Chief Consultant, Olaking International Holistic Medicine Company (OIHM), Dr. Olawale Qazeem, shares insight on local expertise available in the management and treatment of the Coronavirus pandemic. Qazeem has achieved modest success in managing patients suffering from Cancer, HIV, Diabetes, arthritis, infertility, OLUWATOSIN OMONIYI reports
You recently shared some contents on your business social media pages pleading that the Federal Government gives you room to treat Coronavirus. What can you say to this?
To start with, it is important to recognise the fact that Coronavirus is a global pandemic, which requires everyone’s support both from private and public sector to overcome.Without doubt too, the Nigerian authorities in charge of this disease have been doing well in identifying cases of this virus nationwide and working round the clock to combat the novel Covid-19. Perhaps, if there is a word more than commendable, I would have used it. Meanwhile, the fight against this pandemic – Coronavirus- may not be successful if we do not begin to look in the direction of integrative medicine.
As a Biochemist and Natural Medicine Doctor, leading a team of other natural medicine healthcare professionals, what good does it do if we do not add our meaningful and informed contribution to the fight against Covid-19?
If given the opportunity, we have a lot to offer with integrative medicine approach as our indigenous herbs also what it takes to combat this novel virus.
So what do you want the government to do?
We want to work with the government of Nigeria and we hope they allow us to. Over the past years, we have been able to help well-meaning Nigerians in the fight against some diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis, Cancer, Asthma, among many others through our different types of therapies. In fact, we as practitioners at OIHM Company practice not less than 10 therapies part of which includes: Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cupping and Islamic Medicine therapies to mention just a few. Our call is that the Nigerian government should give room for integrative medicine where we combine both existing treatment methods with natural medicine approaches and remedies. We believe this will go a long way to helping in treating Nigerians of this pandemic.
You mentioned Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in your last statement. Does this mean there is likelihood you will be treating Nigerians with Chinese Medicine?
No. That is not solely what Traditional Chinese Medicine means. TCM is also a treatment model in Natural Medicine that helps in herbs classification in order to determine what will best work for individual patient.
In fact, with this our call, we are not intending to use any sisterly imported medicine to fight against Covid-19 by integrative means. Just as we have been doing in the past, all intended treatments will be researched using our own local medicines and herbs.
There is a whole lot of potency in our local medicine which we are yet to tap into and standardise. Perhaps, this is the time the FG will look into this industry and make it a flourishing one.
That said, all remedies that will be used are going to be locally made through our own medicine herbs and plants. In fact, as a rule in Natural Medicine, we believe the local herbs and plants of a people is the best medicine to treat people in a locality than to use foreign or imported medicines.
What made you become sure that you can help?
In natural medicine, we do not believe that there are incurable diseases but there may be incurable cases. As far as I know, COVID-19 itself isn’t incurable.
Those that had died of it are either having a very low immune system to fight against it. Often times, the vitality of a patient may be too low; the injury or morbid encumbrance may be too great; harmful or inadequate treatments may have been given.
So, the inherent forces within him loses the fight and leads to death. In short, there must be enough inherent vitality remaining in the patient for the body to react towards a cure. Judging from the Philosophy of the science of Natural Medicine, we come to the conclusion that Naturopathy declares the laws of Nature are immutable and infallible, that sickness proceeds from some specific violation of Nature, that pain is a penalty for wrong-doing, and suffering is a warning against transgression.
In the case of this COVID-19 and other diseases, it’s best said that the cure consists first, in removing the cause with a broad spectrum regimen; second, in preventing its recurrence by abiding by Nature’s law; third, in empowering the individual to regulate his own life by educating him on the steps to achieving and maintaining health.
Teaching how to live in tune with Nature and appropriate dietary, nutrition and lifestyle guidelines should also be taught.
What are the treatment modalities you have designed for COVID-19 patients?
Firstly, it should be said that the practitioner who does not combine and employ all that is good in each and every system of diagnosis and treatment, is not worthy of the confidence of the public.
On that score, I practice or employ much therapy other than my herbal medicines so far they are good as there is no branch of medicine that is self-sufficient to especially cure chronic or viral diseases.
This is very important because some patients already have underlying health issues prior to contracting COVID-19 and of course, the symptoms are distinct amongst them. Some do not even have symptoms yet.
It should be noted that my call is and has been integrative system of medicine whereby natural medicine will be employed alongside the orthodox medicine. This I know would surely bring remarkably outstanding recovery rate in patients with life threatening diseases.
How do we prevent this Coronavirus naturally?
In natural medicine, the major ways of preventing diseases – not just COVID-19 are by eating healthy foods, maintaining proper hygiene, exercising and taking natural supplements.
All these are purposefully to increase the system’s vitality and keep the immune system at optimal level in order to be able to fight against germs and diseases. Coronavirus has really made the world think more of prevention than cure and more of environmental and personal hygiene than finding cure. Nature Cure does not deny the existence of germs but it does not admit the idea that germs are the cause of diseases.
Germs do not begin the trouble; they appear and flourish only where there is accumulation of morbid and toxic materials. This means that COVID-19 wouldn’t have existed if the laws of nature are duly abide by and practiced with maximum honesty.
The most effective and natural way to prevent diseases is by taking few cloves, black walnut, black seed and garlic in considerable amounts, daily for a week, every month.
Take them all on an empty stomach 2 to 3 times a day. Start with half teaspoon and increase the dosage each day for six days. Consume lots of cleansing and hormone- balancing foods. Avoid cooking fruits. Strive to eat fruits on empty stomach and don’t peel the skin off when you can eat it.
Eat fruits separately to help digestion. Take cabbage raw, take Fenugreek, oats, millet, mustard, peas. Take non starchy vegetables such as green pepper, collards, cucumber, broccoli, cabbage, spinach.
Take fish, beans, brown rice, walnuts, almonds, garlic (don’t take if you suffer from low blood pressure). Drink enough water daily. Each morning drink a glass of pure water with one squeezed organic lemon followed by two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Incorporate alkaline forming foods into your diet such as vegetables, olive oil, lemons, limes, asparagus, onions, parsley, raw spinach, garlic, broccoli.
Minimize acid forming foods in your diet such as milk, blackberries, cranberries, beef, pork, cheese, ice cream, cashews, white rice, corn, buckwheat, white sugar and artificial sweeteners. Stress and negative thoughts can also cause an acid environment, avoid it.
Consume at least 75 per cent raw foods- cooking, frying or heating foods at high temperature destroy precious enzymes and this leads to accumulation of toxic waste the body can’t get rid of and causes lots of health problems.