By Own Correspondent| The Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ) has claimed that about 80% of the Zimbabwean population use traditional medicines.

The organisation however claimed that Zimbabwe still had challenges in scientifically proving the effectivenes and scientific properties of these herbs in order for them to be internationally recognised and certified.

The MRCZ said most herbalists in Zimbabwe use rituals and dreams when diagnosing their patients making it difficult to scientifically prove their effectiveness.

While addressing a forum hosted by MRCZ recently, the organisation’s chairperson Charles Nhachi said:

“Despite our beliefs, we have somehow and always used traditional medicines from time to time and I can say that about 80% of the Zimbabwe population is using traditional medicine.

One of the challenges we are facing is that most herbalist use rituals and dreams to make their diagnosis which make it difficult to scientifically prove.”