Instant Cure for Dengue: Atty. Bernardo Rocha Calibo; Regional Director National Police Commission, Region 7

There is now hope for the scourge of dengue to be finally obliterated. I was in a meeting in Manila recently with other Napolcom officials. While waiting for my flight back to Cebu, I happened to talk with friends. The conversation eventually turned to dengue. Some of their statements shocked me. I called up the persons concerned and they confirmed these revelations on dengue.

Computer technician Wenceslao Salesale Jr., age 27, was downed by dengue. His platelet count plunged from 180 to 80. On the verge of fainting, he had to be rushed by ambulance from Novaliches to Manila. Inside the ambulance, a relative, acting upon the advice of a missionary priest, made Wenceslao drink gradually a large amount of soup made from camote tops. The following day, his platelet count was normal.

Dengue also attacked the 7-year old daughter of contractor engineers Mar and Lita Budiongan of Kaloocan City. Her platelet count read 80. The same treatment was used. The following day she was back to normal.

The 15-year old daughter of businessman Nepomuceno Salaga of Sampaloc, Manila had a dangerous platelet count of 80 due to dengue. The same treatment was followed. The following day she was back in school.

I asked a doctor of medicine (MD) about herbal cures and he said that many, if not most, medicines come from plants and that under the Hippocratic Oath of doctors, they are bound to encourage anything that can cure a patient.

This is also what drove Dr. Dayrit, the father of the former Secretary of Health, to conduct a scientifically based research on another herbal medicine, the virgin coconut oil. He lived a full life and was invited to international fora of physicians to expound on  VCO. Apparently, there is a need for another Dr. Dayrit to conduct a scientifically based research on camote (sweet potato) on why it can knock dengue out.

We need not do research deep in the rainforests of the Amazon or venture into the ocean’s depths in search of the elusive cure for dengue. It is right there in the backyard.

The following information from the internet (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia) gives an insight into the wallop and potency embedded in the camote:

“In 1992, the Center for Science in the Public Interest compared the nutritional value of sweet potatoes to other vegetables. Considering fiber content, complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins A and C, iron and calcium, the sweet potato ranked highest in nutritional value. According to these criteria, sweet potatoes earned 184 points, 100 points over the next on the list, the common potato(NCSPC).”

“...sweet potato tops are excellent sources of antioxidative compounds, mainly polyphenolics, which may protect the human body from oxidative stress that is associated with many diseases including cancer and candiovascular diseases. Sweet potato greens have the highest content of total polyphenolics among other commercial vegetables studied.

“Sweet potatoes contain protein, dietary fiber, lipid, and essential minerals and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfur, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, aluminum and boron. Sweet potatoes are also important sources of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and ascorbic acid.”

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“Some Americans, including television personality Oprah Winfrey, are advocating increased consumption of sweet potatoes both for their health benefits and because of their importance in traditional Southern cuisine.”

In the case of Salaga, he bought five sheaves (bugkos, bigkis) of camote cuttings. Each sheaf consists of about 12 cuttings. Each cutting measures about 1 foot. A sheaf costs about P5 pesos. The camote tops are boiled in water to extract the juice. The boiling lasts for about 5 minutes. A little salt is used to give flavor to it. The patient is made to drink it slowly and gradually. The body’s immunity system is thus revived, making dengue helpless against the body’s natural defenses. Camote enables the body to heal itself.

Now you know why I earlier said that my friends’ revelations shocked me. They were shocking because people are needlessly dying all around us from dengue, while their very cure is also all around us.

In the past, many were fond of using the derogatory statement, “Go home and plant camote.” Now, camote is big news. It can save lives. What could be bigger than that?

So, to fortify your family against dengue, “Go home and plant camote!”

(Engr. Lita Budiongan and Mr. Nepomuceno Salaga personally related to me their experiences with their respective daughters. I asked permission to use their names).