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Doctor bears witness to 'miracle' herbal cure

April 10 2003

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A Pretoria gynaecologist has urged the government and funding bodies to support traditional herbal medicine as a mainline treatment for HIV and Aids patients "because I have seen with my own eyes what it can do".

Proffessor Kalala Cleophas Tshibangu, of the Pretoria Gynaecological Hospital, told delegates at the 28th congress of the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists at the Durban International Convention Centre on Wednesday that a "severely ill" Aids patient was restored to health after a course of herbal remedies.

"Two years ago I told this young woman that there was nothing more I could do for her," he said. "Her funds were exhausted and she was very thin, chronically fatigued and deteriorating very quickly. I did not think she was going to live."

As a last resort, he said, his patient went to a herbalist in Rustenburg.

'The natural substance contains a strong immune boosting factor'
"She came back to me and showed me the medication," said Tshibangu. "I told her that if it was a natural remedy it could do her no harm, although I did not expect any significant improvement."

He said that several weeks later she returned to him and the change in her was "amazing".

Intrigued by her improved status, the gynaecologist undertook tests which he said showed that her viral load had dropped and her CD4 (immune cell) count had increased.

Presenting his findings to delegates, he said he then undertook to follow up on several more patients receiving the same herbal medication.

"The results were the same - lower viral loads and higher CD4s. Although the herbal substance remains the property of the herbalist, I am convinced that further studies should be done.

"What I have done is a short sample, but all I can say is that the natural substance contains a strong immune boosting factor that is killing the virus and is enabling people to get back to work and look after their families."

He said that in five cases patients had increased their weight to the extent that they were now on a diet. He said that while the government's ethics committee had not given approval to controlled studies trials, he believed that "in the interests of the millions infected in the country", funding should be made available.