Bridging the gap between herbal and medical science and standing up for herbal science all the time puts me in a position where some do not believe that I am only interested in the phytochemicals in plants.
Someone once angrily called me a ‘Christian babalawo.’ Obviously, people feel I am fetish!
Without any disrespect to those who use plants for spiritual purposes, this week, I would like to disabuse your minds again of the idea that the use of herbs for health is fetish.
I would be using several examples of traditional and herbal practices provided by Mr Ife Ogunlowo, a lecturer and the head of the herbarium, pharmacognosy department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, that often look ritualistic or superstitious on the surface, yet modern pharmacology and clinical studies back them up.
For centuries, our forebears sought solace and healing in the embrace of nature. But there is an exciting
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