alternative and a panacea with many families depending on it. The
consequences of using this form of medication are not yet scientifically stated
but WHO states thus; “the inappropriate use of traditional medicines or
practices can have negative or dangerous effects” and that “further research is
needed to ascertain the efficacy and safety” of several of the practices and
medicinal plants used by traditional medicine systems.
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