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When Hope Unborn is Dead

A merry heart does good like medicine,”  says the Holy Book. But how can one truly be merry when hope itself disappoints? As we enter the Christmas season, many of us face familiar realities — food and clothing prices soar, salaries are delayed, and expectations feel heavy. Yet, through songs and carols, we’re reminded to be joyful. Thankfully, platforms like  Konga  have made life easier this festive period. But beyond material comfort, there’s something deeper — the power of a joyful heart. Never let your current challenges, no matter how tough, steal your joy. Faith and medicine share one thing in common —  belief . The hope we place in healing often determines how quickly we recover. I once met someone who relied solely on water and prayer whenever he fell ill — and he always got better. Before modern medicine discovered chemotherapy for malaria, people once saw malaria as a  curse from the angel of death.  That’s why Africa was called  “the White ...

Cough in African Traditional Medicine

Cough is a reflex action to clear the throat of mucus and other substance that obstructs the breathing airways. cough is categorize into three: the acute cough which last for less than three weeks, sub-acute which last for between 3 to 8 weeks and the chronic cough which last for more than 8 weeks. The common causes of cough is the respiratory track infection caused by flu or cold. Another cause could be traced to asthma which is a little easy to identify because it comes out like a wheeze and the barking cough which is caused by smoking. Cough caused by smoking is chronic and smoking do a lot of damage to the lungs. Always put in mind the massage on the pack of the cigarette, "Smoking Kills", Don't miss out of the Black Friday bonaza (80% off) so you could check if you could purchase the Traditional item to prepare the medicine i'm about to give out now. In Nigeria, one of the traditional and even quicker way to treating cough is using bitter kola. If you haven'...

Dietitian and Health Care

Another good morning to all of our readers and I'll still remind us that the Black Friday Christmas discount is still on with Jumia. Please take advantage of this offer (80% off), it comes once a year. Today we shall be talking about food? what is food? is alcohol food or intravenous fluid (drip)? Before I try to answer these complex questions, let me establish the fact that if you eat the right food, you have a high chances of not getting sick. In TCM, we prefer health maintenance through preventive measure, compare to corrective measures. That is why most people ridicule TCM because they prefer corrective measure. Many countries life expectancy is dropping. Nigeria is 47 years. Check your age and compare yourself to people in that country. The earlier we embrace preventive health, the better for us and nutrition is a bale out. FYI we collaborate with orthodox medicine and we are doing our best to limit most of the side effect from using chemotherapy. Back to the question, ...