Nigerian medical students should gear up for a new course: traditional medicine.

For years, the practitioners of herbal/traditional/alternative medicine have lobbied the government and it seems their efforts have paid off. The Federal Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has said that the health ministry has already started the process of incorporating traditional medicine practice into the medical school curriculum.

The Minister also pointed out that the official recognition and full integration of herbal medicine into the curriculum will allow herbal practitioners to get the very best of expert knowledge in the medical schools. He also stated that equal opportunities will be given to all the stakeholders of the health industry in Nigeria.

Please like Iyaniwura on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iyaniwurablog

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/chukwu-medical-students-to-study-traditional-medicine/136578/

It will be better if they can introduce on traditional medicine in our Unis or better stil to streghten the collegs that teaches this couses(I heard there is 1 in oyo),but adding it to medical student corriculum will be a burden to them(they are already doing alot of work in school).
Anyhow anyhow, it is a good move, the earlier we realise the gooddies in our own traditio the better...

This is what we're supposed to be doing...looking inwards.

I am not a medical student but i will like any medical students to voice their opinion about this new development..i hope this won't plus another year to their already seven years in school..we all read about what happened at IMSU few days back..I hope this won't make the medical students spend more extra years in school though..

They are about to kick some people out business,like this"hey u are not educated u don't have to practice o!"

dnawah: They are about to kick some people out business,like this"hey u are not educated u don't have to practice o!"

in developed countries there are schools and college that offer courses in alternative medicine.they have the title ND in front of their names.
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
(ND or in Arizona "Naturopathic
Medical Doctor" or NMD ), in 16 U.S.
states and six Canadian provinces
refers exclusively to a medical degree
granted by an accredited naturopathic
medical school .[1] While these
degrees may be held by people
outside of these states and provinces,
in most other jurisdictions, the terms
are unprotected and may be used by
anyone, regardless of educational
level. Practitioners who hold such a
degree may also legally use the title
'doctor' in certain jurisdictions, but
not in others. Equivalent professional
titles may be reserved for ND/NMDs in
other jurisdictions (Naturopathic
Doctor, Naturopathic Physician,
Naturopath), or there may be no
legally protected title. This article
discusses the accredited North
American degree.
Those holding the accredited North
America degrees generally practice as
primary care providers of
naturopathic medicine. Naturopathic
medicine employs complementary
and alternative medical therapies
within the context of mainstream
medicine, which claim to help
improve the body's intrinsic ability to
heal and maintain itself. [2]
Practitioners of naturopathic medicine
prefer to use natural remedies such
as botanical tinctures/medicinal herbs
and foods rather than synthetic drugs.
Naturopathic medical practice includes
many different modalities.
Practitioners emphasize a holistic
approach to patient care, and may
recommend that patients use
conventional medicine . en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Naturopathic_Medicine

Traditional medicine should be introduced in medical school.it helps doctor to specialize in it and do research on herbs.however medical curriculum should be restructured.

Gr8 idea.

Abeg se dem go teach us how to do ritual money? #just asking o

REMMEI: I am not a medical student but i will like any medical students to voice their opinion about this new development..i hope this won't plus another year to their already seven years in school..we all read about what happened at IMSU few days back..I hope this won't make the medical students spend more extra years in school though..

I think its a cool idea, although I won't be affected but its nice to also look inwards..

I just saw two big-arse DHL trucks. Now go 'head and ban me, see if I care.
#PyguruSucksMajorArse

Hmmm...good and bad.I think it is a great idea but the two should not mix. Either the students learn hmmm...Western or traditional medicines....can't be a Jack of all trades. More schools should be set up to teach Traditional medicines. After all...the traditional cures while the Western controls only.

LMAO ! Okija u no go kill me with laughter o

He is just talking for talking sake. They should finish developing orthodox medicine. Talk is cheap

U mean vewi soon herbalist no go scarce again...

Great Move Min...

Nothing new, we already have SEVERAL qualified experts .

Lol, seriously, this is going to be interesting...

A few years from now, you could go to the doctor and complain that you have a headache. He'll open his drawer and bring out a traditional scanner (cowrie shells ). Consult the thing and inform you that your neighbour from the village is responsible .

Isn't that advancement? Afterall the oyibos can't do that. We'll soon be having transfer students from the US & UK comming over to study our Traditional Medicine.

So doctors go dey consult oracle now? Wow the praction go mek sense now

I hope the fed govt will buy more dialysis machines and establish renal transplant units.

Hmmm! Cant stop laughing. Imagine according some1 dat spent 7yrs in the university with "ND" . . . .(Native Doctor) as same with my grandpa dat av neva being 2 schl all his life.... Just throwing some cola 4 d gods

Richfella: Lol, seriously, this is going to be interesting...

A few years from now, you could go to the doctor and complain that you have a headache. He'll open his drawer and bring out a traditional scanner (cowrie shells ). Consult the thing and inform you that your neighbour from the village is responsible .

Isn't that advancement? Afterall the oyibos can't do that. We'll soon be having transfer students from the US & UK comming over to study our Traditional Medicine.

free advice;dnt let illetracy riun ur life..

We pharmacy student no gat wahala/with that. We have been studying traditional medicine tey tey no be yesterday self. We call it babalawo in PHARMACOGNOSY.

So, this is how we want to initiate all NIgeria Doctor to the occultic world.
There are some traditional medicine that needs the consultation of spiritual world before something will happen.

I pity Nigerian medical students, they will soon start to dine with demons. They will become Babalawo just like that. I will totally discourage my children from planning to study medicine. There are engineering jobs that better pay off than medicine.

Na wa o for naija. These ones will turn to jack of all trade master of none. Why not introduce it as a course on its own so you are either a traditional doctor or modern Doctor instead of adding to an already tedious one. These docs sure don't want competition of any kind. Dem no wan carry last. You just can't have it all.

I no dey study.

So they will use garium tetraoxosulphate (iv) decahydrate water to treat hyperacidity intestinal congestion

Now we talking this is the best thing we can do to advance and save the mankind ,Natural herbs the way to go even europen are startnig to understand chemical medication ruin health.

There is no problem with that. So far they regulate their traditional herbal practice. Their herbal concortions must be standardised with appropriate dosages.

Good step in the right direction. There are a lot of herbal remedies to common diseases afflicting Nigerians inherited from one generation to the next. It is a good thing that medics will now be taking a look at those herbal therapies. It would enable them elucidate the scientific mechanisms which behind those herbal therapies. And it would also strengthen the study of pharmacognosy that is already taking place.

Seems what i sensed might happen...

Check out this thread:

https://www.nairaland.com/1127372/herbal-medicine-alternative-medicine-versus