Dr Nana Yaw Owusu Gyapong
Diagnostic Herbal (DH) Clinic, the manufacturer of ‘Formula 74’ herbal immune booster and food supplement, has called on the government to support producers of herbal immune boosters as it engages stakeholders on ways by which Ghanaians can live with Covid-19.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DH Clinic, Eng. Dr Nana Yaw Owusu Gyapong, in an interview with DGN Online, said support in the form of the facilitation of registration of such products by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the provision of equipment to expand production will go a long way to boost the national response plan.
He said, for instance, his herbal mixture,‘Formula 74’ which has been certified by the Centre for Plant Medicine Research as a food supplement helps to strengthen the immune system.
However, he noted that the mixture is yet to be certified by the FDA for mass production to commence.
“I have been able to put up the factory and it is left with the equipment for mass production,” he said.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo is scheduled to address the nation on May 31 with many anticipating the lifting of the ban on social gathering.
Eng. Dr. Gyapong explained that with a strong immune system the Covid-19 virus which is ravaging the world including Ghana can be brought under control.
“Since this will help, there should be a support for us to do more in terms of teaching others how it is made and also increase our production so more Ghanaians can have access to the product,” he said.
The clinic that has established itself in Takoradi as a leading alternative medicine facility has recorded some significant results in its management of chronic diseases.
The latest, is an HIV patient who started his treatment at the clinic four years ago, now having no antigens and antibodies of the virus.
Dr Gyapong said test results conducted at the Korle Bu reference lab proved negative for the HIV antigens in the patient’s blood after his treatment.
He said DH Clinic with branches in Takoradi and Accra has also recorded significant successes in patients with conditions such as Diabetes, Hepatitis B and C, Prostate Enlargement, Infertility, low sperm count, stroke, kidney diseases, Ulcer, Typhoid Fever, Hypertension, Syphilis and Asthma.
He said the main treatment used at the facility is herbal based adding that patients who otherwise were on orthodox medication have improved after visiting the clinic.
“A lot of people come from outside Ghana and Eastern region for treatment and our medicine is 100 percent herbal and we are doing well,” he said.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri