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| Miss Toyin Serifat Gbadamosi [HEALER & HERBS SELLER] |
Herbalism is an art
of applying roots, backs and leaves of trees to cure all sorts of diseases and
ailments. And this art has been the ancestral heritage of Yoruba people for
ages. Before civilization from the west, Yoruba people were curing their
diseases and
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ailments effectively with roots, backs and leaves from different
trees. The deity of herbs is called OLUBIKIN and he was the first to use leaves
to make medicine for mankind. History has it that Orunmila had been hearing
about some wonderful things that Olubikin was doing with leaves. Likewise,
Olubikin too, hearing about the adventure of Orunmila on IFA. So they decided
to meet and exchange their different knowledge and at this point occultism and
herbalism merged. Olubikin learned IFA from Orunmila while Orunmila in turn
learned the art of medicine making from Olubikin. This brief history is the
origin of medicine making all over the world today. There are so many ailments
and diseases that orthodox medicine has failed in proffering solutions to but
which alternative medicines are travailing in today. Herbs seller like my guest
Miss Toyin Serifat Gbadamosi has been in the business for the past
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twelve
years. And she has been assisting people to cure a lot of ailments and
diseases. Diseases like low sperm count, diabetes, sexually transmitted
diseases, barrenness, infertility in men etc. are easy to cure for her. In fact
people come from far and near to patronize her. According to her, she normally
refers her clients to first of all do the proper diagnosis of their ailments or
diseases as the case may be at the hospital before applying the traditional
cure on them. And many of such clients become healed or cured of their
different diseases and ailments after going back to the hospital to check. Miss
Toyin Gbadamosi said government should stop seeing the practitioners of
alternative medicine as the clogs in the wheel of the progress of the health
sector. She said ever since realizing that treating people of their ailments
and diseases with herbs is her calling, there has been no looking back because
orthodox
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| Different leaves from trees |
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| Powdery substances from herbs |
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treatment is very expensive in comparison to alternative medicine. She
even went further to say that the traditional medicine is cheap and affordable.
And the government should allow it to partner side by side with the orthodox
treatment. A lot of people are suffering from one ailment or the other today
because they do not have money for cure or treatment. But with the assistance
and affordability of the herbs, this problem will be a thing of the past. There
is a school of thought that says a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. Miss
Toyin Serifat Gbadamosi says that she enjoys healing people and this is an art
that she learned from her grandmother many years ago.
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Mr. Olalekan I just read the artile about the art of using herbs in Nigeria and it has made me very interested in your Blog. I think that you are passing across a very valuable message about Nigerian culture and traditions. This is something very interesting for both Nigerians as well as any one interested in African (Nigerian) traditions.
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Alex (we met at the Masquerade not long ago)
Thanks for sharing this Olalekan. I'm always interested in reading about people who are listening to and learning from both sides of medicine – orthodox/mainstream and alternative/traditional. I feel there is a lot or relief from painful symptoms and healing of root causes when these models combine skillfully.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys.I acknowledge and appreciate your comments and I will not rest on my oars concerning my tradition and culture. Best regards.
ReplyDeleteWow! We'll this is certainly interesting! I have read every article here. Keep up the good work!
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