Herbal Medicine can earn Ghana foreign exchange - Dr. Agbeve

The Proprietor and Senior Doctor of Agbeve Herbal Hospital, Alhaji Mohammed Agbeve has indicated that with government support, the country can make huge sums of money from exportation of Herbal Medicine.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with this reporter, the ace Herbal Medicine Practitioner called on government to support the production of herbal medicine in the country to help the country export excess abroad.

According to him, the world is gradually coming to terms with the efficacy of herbal medicine in the healing process and green countries with forests filled with variety of trees and plants will become the main source of herbal medicine.

He indicated that a country like China is already making strides in this area and are already making billions of dollars in the exportation of medicines made directly from herbs.

He revealed that Ghana has the capacity to even exceed China given the country has more variety of plants than the Asian country.

He however added that the inadequate investment in the sector by government and the little recognition given to Herbal Hospital isn’t helping raising the sector to where it ought to.

According to him, government has to give Herbal Hospital same recognition given to Hospitals that provide health care the orthodox way.

“I do not understand why at this stage, despite the major strides Herbal Medicine has made over the years, Herbal Hospital are not allowed to provide healthcare through the National Health Insurance Scheme”

“Many people who are unable to find healing orthodoxly and resort to herbs through Herbal Hospitals like mine are required to pay cash before treatment because of the refusal of the Scheme to include Herbal Hospitals on the program”

He also revealed that despite the craze for orthodox medicines in Ghana, most whites and Ghanaians abroad who have come to terms with the quality of health given by herbs and the fact that it is natural and without side effect are gradually increasing and it remains just a matter of time that herbal medicine takes over.

“I am therefore calling on government to prepare for the herbal revolution that is going to hit the world so that we have the luxury of being ahead of the completion”

“Ghana has the capacity to be the home of herbal medicine but that journey must begin now”

He indicated that his drugs are already making strides outside the country and he is ready to lead this revolution and pave the way of others.

Agbeve Herbal Hospital is one of the most sophisticated herbal health-giving centers on the continent with ultra modern care given facilities.

Dr. Mohammed Agbeve, the owner of Agbeve Herbal Hospital, was acknowledged by the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama as one of the ambassadors of change in the country during the State of the nations address delivered in the Parliament of Ghana.