Video Of Ghanaian Man Eating Bread With Taabea Herbal Mixture Goes Viral: "Broken Heart Can Cause This"

• A video of a young man eating a loaf of bread with herbal medicine has got people talking
• He looked unconcerned about the fact he was being filmed as he ate the loaf of bread with the Taabea Herbal Mixture
• A doctor has condemned the actions of the young man and opened up on the negative effects of abusing herbal medicines

A young Ghanaian man has done the unthinkable after he was filmed eating a loaf of bread with a bottle of Taabea Herbal Mixture.

Taabea Herbal Mixture is a herbal medicine with a sour taste that is purported to be used in curing malaria, general body pains and loss of appetite.

The video which YEN.com.gh sighted on the TikTok page of @alog.to.the.world.1, however, painted a picture of a young man who was having lunch rather than someone who was taking his medicine.

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With the loaf of bread in his left hand and the herbal mixture in his right, the young man appeared to be having a good time, judging from the way he chewed the bread with energy and drank from the 500-millilitre bottle.

Not even the prying eyes of the camera could stop him as he seemed fixated on filling his belly.

The 30-second video had gathered over 17,000 likes and 1,000 comments at the time of writing the report.

Watch the video:

Herbal medicines have side effects

A medical herbalist, Dr Tabitha Agorku, in a comment to YEN.com.gh about the actions of the young man, revealed that many people have the gross misconception that herbal medicines are natural and hence have no side effects.

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She explained that not adhering to the prescribed doses as far as herbal medicines are concerned can equally be harmful to the body.

In this case, Dr Agorku revealed that the young man may suffer serious health complications as a result of his action.

"He may have instant effects like diarrhoea, dizziness, palpitation or even death. It may also overload his liver and kidney and in the long run cause them to shut down resulting in liver and kidney failure."

This kind of abuse is part of the reasons why people have concluded that herbal medicines kidney and liver failures"

She concluded by admonishing Ghanaians to follow the prescribed doses when it comes to the intake of herbal medicines.

"I must say that what this guy did is bad and is detrimental to his health. Those of us in the habit of abusing herbal medicines should put a stop to it" Taabea like any other herbal medicine is not a beverage and so should be taken according to the stipulated dosage. We should desist from overdosing and abusing herbal medicines.

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Ghanaians react to the act by the young man

Netizens who thronged the comment section of the video shared diverse opinions of the man who ate the loaf of bread with herbal medicine.

Others also stated it might be an attention-seeking move and that he might have replaced the mixture with fruit juice.

Bonna Venn Tura indicated:

This one is called didi na y3 wo ho eduro

obaagyamfuah commented:

50 cedis budget paa for lunch, you get money boss...

SDJ stated:

Hehe...Taabea is 26gh o...it can buy about 3 bottles of Malta Guinness....anaa

Ice indicated:

No one will just buy medicine to drink if he or she is not sick. He would have bought malt if he had the money, but he decided to take leftover TAABEA

Love Lock reacted:

You can drink Taabea like this? Tasting it is even wahala na drinking it with bread

Man eats with a mad man

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Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that another man also sparked a reaction online after he was spotted eating with a very popular mentally challenged man in public.

The young lady who filmed the incident said she had never seen a situation like that before.

Source: YEN.com.gh