Real scientists are supposed to look at their environment
and explore, evaluate, analyze and utilize the vast resources around them
through laboratory tests and otherwise.
AE, would you feel more comfortable if Sandoz or Pfizer synthesized ewedu and
sold it in a fancy package with a fancy name?
Why are you heartened by the possibility that the report is inaccurate?
What if it isn’t?
Laboratory tests would certainly be useful and are probably on the way
but while that is taking place using a herbal that may possibly boost the immune
system is a great idea. By the way let us include other forms of testimony
in addition to that of the laboratory.
I hope also that there is a rush to test the efficacy of numerous plants in the laboratory.
Not just this one- and someone has to identify the plants that are candidates for
clinical testing and utilization without being laughed at.
I agree with you that one should not lower ones guard- an advice that is valid
for any medication - but you should not rule out the possibility of a plant based remedial product.
Professor Ositelu made it clear that the plant in question was not a magic cure but is best
when used to boost the immune system. I commend her for giving the suggestion.
She did not talk about AIDS but Ebola. Give the professor a break!
By the way, as far as I know, to become an ophthalmologist is not an overnight affair.
She did years of basic medical training before specializing in opthalmology.
She is not an optician but an ophthalmologist?
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Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - "Ewedu" can prevent and cure Ebola - LUTH consultant
Seriously what is the scientific basis of the claim reported below. Has there been any clinical testing? Are any results of the test corroborated ? What research informed this claim? That a substance has possible immunity boosting properties does not mean that its efficacy will be sustained in each and every infirmity situation. Will eating this miracle vegetable also be effective in fighting HIV-Aids for example? The Ebola outbreak is a serious one. A bunch of lives have been lost already. Many more are being lost. The WHO has declared it an epidemic. Here comes an Ophthalmologist with a possible remedy. A serious concern must be that some gullible people may be caused to lower their guard against the deadly expensive-to-treat Ebola disease because they are misguided by this very “spurious” claim.
I am heartened by the possibility that the report is inaccurate.
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - "Ewedu" can prevent and cure Ebola - LUTH consultant
“Ewedu” can prevent and cure Ebola – LUTH consultant
A consultant at the Lagos University Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Professor Adebukola Ositelu, has said Ewedu which is known in English as the Long-Fruited vegetable, is capable of preventing and curing the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) by boosting the immune system.
Ositelu stated this at the annual African Traditional Medicine Day organised by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday, at Ikeja, Lagos.
According to her, the vegetable had a high potency to boost the immune system such that it’s usage would prevent an individual from being infected with Ebola, or get rid of the virus in the case of an infected person.
She, however, noted that chances of being cured by an intake of Ewedu when a victim has gotten to the stage of vomiting was low, but could still be administered.
Ositelu, who is a professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG), said to administer the ‘treatment’, the Ewedu should be rinsed thoroughly with liquid vinegar “blend and cook with drinkable water, without adding salt or kaun (pottash) or any other ingredients; then take a 25cl or half a tumbler measure once a week, first thing in the morning before any meal” for prevention, adding that those already infected should take it every morning for seven to five days.
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