EBONY Herbal Solution

2nd Meeting of the Nigerian Herbal Medicinal Products Committee (NHMPC) was held on the 6th of September at NAFDAC, ISOLO, LAGOS it was an excellent one

Mixing drugs like Funbact A and Skineal with baby body creams is not healthy for the skin, especially for the skin of babies.

They are drugs inform of medications and not body creams.

The rate at which some mothers use them now is alarming and they even prescribe it to others openly.

The side effects include steroids which are easily absorbed into the bloodstream from the fragile skin of the newborns and babies.

These lead to serious side effects on the long terms including gastritis (stomach ulcers), wounds, poor growth and other side effects.

If we go through the packs of some of these medicated creams, words like “antifungal,” “antibacterial”, “anti-inflammatory” are written on them.

The constituents are drugs including antibiotics, antifungal and steroids and they are often prescribed for specific skin diseases and usually for a short duration and not usually more than two weeks.

The problem with some mothers was the ‘craziness’ to have fair skin babies.

A lot of women are carried away by the desire for their babies to be fair, not knowing the dangers inherent in this dangerous practice.

There is more to having a fair baby, most babies are born fair but that does not mean they will remain fair.

Those with genetic makeup to be black will still be black irrespective of any concoctions applied or bleaching creams used.

Mothers should always use natural products for babies such as Vaseline, Shea butter, Coconut Oil, Olive oil and other routine baby care products or better still ask a trusted organic cream.

Meeting Of the Special Herbal Medicinal Products Committee Meeting held on the 15th March 2019 at the Nafdac Headquarters Oshodi Lagos.

It was presided by The DG NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye. The is to Innaugurate A committee know as Nigerian Herbal Medicinal Products Committee, And deliberate on Terms Of Reference.

( 1). Guidelines for claims Verification :Role of clinical trials.

(2). Identification and standardization Herbal Medicinal Products.

(3). Template for Records of use And Efficacy of Traditional Medicine Practitioners.