Kenyan Scientist Affirm Herb causing commotion in Tanzania, as having capabilities to Treat Drug -Resistant form of Herpes Virus

A retired pastor in the East African country of Tanzania has in the last few months attracted publicity due to his claim to have a “wonder drug” that treated many chronic ailments including Cancer and AIDS.

Due to the positive response by those who have taken the pastor’s concoction, the road to the pastors residence in a remote village of Tanzania has caused traffic commotions leading to the Government’s intervention.

The concoction known as Mugariga uses a herb which apparently local tribes in the region have previously used for various ailments. According to Rev Ambilikile Mwasapile, the Pastor behind the treatment, a single cup of Mugariga, together with special prayers, was able to cure chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, Tuberculosis, and AIDS.

The Tanzanian government started an investigation to establish the drug’s safety early in the month as people continued to flock the herbalist home. Laboratory tests have so far cleared it as safe for human consumption. The Government is currently investigating whether the herb does in fact cure the chronic conditions the cleric claims it does. So far the government has had over two hundred people volunteer for the study.

In the meanwhile the government has had to intervene to control the inflow of traffic towards the clerics village. According to a local news paper, as of the week ending on the 27th of March 2011, there were 24,000 ailing people and their relatives stranded in a queue of more than 4,000 vehicles that extended several kilometers.

What is of interest though is that the “magic herb” was actually identified by Kenyan Scientist four years ago as “a cure for a drug -resistant strain of a sexually transmitted disease”. Apparently the drug is one of the most common traditional cure for many disease.

The herb known as “Mtandamboo” in Swahili, has been used to treat gonorrhea among some Kenyan ethnic groups, namely the Kikuyus, Samburus and the Maasais. The Kambas on the other hand have used the herb for chest pains while the Nandi have boiled it and used to for the treatment of breast cancer, headache and chest pains.

In 2007, Kenyan scientific researchers led by a Dr. Festus M. Tolo of Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), found that the herb could provide alternative remedy for herpes infections. The herb Scientifically known as Carrisa Edulis was reported in the journal of Ethnopharmacology to have “ exhibited remarkable anti-herpes virus activity for both wild type and drug resistant strains”.

 

The Scientific report further stated that “The mortality rate for mice treated with extract was also significantly reduced by between 70 and 90 per cent as compared with the infected untreated mice that exhibited 100 per cent mortality.” Studies have further shown that the herb contains “ingredients that make it a good diuretic”.

Diuretics are used to increase the frequency of urination to as a measure of removing excess fluid in the body as a result of medical conditions like congestive heart failure, kidney disease and live disease. Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia has also done a study of the herb and established it as powerful diuretic.

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Sunguprot, a Kenyan Discovery of Major treatment for HIV

HIV/AIDS is a disease that has caused a lot of havoc and pain to those infected or affected by it. This is because it is a disease that attacks one’s immune system and unless one can afford the cocktail of medicine that helps with the disease most sufferers die a fast and miserable death.

Many die out of fear and the stigma that the disease still carries. The fact that the disease attacks the immune system makes it worse for someone who was already not healthy. These are the ones that succumb to the disease very fast.

There have been many theories about how the disease came into being but this writer believes it was a creation of some twisted human being and now certain communities are more affected than others. Regardless of the genesis of the disease, the disease is with us and continue to cause untold suffering in many communities.

A cure for the disease has eluded the scientific community who have only been able to come up with vacine and medicine to control the symptoms. The only problem is that the medicine can be very expensive and out of reach of most people, particularly those in the developing world. Further this is not a cure but a sure way to ensure that one remains on medication for the rest of one’s life.

Yet this is the mode of treatment encouraged and well like by the pharmaceutical companies for obvious reasons. Things like nutrition and natural herbs are factors to be considered in dealing with HIV yet they are never emphasised.

It was therefore exciting to read that Kenyan Scientist have discovered a herb that has been proven to have antineutron- viral properties. Imbasal (Tylosema Fassoglenis) is a vine grown in the Western part of Kenya which has proved effective in treating HIV/AIDS symptoms. Studies for qualities found in the herb have been done both in Kenya and the USA.

Researchers led by Dr Michael B. Odotte, have developed a food supplement called “Sunguprot” currently under commercial observation at the Kenya Industrial Research Institute. According to Dr Odtte, the product “is a protein based protease inhibitor, meaning that it stops the replication of HIV in the body and has been certified by the Kenya Bureau of Standards as fit for human consumption”.

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