From my perspective, the role that traditional medicine plays in today's [African] society is still quite important and certainly relevant. In the eyes of some, the practice is seen as utter demonic foolery, whereas others see it as man's supernatural blessing.

In the Igbo culture we have ogwu Igbo, meaning traditional medicine. Ogwu Igbo, is essentially a chemistry and its main practitioners were dibia (medicine men & herbalists). Traditionally, medicine men were simply men who had grown familiar with the environment and had learned how to use its abundant resources to treat and solve man's problems. Prior to the days of penicillin and antibiotics, medicine men were the only sources of medicinal healing, and thus they became highly regarded, valued, and powerful. In times of pandemics, traditional rulers would often send messengers to very distant towns in order to retrieve a particular renown medicine man, in the hope that he would be their salvation. In those days, medicine men were free to roam about, pleddling their arts.

Nowadays, where are they? In my opinion, just like with all things traditional, misunderstanding has created a negative stigma for medicine men. It is commonly thought that medicine men: are evil, worship evil spirits, and prepare various ill-intended concoctions. The practice of traditional medicine is now shunned and looked down upon, destroying the very sinews that formed the hearts of our cultures' scientific beliefs.

As this much-needed means of drug administration closes, more and more people (those who can afford it) are forced to depend on Nigeria's poor and unreliable healthcare system when cheap and reliable solutions to much of their simple ailments lie in their backyards.

What do you think? I'd like to hear you guys' opinions.

No dosage

I want to Study Othodox and Trado-Medicine..


Off to India Or China...

It works wella bt No Dosage and when U use them, u Cant Use English Medicine...

Depend on the form of traditional medicine

I have reservations about it but we can't rule them out as ineffective.
The main issue with it is just dosage and administration.

ogwo nnu oria. meaning it cures everything. stomach problem, headache, fever, diabetes, cancer, sleepless night,etc

as far as am concern traditional medcine is gud....most people now use it the call it AGBO...we have agbo jedi we have agbo igba...we have agbo nokia that one is for agbero boys when they see cheap loacal girl 2 nack

@OP, na you call am traditional. every medicine, both home and abroad is made from medicinal herbs.

Kamsy10: ogwo nnu oria. meaning it cures everything. stomach problem, headache, fever, diabetes, cancer, sleepless night,etc

AIDS, staphylococcus, epilepsy, etc

Traditional herbs ar realy d best, i believe dat d english medicine are made 4rm it!

Traditional medicines are good, tested and proven by our great great great great grand parents

991: @OP, na you call am traditional. every medicine, both home and abroad is made from medicinal herbs.

Na so u dull reach U for understand say he mean locally made medicines..

Burantashi Vs Vigra, you go know say traditional medicine dey work

Seeeeeeee: Traditional medicines are good tested and proven by our great great great great grand parents

And they seem to cure every type of ailment.
I patronized one herbal man who seem to have a herb that could cure painful menstruat.ion but lo for 2months i couldnt see my visitors o, i had to stop sharperly .... Since then i don't buy any of those.
Herbs are good no doubt but it doesnt work 4 me.

Traditional(natural) medicine is cool but orthodox medcine is more advance and specific..#continue rubing my belly after a plate of fried egg and potato#

Caution is the word..theres no dosage and most of the brews can impact negatively on the liver..
Poor regulation means charlatans can get in and wreck havoc on people.
Even specially prepared pharmaceutical drugs are supposed to be stored under certain temperatures and conditions..not our trado medicine...they dont expire and are mostly packed and sold in dirty bottles picked from refuse dumps by untidy people in old scrap vans with their irritating megaphones under the blazing heat.

works like magic

born2fuck: Burantashi Vs Vigra, you go know say traditional medicine dey work

Have you heard of the word..PRIAPISM..!!!!

Viagra is for people with erectile dysfunction..
Its has dosage..Burantashi normally from the bark of yohimbe is heavily abused by people who have no business taking it and its mainly the youths with no reproductive issues.
Burantashi can get you so restless and your d.i.ck cld stand for days sometimes you,ll need surgery to get it down.

Pls take it with caution..i know a meguard from niger who had such problem in enugu some yrs back.

please need you guys help does jazz(charm) really work, I have never witnessed it work and everyone that I know that says it works have themselves not witness it just this dem say dem say people...

raynold17 :
please need you guys help does jazz(charm) really work, I have never witnessed it work and everyone that I know that says it works have themselves not witness it just this dem say dem say people...

Pray they don't use you as specimen.
#touch and do or touch and follow#

My problem with traditional medicine is that one mixture cures 36 diseases

fingard02k:

Pray they don't use you as specimen.
#touch and do or touch and follow#

have u seen it work before? Co's I still can't get my self for believe that one old man from somewhere just carve wood and boom he has supernatural powers..

Nkonadi:



Na so u dull reach U for understand say he mean locally made medicines..

na u talk dat 1, abi you be OP wif another username??

Once we separate the Juju from the diagnosis, the crisis of misconception of African traditional medicine will be resolved and the native doctors can become more appreciated in modern medical practice.

I have a thread where i tried to compare the two(traditional and orthodox medicine). Check it out here:
https://www.nairaland.com/1127372/herbal-medicine-alternative-medicine-versus

Kamsy10: ogwo nnu oria. meaning it cures everything. stomach problem, headache, fever, diabetes, cancer, sleepless night,etc

You're the true son of ur fada.

That is why I hate traditional medicine, it curse every every, if u request for only malaria medicine, they will give u combination 20 in 1, which contains a lot of diseases.

I dislike the rubbish.

The worst part of it is that every body is now a herbalist in Onitsha.

The last one I drank nearly killed me, imagine what I bought with 5,000 Naira with their rubbish NAFDAC number. I vowed not to take traditional again.

If not oyibo medicine leave am.

According to my research, the reason why people petronize them is because it's cheap.

I can still remember the time of our fore fathers, why traditional medicine is the best, but now am speechless.

fingard02k:

Pray they don't use you as specimen.
#touch and do or touch and follow#

what is the usefulness of his specimen if not use for money, it is better he even use it for money because most pikin of nowadays are boko haram minded

1. no dosage
2. one shot kills 10 ailments
3. not purified (am sure its a cause of many dead livers and kidney failures)
4. Not enof research done on it(side effects are unknown)
5. Most use alcohol as solvent
6. They dont even have a precise recipee.

All said, i used to take antimalarial every single month(am not exergrating) at one point in my life. Then i was introduced to one of these drugs. i took it intermittently and unblievably i did not take antimalarial for over two years, till one particular brew (from the same source o) almost killed me. I fell back to my monthly fansidar, but now thank God for inscecide treated mosquito nets. A doctor later said that the stuff must contain raw quinnine...well i no no.

raynold17 :
have u seen it work before? Co's I still can't get my self for believe that one old man from somewhere just carve wood and boom he has supernatural powers..

Countles...From Bakassi (odeshi) era to my town's festival (imo-awka) water in basket...Gulder bottles turning to fried rice, talking bottles, rain stopper/makers, touch and follow etc...Guy you better wise up before you turn to a victim...jazz, juju, charm are real.

raynold17 :
have u seen it work before? Co's I still can't get my self for believe that one old man from somewhere just carve wood and boom he has supernatural powers..

Countless...From Bakassi (odeshi) era to my town's festival (imo-awka) water in basket...Gulder bottles turning to fried rice, talking bottles, rain stopper/makers, touch and follow etc...Guy you better wise up before you turn to a victim...jazz, juju, charm are real.