Herbal Cure for Ichthyosis – Rare Skin Disease
“This disease is known as EbubeAgu.” An Old Woman Names Rajeshwari’s Rare Skin Disease – Ichthyosis, Says the Cure is in the Bush. Herbal Cure for Ichthyosis – Rare Skin Disease.
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The video of a 9-year-old girl who has a rare form of skin disease has become a course for concern. An old woman living in one of the remotes villages in African saw the video and named the disease. She calls it Ebubeagu in her local dialect and said the cure is in the bush.
Rajeshwari, from Chhattisgarh, India was said to develop bolis on her body when she was four. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. Instead of healing, it turned into a very uncommon skin condition considered Ichthyosis that makes stone-like rankles structure everywhere on her body. It makes blister-like stone and it is covering the majority of her body, except her face.
Herbal Cure for Ichthyosis – Rare Skin Disease
The poor girl is always in pain. She cannot perform simple tasks like taking her bath or wearing her clothes. To worsen her condition, the children in the neighborhood are avoiding her like a plague. No one wants to play with her because they fear contracting the disease.
Medically, Rajeshwari’s condition is known as Ichthyosis. It is an incurable disease that causes reddening, scaling, and severe blistering of the skin. It attacks the process of skin regeneration in the human body, making the outer skin hard and flaky.
This condition has defiled every medical treatment. This is because of the rarity of the condition. Doctors have been unable to treat her condition, or even provide a proper diagnosis for the unusual disease.
According to research, only 24 cases have been reported worldwide, and the rarity of the condition makes research difficult. The medications which are prescribed to the patients can only hinder the growth of the blisters but have severe side effects.
This is actually the fate of Rajeshwari. She is now gradually turning to stone’ as rare illness leaves her covered in rock-hard blisters. But it seems the solution is near.
Meanwhile, an old woman was told about this illness and shown the photo of Rajeshwari. She did not only name the disease, she suggested the cure. She said the cure is in the bush.
According to her words, Rajeshwari came in contact with a dangerous leave in a bush known as ‘Ebubeagu’ in her local dialect unknowingly. It is the same leave that will heal her.
OPINION:
There is no harm in trying out what the old woman prescribed. But the problem is, will she be believed? Won’t the medics demand empirical evidence and call her method quackery?
