“I am in Nigeria not to compete but to complement what Traditional practitioners are already doing” -Dr. Dewah

How is research carried out in Modern Traditional Medicinal Practice?

Traditional Medicine is a practice handed down from generation to generation. It is as old as humanity but ran into neglect with the advent of Civilization. Research in Traditional medicinal practice doesn’t just entail venturing into the plant world but rather a practice handed down from generation to generation like I earlier mentioned. Various African communities have certain peculiar common health problems that affect them on a regular base. This makes them to see as a community their common problem and seek to know how to go about them. This is normally a contrary situation in other communities that do not have the same common problems like them. So when researchers like us get to these communities, we study their problems and familiarize ourselves with the way they handle them. In the process, we get to know the kind of common medicines they used in these common health problems and develop same for a common good. That is we develop these medicines so that it can be useful to people in other areas suffering from these same problems though not as much as they. 

When we come to the field of Modern Traditional Medicine we discover that some traditional aspects of the practice are no more there. What accounts for that?

As you have heard before, African Traditional medicine lost its credibility to western civilisation due to some of these aspects. Take for an example the case of somebody who has taken ill and goes for treatment and instead of treating him, the Traditional Practitioner begins to look for causes of the illness elsewhere. In the end the origin of the illness is attributed to a member of the family of the sick person. When the same doctor fails to cure the sick one and he finally gets to a hospital where he gets well, what do you will think will be the impression of this person? The impression of course will be that Traditional medicine is not worth its salt. These factors contributed greatly to nail Traditional Medicine and facilitated the implantation of modern medicine.

Your practice has greatly evolved but your research work remains intense and you work round the clock moving from one country to the other. Why this intense and continuous activity?

If you plough a small piece of land and have enough yields, I believe you will not labour yourself, but when the land seems to be unfertile you will have to plough vast hectares of land in order to have enough yield. That is what exactly is happening with Traditional Medicine and its evolution. After the fall of Traditional medicine, many people need to be convinced to know that Traditional medicine lost its credibility just because of the factors which I have mentioned. And so if you remain in the same environment, this message of GOOD HOPE about traditional medicine will not spread. This is the reason why I have to work round the clock moving from country to country to preach this message.

Now you are here in Abuja where we think that Traditional medicine is better organised than in your country Cameroon. How do you think your services will be regarded in Nigeria?

No hero has ever been recognized at home. Knowing full well what is happening with Traditional Medicine, I am aware of the fact that

some of my Nigerian counter parts may do better than me. I am not coming to compete with them but to compliment the work of Modern Traditional Medicine so as to permit us offer better services to the people. People want good services in all domains of life. Dr. DEWAH AND BROS MODERN TRADITIONAL CLINIC INTERNATIONAL is only coming to add to the good work other Traditional health practitioners are doing to our people. I will want to use this opportunity to encourage all my Nigerian colleagues who are practicing in Cameroon and Nigeria to continue with the good work.  Which can you say are the stubborn diseases that the Nigerian population can expect you to handle?    I am not saying that we are the best but that medicine will only cure when a doctor knows what his or her patient is suffering from. As concern our specialties, you have cases of venereal and viral infections which are compound words for venereal and viral diseases. Amongst these are Syphilis, Chlamydia, Staphylococci, Gonococci, Yeast cells, Cancroids among other venereal diseases. You also have HIV, Hepatitis, Herpes Zoster and other Viral diseases. We also treat malaria, typhoid, Jaundice, Rheumatic fever, Hypertension, Diabetes, Internal or External Pile, skin related infections, Epilepsy, dental troubles among other diseases within our specialties which the population can rely on us for good solutions.  May we have your last word?  I thank you for taking off time to come to me for this health discussion. My last words are that if you are a patient, don’t be discouraged because you have lived too long with the disease disturbing you. Continue to search for treatment and one day you will come across the right medicine for your disease. When that happens, the disease must leave you.

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