By Dauda Ismail
Professor Benjamin Amodu has refuted the notion that there is limited research work done in the field of alternative medicine to prove it’s efficacy and for its standardisation.
He said contrary to that notion, several research works have been done across the globe in that field.
Speaking of his personal research works done under his Halamin Herbals, he said: “With our 38 years in this field, we have generated a lot of research in alternative medicine. As I speak to you, we currently have 39 publications in very high impact medical journals.”
Supporting his claim, he said further: “My work with Professor Emeje on SABMAL, was investigated across the 156 Commonwealth countries to see if it was copied from any previous work, but it was discovered and subsequently certified to be original to us, and this product is domiciled in South Africa.
‘So I don’t think anybody has any reason to hide under the notion that there’s limited work done in this field in terms of research publications for its standardisation.”
He then went on to try to prove the efficacy of alternative medicine. “There are areas like Parkinson’s disease where even the World Health Organisation, WHO, is yet to find a way to go about the treatment, but where we already have publications showing that our combination of about four of our products that can be used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease which our patients are already using with profound results. So I think we are doing very well.
“Also, in the area of heart enlargement, we have had cases where patients were to be sent to India for open heart surgery, but they commenced our medication while still awaiting their due dates, and the situation got resolved without any surgery.
“Would you then still want to pretend that issues of that nature can be resolved without the patients going under the knife even if it’s half a patient you get? But in my own case, I’ve had over twenty patients whose enlarged hearts returned to normal without surgery and with no issues.”
Amodu who is a professor of phytomedicine from the Triune Biblical University, USA, has been at the forefront of the promotion of the use of alternative medicine over conventional medicine as it has been found to have very minimal or no side effects at all.
He has had had successes in the cure of various deadly diseases like hypertension, hypotension, diabetes, liver cancer, chronic kidney disease and many more.
