Whenever someone makes a thread on why that agbo from Madagascar should go thru proper drug testing b4 public use, pple r always quick to label them anti-african.

They& #39;re quick to say that our ancestors were surviving on herbal treatment b4 the white man came but the truth is...

...they weren& #39;t.
Humanity as a whole wasn& #39;t doing so fine healthwise b4 the advent of modern medicine.

One significant factor responsible for the jump in human population was the improvement in health brought about by modern medicine.

Consider this table.

Human population was 1Billion during 1800.
It took us 127 years to add another billion but only 85 yrs to add an extra 5 billion in 2012.

We have the discovery of penicillin by Fleming, vaccines, organ transplants etc to thank.

I know we don& #39;t like the whites but we can& #39;t...

...deny their contribution to global health.

And their results r reproducible.

Life expectancy has also improved in alot of places due to these breakthroughs.

Traditional/Herbal medicine has its uses no doubt but it pales in comparison in terms of impact, efficacy and safety.

This is why we want that agbo to be subjected to clinical methods not only to show that it& #39;s safe & effective but to prove its results are reproducible.

It common sense.

And this doesn& #39;t need to be done by white people.
Africa has a scientific community already.

So I don& #39;t know why Africans are eager to consume a drug that os yet to be proven safe and effective by scientific standards.