Article No 7983
Posted on July 30, 2010 by Kalani
By Yohan Perera
The Colombo Municipal Council has decided to distribute homeopathic drugs and powder made out of grounded Madurutala (Ocimum basilicum) and Margosa leaves to prevent the spread of dengue.
CMC’s Indigenous Medicine Chief Medical Officer Dr. Palitha Rathana told the Daily Mirror that the council had decided to adopt alternative medicine and indigenous methods to prevent the spread of the disease.
He said a homeopathy clinic was conducted at Slave Island after the Homoeopathic Council approached CMC Administrator Omar Kamil and briefed him about the new dengue preventive drug they had come out with. The Council had provided homeopathic treatment to over 3000 people in the city already.
The council also hopes to conduct more such clinics in the future as well.
Explaining the reasons to adopt indigenous methods, he said the decision was made after some interesting findings. He said Madurutala and margosa leaves prevented mosquitoes from getting attracted to the blood. Coming up with an interesting finding he said spread of dengue among those who visited Hindu Kovils regularly was minimal because Madurultala was used in their devotional offerings.
In addition the CMC had also decided to distribute Madurutala plants to households in the city to prevent the disease.
A Presidential Task Unit, together with all these segments of the military has come together in order to attempt to eradicate the dengue menace. As of today, there have been 7419 dengue cases in the city this year while 417 cases have been reported within this month. Four people have died of Dengue in the city this month whereas the total number of deaths for the year has been 16. The disease is reported to be spreading towards southern parts of the city according to him.
FRIDAY, 30 JULY 2010 02:01
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