词条 | Ubhejane |
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IngredientsUbhejane consists of two herbal remedies: one is sold in a bottle with a blue cap, the other in a bottle with a white one. Both are black and liquid in appearance. The blue one, according to Gwala, fights the virus that causes AIDS, and the other is said to boost the immune system.[4] Ubhejane has 89 herbal ingredients, which Gwala says he collects from all over Africa and mixes together by hand.[5] Gwala was criticized by AIDS expert Dennis Sifris for refusing to reveal the ingredients of ubhejane.[7] ResearchIn 2005, Gwala approached the dean of University of KwaZulu-Natal's medical school to ask them to conduct a clinical trial of ubhejane, but he said it was too soon for this, and suggested performing lab tests instead. The results of these tests showed that ubhejane was not toxic to cells, and that it kills bacteria.[6] One of ubhejane's most outspoken promoters, Herbert Vilakazi, claimed that this research had shown that the remedy was effective, but the university subsequently released a statement saying that this was not the case.[6] ReactionSupportAmong the notable supporters of ubhejane was Obed Mlaba, who was the mayor of Durban during the 2000s,[5] as well as former South African health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.[2] Gwala has responded to criticisms by saying that he has not claimed that ubhejane is a cure for HIV/AIDS, and that he has not told any of his patients to stop taking ARVs.[7] OppositionIn 2007, the Democratic Alliance Party of South Africa requested a police investigation of Gwala, whom it described as a "backyard chemist" manufacturing a "fake AIDS cure."[1] Ubhejane has also been implicated in causing liver failure, as well as causing the development of drug resistance, in some patients who took it.[8] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/15/matthiasrath.aids | title=No drugs, just take vitamins: the dangerous advice to cure HIV | work=The Guardian | date=14 September 2008 | accessdate=2 March 2015 | author=McGreal, Chris}} 2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/12/the-denialists | title=The Denialists | work=New Yorker | date=12 March 2007 | accessdate=2 March 2015 | author=Specter, Michael}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/1106/559 | title=Taking Ubhejane by the Horns | work=South African Medical Journal | date=May 2006 | accessdate=2 March 2015 | author=Bateman, Chris | pages=382}} 4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4CILXFDtJgC&pg=PA85 | title=Debunking Delusions: The Inside Story of the Treatment Action Campaign | publisher=Jacana Media | author=Geffen, Nathan | year=2010 | pages=85}} 5. ^1 {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjCH8wIoL4AC&pg=PA150 | title=The Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables: The South African HIV/AIDS Mystery | publisher=Jacana Media | author=Cullinan, Kerry | year=2009 | pages=149}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-08-20/news/0608200169_1_bheki-south-africa-antiretrovirals/2 | title=For some in Africa, it's 'magic' over pills | work=Baltimore Sun | date=20 August 2006 | accessdate=6 March 2015 | author=Calvert, Scott | page=2}} 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-08-20/news/0608200169_1_bheki-south-africa-antiretrovirals | title=For some in Africa, it's `magic' over pills | work=Baltimore Sun | date=20 August 2006 | accessdate=6 March 2015 | author=Calvert, Scott | pages=1}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite journal|last1=Nattrass|first1=N.|title=AIDS and the Scientific Governance of Medicine in Post-Apartheid South Africa|journal=African Affairs|date=16 February 2008|volume=107|issue=427|pages=157–176|doi=10.1093/afraf/adm087}} 3 : Alternative medicine|Herbalism|HIV/AIDS in South Africa |
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