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By Hayley Prokos<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

COJIMAR, Cuba \u2014 On an average afternoon in a fishing village just outside of Havana, Dr. Gaston Rodriguez works in a local clinic, treating his patients\u2019 aches and pains with cupping, acupuncture and massage therapy.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez uses arnica montana, a wildflower native to Europe, for inflammation of muscles. \u201cIt\u2019s like an aspirin,\u201d he says. He uses auriculotherapy, an electrical stimulation of the surface of the ear, which originated from ancient Chinese practices of acupuncture, to help reduce anxiety. In cupping, he creates suction by placing small cups on the skin. The practice may help to stimulate blood flow and promote healing.<\/p>\n

Some Cubans look to salsa parrilla for lowering cholesterol and weight management. Others look to caisimon anise for inflammation of the pelvis and tila to quell sleep anxiety. Many use plants to control dandruff, treat hematomas and ease joint pain.<\/p>\n

In a country that prides itself on advanced health care, one of the country\u2019s greatest sources of medicine is the earth. The acceptance of homeopathic medicine comes partly from tradition, but a more important factor may be necessity: In the past 25 years, Cuba has simply been unable to meet the domestic demand for medicine found on dozens of shelves at a typical American pharmacy, from hydrocortisone to ibuprofen.<\/p>\n

Cuba is not alone. The journal Frontiers of Pharmacology reported in 2014 that the use of herbal medicine has \u201cincreased tremendously over the past three decades,\u201d with at least 80 percent of people in the developing world relying on these treatments for some aspect of their health care.<\/p>\n

Cuban officials are trying to further develop the health care system with better availability of over-the-counter treatments, vaccines and disease prevention. In the meantime, natural methods will have to do.<\/p>\n

The government began a push toward natural medicine in the early 1990s amid the economic crisis that followed the disintegration of the Soviet Union, when Cuba could no longer depend on Soviet subsidies. Ra\u00f9l Castro, then vice president under his brother, Fidel, began to encourage the education and practice of alternative medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn \u201991 and \u201992, there were no pills. Those were hard years in Cuba,\u201d says Rodriguez, the Cojimar doctor. Cuban medical schools began to educate students on homeopathic treatment options. Some treatments originated in Africa, others in Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n

While access to medicine is better than it was during the special period, resources remain limited, and many Cubans, like their peers around the world, find that natural treatments work. As a result, Cuban medical practitioners habitually use homeopathic treatments.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez\u2019s specialization is natural medicine in the clinic\u2019s department of Medicina Natural y Tradicional (MNT). His clients are primarily referrals from family practitioners, who send him patients seeking natural treatments in different specialties, from gynecology and orthopedics to mental health. He deals with everything from tendinitis to lumbar and sciatica issues to high blood pressure, depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, alternative medicine is employed when modern medicine fails. When a patient\u2019s stomach can\u2019t tolerate an over-the-counter aspirin, he recommends arnica montana.<\/p>\n

The older his patients get, the less he\u2019ll use acupuncture and the more he\u2019ll implement massage therapy and moxibustion, or Chinese incense.<\/p>\n

Old-time herbal remedies can be an effective first course of action, they can be implemented in conjunction with modern pharmaceutical or they can be used in the creation of modern medicine, according to Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

Quality control is essential, even with the use of alternative medicine, said Diadelis Remirez Figueredo, a doctor in pharmaceutical science. She oversees clinical trials for the National Center for State Quality Control of Drugs (CECMED), examining the safety and efficacy of drugs.<\/p>\n

Herbal medicine is \u201cmore pure\u201d and can be made more or less potent in the forms of pill or a suppository when processed by CECMED, Figueredo says, adding that the safest and best remedies are the ones backed by scientific evidence. Processing is also safer because it allows for the administration of safe doses of herbs, lessening the probability of side effects.<\/p>\n

The government says it is always conducting a number of clinical trials to examine the effects and benefits of various drugs and treatments, says Figueredo, who reports that Cuba exports products to Africa, as well as Venezuela and other countries in Latin America.<\/p>\n

Cubans who stock their cupboards with these remedies say that their personal experiences are proof enough. Havana residents Kiki Aleman and his wife, Lesbia, are avid users of natural medicine. They use oregano extract for a sore throat and an \u201cantioxidant tablet,\u201d made up mainly of morinda royoc, a plant native to the Caribbean, for stress and aches.<\/p>\n

The couple says that these herbs come in handy, particularly when an international exchange student they are hosting falls ill. They aren\u2019t authorized to give a student over-the-counter or prescription medicine, but they can provide students with natural medicine.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a loophole on which they rely if the student hasn\u2019t brought medicine from home or if local drugstores are out of supplies, which happens more often than some Cuban medical experts like to admit.<\/p>\n

The medical industry continues to struggle to acquire supplies and technology, given budget restrictions, scarce resources and the U.S. economic embargo. \u201cMedicines are expensive, but the Cuban government is making an effort to make sure there is enough medicine,\u201d said Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

Having worked as a medical assistant in Florida for two years, Rodriguez says he sees the vast differences in resource availability. The United States is more \u201cwell-prepared\u201d in comparison to Cuba, he reports. Sophisticated medicine and high-quality doctors make the health care system more robust than the Cuban system, which provides available medical services to Cuban citizens free of charge.<\/p>\n

American use of natural medicine, meanwhile, more often compliments the advanced medical industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you start looking at the pharmacology, many medicines come from plants,\u201d says Rodriguez, who contends that a mix of modern and natural medicine is ideal. \u201cWe need to study modern medicine, but not forget where it came from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Kiki Aleman, a Cuban native, keeps bottles of oregano extract in case of a sore throat. (Hayley Prokos\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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