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Rank: Member Joined: 12/18/2009 Posts: 316 Location: nairobi
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@ maichblack , what you have written is so true. i guess we were lured by an advert we saw on KBC tv, we just didnt dig deeper. God loves a Trier!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/19/2010 Posts: 3,505 Location: Uganda
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Who are these guys purporting to know your health status by reading your palm with a computer with tents all over in town? punda amecheka
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/7/2010 Posts: 2,148 Location: elderville
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annsal wrote:
@ kingfisher thanks for the insight.the reason why am asking is coz my mum has been ailing for over 10 years- high blood pressure and diabetes. Two months ago we took her to an herbalist, who started her on a detox to flush away the toxins etc .while she was taking the detox she was OK, so when he started her on the high blood pressure drugs,things went very wrong , after one week the blood pressure and the sugar level went very high ,we had to take back to hosi where she was hospitalised for 3 days.My query is why do they lie? and if it really works why did it backfire on my mum ama like kemac put it ,it was a case of underdosage/ overdosage.How can someone tell a real herbalist from a fake one? Pole for your mum and pray she gets better. He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/18/2009 Posts: 316 Location: nairobi
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@ elder just seen this- thanks , she is much better now , back to her kawa medicine mambo na quacks tuliwacha. God loves a Trier!
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2010 Posts: 222 Location: NAMANGA
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Elder wrote:annsal wrote:
@ kingfisher thanks for the insight.the reason why am asking is coz my mum has been ailing for over 10 years- high blood pressure and diabetes. Two months ago we took her to an herbalist, who started her on a detox to flush away the toxins etc .while she was taking the detox she was OK, so when he started her on the high blood pressure drugs,things went very wrong , after one week the blood pressure and the sugar level went very high ,we had to take back to hosi where she was hospitalised for 3 days.My query is why do they lie? and if it really works why did it backfire on my mum ama like kemac put it ,it was a case of underdosage/ overdosage.How can someone tell a real herbalist from a fake one? Pole for your mum and pray she gets better. i was travelling in a bus. somewhere after limuru a man purporting to work for a herbal clinic boarded a bus. he proceeded toadvertise a concotion that was supposed to clean the alimentary canall of every thing including intestinal worms. he claimed that thredworms/pin worms caused infertility in women and low libido in men. feeling alarmed, i bought the concotion., but decided to checkit out on the internet. but loo those worms have nothing to do with the human reproductive system. who will save kenyans from these thieves? It is humiliating to be associated with thieves and murderers.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/19/2007 Posts: 2,047
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When undergoing treatment,the key to healing is drug potency; which simply means that the correct amounts are present to bring a desired effect.While herbalist have/ could have some pharmacognosy ( knowledge of natural healing properties) somewhere in there mind,i think they lack an important part of medicine and is how drugs work- Pharmacology. So even if someone gives you 10 roots to boil, the healing properties present in the fluid that you finally swallow could be way below the required amounts- giving you some period of remission, or worse still,it could be an overdose.
My advice would be to stick to one - if you go to herbalists,do not mix it western medicine ( although most of the powders that herbalists give are not purely herbal) and if you do,inform your health care provider.
High blood pressure and diabetes are serious illnesses and should therefore be handled with care and seriousness- again my guess is that it is possible to take herbs to prevent diseases and promote general well being but i would be cautious about going 'full throttle' on herbs o heal esp. with illness that have severe complications and consequences.
That said,i think that there is place for herbal medicine in the society and some countries esp. in Asia have developed and invested in it but in Kenya,i doubt that we have authentic herbal practitioners- i could be wrong.
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/22/2008 Posts: 851 Location: nairobi
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alustaadh wrote:Elder wrote:annsal wrote:
@ kingfisher thanks for the insight.the reason why am asking is coz my mum has been ailing for over 10 years- high blood pressure and diabetes. Two months ago we took her to an herbalist, who started her on a detox to flush away the toxins etc .while she was taking the detox she was OK, so when he started her on the high blood pressure drugs,things went very wrong , after one week the blood pressure and the sugar level went very high ,we had to take back to hosi where she was hospitalised for 3 days.My query is why do they lie? and if it really works why did it backfire on my mum ama like kemac put it ,it was a case of underdosage/ overdosage.How can someone tell a real herbalist from a fake one? Pole for your mum and pray she gets better. i was travelling in a bus. somewhere after limuru a man purporting to work for a herbal clinic boarded a bus. he proceeded toadvertise a concotion that was supposed to clean the alimentary canall of every thing including intestinal worms. he claimed that thredworms/pin worms caused infertility in women and low libido in men. feeling alarmed, i bought the concotion., but decided to checkit out on the internet. but loo those worms have nothing to do with the human reproductive system. who will save kenyans from these thieves? serves you guys right. wait till your livers and kidneys start failing.....you will regret.........
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/8/2008 Posts: 1,575
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Some research is already on going in UON and gova plans to integrate this herbal medicine in the regular clinics. But before this is realised, some basic have to be covered e.g the dosing, preparations (dose forms), proof of efficacy, standardization, practioners, regulation etc etc For now, i take any body who claims on the radio/TV or any other media that they can 'cure' diabetes as quacks. and by the way, they break the law while advertising this... I care!
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/18/2009 Posts: 316 Location: nairobi
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@ thuks- i wonder why they are allowed to go on air lying ati they can cure diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, etc.You can imagine how many people have been duped. and by the way they are not cheap! God loves a Trier!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/8/2008 Posts: 1,575
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annsal wrote:
@ thuks- i wonder why they are allowed to go on air lying ati they can cure diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, etc.You can imagine how many people have been duped. and by the way they are not cheap!
I think its just the regulators sleeping on the job or they may have been compromised. There are rules governing what and how one can adverstise, but observed more in breach than observance I care!
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