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A Time For Kenyans To Turn To Herbal Medicine Has Come

BY Soko Directory Team · December 9, 2020 09:12 am

As the world keeps changing in terms of technology and science, and with the world facing a pandemic that has never been witnessed before, Covid-19, it is time to go back to the roots.

The herbal medicine concept has often been overlooked and considered as an old antiquated method of treatment that holds no water in the new world.

Truth is, herbal medicine is a concept that resonates well with many inhabitants in developing countries such as Kenya owing to its social, economic, and cultural significance. In many rural areas around the country, people still rely on traditional healers for treatment.

According to the World Health Organization, herbal medicine or traditional medicine is the knowledge, skills, and practices which are based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures and used in the maintenance of health and the prevention, diagnosis, improvement, or treatment of physical and mental health.

A lot has shaped the course of herbal medicine in Kenya from the days of old. However, the development and utility of the concept remain low on account of the many challenges it faces. Problems related to regulation, low appreciation and acceptance, and plummeting plant resources are some of the impediments to the development of herbal medicine.

However, a healthcare system struggling to cope with demand, high costs, and adverse effects of conventional therapy as well as drug resistance, have all served to give a lifeline to herbal medicine in Kenya.

Moreover, there has been a steady increase in the number of scientific work that continues to validate therapeutic claims on medicinal plants made by TM practitioners in Kenya. However, if the enormous potential of herbal medicine in Kenya.

Kenyans have started realizing the power of herbal medicine. Last year, the subject of the significance of herbal medicine was revived when the daughter of former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, regained her sight in India after being treated with herbal medicine.

As the second wave of Covid-19 rages on, the herbal medicine topic has resurfaced, especially after Kenyans rushed into buying lime and ginger. It is believed that lime and ginger has the potential to improve the immune system of the body.

What people don’t know is that Kenya has been lucky to have certified herbal immune boosters as well as one that treats viral diseases such as pneumonia. There has been an increase in cases of pneumonia in recent months.

For instance, Jiangyin Tianjiang Pharmaceutical Company Limited launched herbal medicines in Kenya to boost immunity, treat and manage viral pneumonia at the time the country is trying to beat the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Operating under a local agent, XRP Medical Kenya Limited, the company has introduced Healthouself Formular 3 and Healthouself Formula 5 – combinations of herbal medicines that will be used to prevent and strengthen immunity and treatment for types of severe acute respiratory infections.

Approved and certified by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, a box of Healthouself Formula 3 retails at 2500 shillings while Healthouself formula 5 retails at 4400 shillings.

Healthouself Formular 3 is used for prevention against flu, colds, and nosocomial infections while Healthouself formula 5 is used in the treatment of viral cases of pneumonia, severe respiratory infections, and zoonotic infections.

READ: First Herbal Immune Booster Against Viral Pneumonia Launched In Kenya

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