Shifah Holistic Health Care

Understanding COVID-19 A Traditional African Medicine Approach Introduction In African traditional medical science, disease is as a result of imbalance in the naturally existing temperament of the mind, system, organs and/or tissues of the human body.  This temperament theory is the reference to understanding the level of heat and cold naturally existing in a living creature and nonliving objects. This is where treatment and management of ailments are hinged. Looking at the current pandemic caused by the corona virus, from the perspective of the African traditional medicine practitioner we can classify the ailment caused by it as Mura mai Mashako [an exact Medical name might not come easy as this embodies the whole course of the ailment – from what is seen as a common cold to acute pneumonia.] Mura is generally anything from a mild cold with runny nose to some serious upper respiratory ailment like bronchitis and pneumonia, dependin...

COVID-19 LOCK DOWN and HOME STAY So here we are coming to terms with the realities on ground, that there are many aliments larger and more potent than this “Flu Like” ailment with the pathogen COVID-19 is not news, However COVID-19 has taken the day and brought the high and mighty to their knees. So what can we do What we should do is Objectively see this in all the possible lights, lenses and filters we can see through. Holistic health calls for the treatment of Mind, Body and Soul to successfully manage and recover from any ailment. For the mind and soul, we have our user manuals equipped with maintenance, trouble shooting and repair guides; The Quran, The Hadith, The Bible and a host of other religious books. Unfortunately these guides have been greatly discarded and used minimally, there is an Urgent need to visit these manuals that we may operate at our prime. As for the relationship between the mind, body and soul, we will look at it a...

To Whom it may Concern COVID-19 A Traditional African Medicine Approach Introduction  In African traditional medical science, disease is as a result of imbalance in the naturally existing temperament of the mind, system, organs and tissues of the human body. This temperament is referred to as the level of heat and cold naturally existing in a living creature. Looking at the current pandemic caused by the corona virus, from the perspective of the African traditional medicine practitioner we can classify the ailment caused by it as Mura. Mura is anything from a mild cold with runny nose to some serious upper respiratory ailment like bronchitis. In so much as the world has left it as Covid-19, a pathogen, an ailment. This is a summary to bring to fore the possibilities in treating this and other ailments we are plagued with. Sababi (Cause) Zafi Mai Danshi (Heat with Dampness or Damp Heat) From symptoms known so ...