For centuries, the people of South Western Nigeria had been using the herbal water extract from a special specie of Sorghum bicolor to treat people suffering from sickle cell disease. To scientists, it was a bogus and wild claim because the disease is believed to be complicated and difficult for the scientists to cope with. They tend to forget that nature has simple ways of handling complicated problems. At Health Forever, we have been diligently working to unravel the mystery behind the wonderful health restoring capabilities of this product. The claim of the ancient people that a single product could treat diseases of diverse origin was too much for the scientist to fathom. How could a single herbal product take care of diseases like diabetes, cancer, arthritis, hiv, anemia, sickle cell anaemia, malaria and cardio-vascular diseases. 

We have spent the last 20 years researching into this product and have come to the conclusion that the commonality factor among all diseases is  OXIDATIVE STRESS. See my blog at:

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From the following link at our website, the published research work done to support the claim for OXIDATIVE STRESS could be accessed at:

http://www.afritradomedic.com/index.php/scientific-studies

We have recently carried out clinical trial studies at Lagos Univesity Teaching Hospital to ascertain the effect of Jobelyn in the treat of sickle cell patients. From the report recently published in Journal Of Harmonized Research in Medical & Health Sci. it was revealed that Jobelyn works like an adaptogenic and it moderates all the indices relating to the sickle cell disorder to create harmony in the body of sufferers and provide them with wellness. It is safe and had no toxic effect.

See  the abstract for the publication in Journal Of Harmonized Research in Medical & Health Sci.

THE SHORT TIME EFFECT OF EXTRACT OF SORGHUM BICOLOR (JOBELYN) ON THE HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA

Abstract:

Sickle cell anaemia in South West Nigeria has a prevalence of 2.4 %.It is characterized  by recurrent crisis like bone pain, hyper haemolysis, acute sequestration, red cell aplasia and  progressive organ damage. These cause high absenteeism at school and at work with a significant  reduction in life expectancy. The phytochemical extract of sorghum bicolor has been shown to have  anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect; and to increase the haemoglobin in experimental rat. The  extract is consumed widely in Nigeria by patients with sickle cell anaemia. This study seeks to  assess the effect of this extract on haemopoiesis in these patients. The study population was the patients attending the adult haematology clinic of the Lagos State  University Teaching Hospital. It was a randomized open label study with 105 consenting participants. One group was given folic acid 5mg twice daily and paludrine 200mg daily. The other group had in addition, 1gm of extract per day in two divided doses for 4 weeks. The haematological  parameters were taken weekly.
After 4 weeks of taking the extract, there were reduction in white blood cells (p= 0.10) and  platelet counts (p= 0.03).There were significant reductions in the mean red cell haemoglobin  (p=0.0004), mean cell haemoglobin concentration (p=0.0001) while the reduction in mean cell volume  and haematocrit changes were minimal (p=0.3and 0.5 respectively).
The reduction in leukocytes and platelets counts suggests an anti-inflammatory effect of the  extract which may have a clinically positive effect. The significantly reduced cellular haemoglobin  concentration and minimal changes in haematocrit demonstrate that the extract will not unduly  increase the red cell haemoglobin concentration which may promote sickling.

Key words: Haematological parameters. Phytochemical. Sickle cell anaemia. Sorghum bicolor

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