Funmilola Lawrence Ogidan is a traditional doctor with a
difference and without condemning western medical drugs, she has proffered
herbal remedies as nature’s safest cure for most human ailments.
In a chat with press men in
Lagos recently, she explained that while synthetic medical drugs almost always
produce side effects in patients, herbal remedies have no side effect.
“I have tried and tested both western and herbal medicines
and I can tell you categorically that God has provided us with every single
herb we need for our good health. The herbs that we have all around us will do
us a whole lot of good work when we treat them right. Herbal medicines perform
healing miracles in us.
“We haven’t reached that stage where western medicine would
be totally replaced by herbal remedies for all ailments. Having alternatives
helps us all. I believe that most western medicines originate from our own
local herbs but with a lot of synthetic processes that deplete nature and
produce side effects,” Lawrence-Ogidan said.
Lawrence-Ogidan is a traditional doctor (TDR). Arguably, she
has the largest health farm and NAFDAC-certified factory for the production of
herbal remedies in Southwest Nigeria. She is a well-travelled tour operator,
special education and entrepreneurship graduate and an indigene of Ile-Ife,
Osun State.
She is the CEO of Global New Herbal Life (GNHL); a certified
member of both the Nigeria Association of Medical Herbalists and the National
Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners.
Her passion for herbal remedies grew when she had to heal
her protracted barrenness with herbs after western medical methods had failed
her.
“I had a serious hormonal disorder that stopped me from
getting pregnant for many years. I did IVF severally. I was given different
injections daily, but the minute I started using my own herbs, everything
started going back to normal. To the glory of God, I had my own baby. It was
normal delivery even at that age. There were no issues or complications at all
with the pregnancy or after the delivery” she said.
TDR Lawrence-Ogidan has produced over 70 tried and tested
ready-to-drink and ready to-rub herbal remedies with stunning testimonials,
details of which she shared in her press interview.
Trained as a traditional herbal doctor by experts, including
90 and 100-year-olds, Lawrence-Ogidan says her trainers have entrusted ancient
herbal secrets to her and that mixed with science, her company GNHL has
successfully elevated the production precision of nature’s herbal remedies,
which she categorized into three – sex, health and beauty products.
Hear her: “Unlike before when I used to suffer from malaria
and fever often, we now have a one-time herbal cure and with our modern factory
equipment and attending technology, we are able to do a lot of toxicology tests
to ensure that our herbal remedies come in the right dosage. So now we produce
in safe quantities and with NAFDAC-approved scientific quality that can be sold
without reducing the component of herbs that we use.”
Asked if her Fever remedy can cure COVID-19, her carefully
weighed words were: “COVID-19 and its many variants have further opened our
eyes to the limitations of western medicine. A whole lot of people went back to
ginger, garlic and other herbs. I believe that herbal remedies would get us
farther going forward.”
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