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Gonapamuhanya The Third Speaks Out
Gonapamuhanya The Third Speaks Out
5 years ago

If these traders are not regulated why are they allowed to advertised on MBC and other local TV stations. Is MACRA not aware that advertising anything illegal is illegal.All this is happening under the wise leadership of his excellency professor Peter Munthalika and is an example of a failed government, which exposes its people to the risk of death due to un certified drugs.

Willie Mwachande
Willie Mwachande
5 years ago

Who regulates the meds which are imported in the country? Have these meds helped the overall health of Malawians one wonders. The herbal medicine is an altenative medicine which cannot and should not be regulated. There is not no medicine on the market right now which cures anything. So we should not be misled by the so called educated elite to determine what is good or bad for us because the medicine they are advocating does not add equity to our overall health. It is high time we revisit what our ancestors used prior to the so called profit driven… Read more »

Cognitive DIssonance Theory
Cognitive DIssonance Theory
5 years ago

The test of any medicine is in the healing/ curing. if people say they get better after taking herbs why should we doubt its efficacy? before western medicines our parents used herbs. The simple thing for you to do is to scientifically prove their efficacy than to waste time issuing warnings.

chimanga chaponda
5 years ago

We use zitsamba za makolo athu. If these zitsamba were bad, would we have been here? After all,there are no medicines in hospitals. This is leading us to rely on what our parents relied on. Are you trying to promote your private pharmacies?

observer
5 years ago

spot on Chimanga. to add on these medicine dispersed in our hospitals are very dangerous- Look at the medicine for aids the way they have deformed our people. I do not know whether the botanical gardens in zomba have now yielded some results- there are herbs there that were preserved with purpose of determining their healing power- Remember Mchape by Mr Chisupe -assisted many people- that herb had healing power. we need to intensify the growing of mint leaves, ginger, cucumbers, and lemons. the mixture of these four herbs will end all your problems of sickness- even mosquito plasmodium can… Read more »

Repugnant
Repugnant
5 years ago
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