give herbal medicine a chance… professor calls
A former pro vost of the college of Health Sciences at the KNUST Prof. Kwame Sarpong has asked the public to have confidence in herbal preparations since most of the medicines have been proven to be efficacious.
He says though there is a lot of quackery going on in the industry at the moment there are still some quality herbal drugs on the market. Professor Kwame Sarpong said these at the opening of the Takoradi Branch of Adom Herbal Clinic.
He says the training of medical herbalist from the KNUST is also a major step towards the improvement of herbal medical administration in the country.
Herbs have been with the African society from the very onset of life, but the effect of colonialism on the continent has turned away the minds of the people from the usefulness of herbal medicines. Most Africans believe that the best products come from the developed countries – the Western and European.
In Ghana a lot of broad-minded people have gone a long way in the preservation of African traditions, especially herbal medicines, throughout the years, and today a lot more interest is being generated in herbal medicines and their values, together with the fact that they come cheaper than the orthodox medicines. Professor Kwame Sarpong who said these believes Ghanaians should give herbal medicine a little more chance.
Professor Kwame Sarpong encouraged herbalist to be willing to corporate with the medical herbalist from the KNUST who have acquired the requisite scientific training to diagnose and dispense herbal medicines in the safest way possible.
by Kwaku Owusu Peprah
I like the content of this publication and i believe Herbal medicines in Ghana have a real great future.
I think the stakeholders should focus on the development and promotion of herbal medicine in Ghana. Comparing the treatment of some diseases like malaria of which government spends huge sum of money annually, Herbal medicines in the other light treats malaria and even far better. I believe the leaders in charge should sit up and work hard rather than sitting at round table bottle meetings.