TINYANGA CLAIM CONCOCTION CAN KILL VIRUS IN 2 HOURS

MANZINNI – Government says it would be difficult to prove claims by traditional healers that their concoction can kill the coronavirus within two hours.

The traditional doctors, who are organised under the banner of Witchdoctors Association, made this claim during their meeting which was held at Zakhele yesterday. The meeting was for the Manzini Region traditional doctors and they were mixing their COVID-19 concoction.

They said their traditional remedy could treat a COVID-19 patient within two hours, depending on the condition of the person. They said for a person who just got infected, the COVID-19 concoction could heal that individual within two hours, yet for a patient who had severe sicknesses, it could take up to a week for the traditional remedy to cure the person.

Impressed 

Meanwhile, Maseyisini Member of Parliament (MP) Mduduzi ‘Small Joe’ Dlamini, who is the Chairman of the Health Portfolio Committee, said he was impressed by the work that was done by the traditional doctors. 

He said he also believes that the COVID-19 traditional remedies could treat the coronavirus. He said as such, they were fully behind the move to produce traditional remedies for COVID-19. 

“Even western medicine is made using traditional herbs,” the MP said.

In that regard, he said people should not be ashamed to use traditional medicine if they were sick. 

On another note, the MP said government had already approached the University of Eswatini (UNESWA) regarding testing the tinyanga’s COVID-19 concoctions. 

He said the Royal Science and Technology Park (RSTP) would play a major role in the production of COVID-19 traditional remedies.

In response, the Witchdoctors Association National Chairman, Makhanya Makhanya, said they hoped that their engagement with government would yield positive results. He said this was because this was their first time to sit on the roundtable and discuss issues of health with government.

On another note, Makhanya maintained that even though they had not tested their remedies, they assist people who want to prevent COVID-19 and those who have symptoms. He claimed they have helped a lot of people who believe in traditional medicine and they could not fold their arms and watch as people die.

He added that their hope was that once they submit their concoctions for testing purposes, government would assist them with funds so that they could get the certification and treat COVID-19 officially.

Meanwhile, the Director of Health Services Dr Vusi Magagula said it could be difficult to test and prove that the traditional doctors COVID-19 concoctions could heal a patient within two hours. 

He added that the tinyanga’s traditional medicine would not be used to treat patients in hospital until it was scientifically tested and approved. 

However, he said people have a right to choose where and how they want to be treated.

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