Expert makes case for alternative medicine – The Nation Newspaper

Ibrahim Al-Amin

AILMENTS which defy orthodox medicine can better be managed by alternative medicine, Dr. Qazeem Olawale, has said.

According to Olawale, Founder and President, Olaking International Holistic Medicine Company ((OIHM), an alternative medicine practitioner with interest in natural medicine and acupuncture, Experience has shown that natural medicine holds a lot of potential, especially for ailments which ordinarily prove difficult to conventional medicine.

Citing a World Health Organisation (WHO) report which has placed a lot of premium on the efficacy of natural medicine, the University of Ilorin-trained Biochemist said traditional medicine is now gaining momentum with many orthodox medicine practitioners now taking keen interest in tradomedical practice.

Justifying the need for natural medicine, Olawale, who bagged a Doctor of Medicine Degree in Acupuncture from the Open International University for Complimentary Medicine- Medicina Alternativa, Colombo, Sri-Lanka, said the promotion of traditional medicine should top the priority list of government considering the fact that it complements orthodox medicine.

Commenting on the benefits of traditional medicine, the alternative medicine practitioner, who is a member of The British Council of Complimentary Therapies (TBCCT), said working with concerned stakeholders involved with traditional medicine practice to form a synergy would create the needed growth and development in the health sector.

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