Cure Cancer @ What You Afford To Pay
Laitonjam Neelam Devi *
Curing cancer was never before that affordable as it is now after Pa Chawilien, an 83 yrs old man from Saikot village of
Churachandpur District of Manipur discovered the remedy to cure cancer.
"Necessity is the mother of invention" became true for Pa Chawilien as he too was suffering from cancer and the unbearable pain due to the swelling behind the ear forced him to drink the extract that he made from the leaves of plant, known locally in Hmar dialect as Damdwai plant as per the Lord asked him to.
He says he drank it because he had faith in god and that is why he was cured. As soon as the news of the green plant extract medicine
and his healing power was spread, people gathered at Pa Chawilien house in a beeline.
Not only people from the nearby village even people from the neighbouring states were standing in queue for hours and hours to get the medicine. Not only cancer patients but also asthma, diabetes, piles and even HIV/AIDS patients are waiting in long queues for the healing session and the medicine.
Within a short span of time, a curing centre with the name Chawilien Cancer Medicine Research Agency has been opened where the medicine is made, after the leaves are cleaned and twigs separated, these are chopped into bits for pounding.
The liquid extract is then filtered and is distributed by people volunteered to help to cure the patients and in return patients can donate money in the donation box whatever they want.
Many advanced-stage Cancer Patients as well as patients of other ailments are claiming that a visit to Pa-Chawilien and drinking his green medicine, plant-extract, have brought about a marked improvement in their health conditions, with some even claiming to have been totally cured of Cancer.
However, the research team at Manipur University has finally gave the scientific name of Croton Caudatus Gieseler to the plant under the family of Euphorbia ceae in the report submitted at the Botanical Survey of India, shillong.
The report says the Damdwai plant is rich in alkaloids, steroids, saponins and other organic components, which are generally considered anti-cancer, diabetes, malaria and indigestion, etc. and due to steroid and alkaloid presence it is unadvisable for kids and pregnant women, loose motion, indigestion and corrosive side effects on the skin are also noticed after the consumption of the extract.
But, the reports did not let the people loose faith on pa Chawilien medicine.
Still huge crowd gathers everyday at the Chawilien medical centre at saikot in the hope to get the medicine to cure the ailment. People are getting the medicine without paying a single penny and the money from the donation box is used for the daily expenses but beside pa Chawilien, the villagers are earning beefy amount by selling the leaves in the market.
Thus creating a threat to the plant as it is collected in a colossal amount from the forest to fulfill the demand. The leaves are even transported to neighbouring states too.
Nevertheless, the irony is that still when the neighbouring states are claiming to be the discoverer of the medicine the state health department has not shown any interest in this talk of the state yet.
When the Government will come forward to protect the plant for future use? How many more jewels shall we have to loose from our 'land of jewel' (Manipur) because of their negligence?
* Laitonjam Neelam Devi is a regular contributor to e-pao.net . She can be contacted at ln8zenith(at)gmail(dot)com . This article was webcasted on September 16, 2008.
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