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Dean of the School of Performing Arts of the University of Ghana, Professor Kofi Agyekum, popularly known as Opanyin Agyekum has advised government not to only look for vaccines to cure the Coronavirus but also consider herbal medicine.

Consider Herbal Medicine For COVID-19

To Opanyin Agyekum, it's about time Ghana accepted herbal medicines to treat Coronavirus.

Contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" programme, he wondered why Ghana should only seek for vaccines from foreign countries.

He believed some herbal medicines could possibly help curb the disease and so asked the government and health authorities to take a critical look at the herbal sector.

He urged the government to assist the herbal research facilities and institutions to come up with effective medicines to remedy the disease.

"Let's consider our herbal medicine. I plead with the government and health authorities that, yes, we importing the foreign ones (vaccines) and is good but this is the time for us to also concentrate on our herbal medicines. Maybe it's the herbal medicine that will help curb the disease and if it becomes effective, we can even export them to generate revenue," he stated.



Nibima Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicine Cryptolepis Sanguinolenta, locally known as Nibima, has been approved by Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19.

Nibima herbal malaria medicine developed in Ghana by the Centre for Plant Medicine Research in Mampong-Akuapim, which was submitted by researchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for clinical trial for the treatment of COVID-19 was granted by FDA in January 2021.

Already, some Ghanaians are said to have announced their readiness for the herbal medicine once it passes clinical trials.