virus disease, Prof Adebukola Adefule Oshitelu, professor of
ophthalmology at the Lagos State Teaching hospital, LUTH, has claimed
that ‘Genus Corchorus’, better known as ‘Ewedu’ is capable of curing
Ebola.
Speaking at the ’2014 African Traditional Medicine’ event organised
by NAFDAC at Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, 4 September, Oshitelu said Ewedu
has strong qualities to end the virus.
The programme which was arranged for Traditional Medicine
Practitioners and Conventional Medicine Practitioners was in response
for an urgent need of cooperation between the two health bodies in order
to enhance better and reliable healthcare delivery system.
She said, “The qualities inside Ewedu is so much that it will kill
Ebola by preventing the virus from replicating and destroying more
organs in the body. This would immediately stop the symptoms such as
high fever, stooling and vomiting. Ultimately, leading to the cure.”
She also advised Nigerians endeavour to ingest Ewedu on a regular basis but with strict adherence to its preparation and usage.
“The way it will be prepared will be different from the normal way
they cook it. It should be washed and rinsed with liquid vinegar,
afterwards blend and cook with drinkable water. No salt, potash or
seasoning should be added, take 25cl of the concoction a week and it
would boost a person’s immunity so that they become impregnable to the
virus,” Oshitelu added.
Experimental drug ‘Zmapp’ has so far being the only drug that has
been successfuly used in treating victims of Ebola virus disease. Two
American doctors, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, a British nurse,
William Pooley, among many others have fully recovered from EVD after
being treated with ‘Zmapp’.