African traditional medicine
By Erica
@Eriqueen (225)
Yaounde, Cameroon
August 31, 2017 2:56am CST
I believe in African traditional medicine because it treats from physical to spiritual causes of the illness ,it uses natural elements which are less harmful, there is little or nothing like overdose in it ,it is fast in case of emergency u just need to rush behind your house and get one or two herbs and your OK ,for example using cocoyam stuck to drain out snake poison it is a first aid before u get treatment, also taking a lot of palm oil after taking something poisonous helps in killing the power of the poison .it is great but not withstanding modern mercine is good as well because it is scientific
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
31 Aug 17
I use some Asian traditional medicine. Wherever possible, I would rather use natural.
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@Eriqueen (225)
• Yaounde, Cameroon
31 Aug 17
@Petatonicsca there are very good no doubt
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@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
31 Aug 17
Thank you for sharing about African tradition!
By the way are u African too?
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@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
31 Aug 17
@Eriqueen oh I see, welcome here again.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
31 Aug 17
That's really good to know about African medicine, can you mention some of them for stomach pain, cold , cough and leg pains
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@deazil (4723)
• United States
31 Aug 17
@Eriqueen I find this a very interesting discussion. I wonder if you can tell me if you know anything about African traditional remedies for panic attacks or anxiety. I've tried to find it online but there doesn't seem to be anything on it.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
31 Aug 17
Yes there are some natural remedies that can work just as well as medicine, after all some modern medicines are made from the nature.
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@sabtraversa (12952)
• Italy
31 Aug 17
I prefer natural/traditional medicine, herbs must have some science behind too. 
I think it's always better to avoid something artificial unless strictly necessary. 
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
31 Aug 17
Many traditional medications are a good choice and these are often taught by the older people so that the younger ones can gain benefit from what worked for them.
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@mildredtabitha (16053)
• Nairobi, Kenya
31 Aug 17
African traditional medicine really works. I remember a time when I had a stomach ache and after being taken to the hospital, the medicine i was given never helped and I only got worse. My mother boiled some herbs for me and I took it after it had cooled. I got better in two days :)
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