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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