DOCTOR IFABKUNKMI, O.ADEWALE. TRAINED AS BIOSYSTEMATIC PLANT TAXONIMIST IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS. DR IFABUKUNMI O. ADEWALE IS AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL SCIENTIST IN THE FIELD OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.
HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING ACHITECT OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE EDUCATION. DR IFABUKUNMI HAS
BEEN A MEMBER OF LAGOS STATE BOARD OF TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SINCE 1992, HE HAS SERVED IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES
OF THE BOARD, NOTABLE OF THESE COMMITTEES ARE: SOCIAL AND WELFARE, INFORMATION, EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PLANNING.
HE PRESENTED ISEMBAYE (AFRICAN TRADITIONAL VALUES) A 30-MINUTE WEEKLY PROGRAMME ON FEDERAL
RADIO CORPORATION (FRCN) BETWEEN 1987 AND 1991.
HE WAS THE PRESENTER OF IWOSANIBILE (TRADITIONAL HEALING) ON STATE RADIO, RADIO LAGOS (NOW
EKO F.M) BETWEEN 1994 AND 1998. IN 1998, HE STARTED LIVING WITH ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN (817) MEDICAL PLANT SPECIES
THAT GROW IN HIS PERSONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN.
IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, HE HAS AT VARIOUS TIMES PRESENTED PAPERS FOR PUBLICATIONS ON TROPICAL
MEDICINE PLANTS.
HE IS A PRACTICING IFA PRIEST ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND UNRIVALLED REPUTATIONS
HE IS A VISITING LECTURER IN MANY UNIVERSITIES WITH MANY PAPERS PRESENTED AMONG
WHICH ARE:
*NATURAL MEDICINE
IN THE ENDING MILLENIUM. Paper presented at the Lagos state Traditional Medicine Board. 1999) - PUBLISHED
*THE HEALING POWER OF HERBS
, THE JOURNAL OF TECHNO-SCIENCE. UNAD Centre for Research and Development.Ado Ekiti,Ekiti State, Nigeria.1999(Published).
*BOTANY AS THE TOOL FOR OVERALL
DEVELOPMENT OF MANKIND.LAUTECH. Ogbomosho,Oyo State,Nigeria.(2002).
*THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD AND OTHER SPECIALIZATION.
LAUTECH.Ogbomosho.Oyo State , Nigeria.(2002).
*ETHNO BOTANY IN MODERN NIGERIA. UNILAG, 2004.
*HEALTH MEDICINE AND INDIGENOUS
PHARMACOPOEIA. HAVANA, CUBA (2003).
*TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SPIRITUAL HEALING.
The OLIVE LEAF, 145 East, 23rd St, NY. 2004.
*32 TRADITIONAL PLANTS MEDICINE.
Minneapolis, St. Puals, Blumition, Tallahassee, 2004 & 2005
*EWE, THE MEDICINAL PLANT'S PROPERTIES.
CHIGACO, 2005.
*INTRODUCTION TO ORISA PLANTS.
ATLANTA 2005.
*CONSERVATION & SUSTAINABILITY: MEDICINAL PLANTS &TRADO. KNOWLEDGE.
African Healing Wisdom Conference, Capitol Hill, Washington DC. July 6-9, 2005.
*INTRODUCTION TO YORUBA CULTURE & RELIGION.
(DVD ON SALES) Miami, NY Open Center. 2006.
*ORISA.
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, 408 West 58th St. NY, 2006
*ORISA & MEDICINAL PLANTS (DVD ON SALES).
Charlotie-N. Carolina, Baltimore- Mary Land, Washington & NY. 2006
HE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE PLANT OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.PUBLISHED BY ADEWURA NATURAL
MEDICAL CENTRE. LAGOS-STATE, NIGERIA.(2002).
PHARMACEUTICALLY, HE IS A MANUFACTURER OF MANY LEADING POTENT HERBAL REMEDIES, NOTABLE OF
THESE REMEDIES ARE: BP DETOXIFIER 101, CLEANSER 109 MIXTURE,
; THAT NATURALLY CLEANCES THE BLOOD AND 'EQUALLY GOOD FOR MAKING AGEING AGELESS'.
OTHER PAPERS PRESENTED ARE:
*Studies on Germination,Epidemal Morphology. Carbohydrate and Protein contents
of Colocynthis citrullus L, C. vularis
L. & Cucumeropsis edulis Hooker.
Dept. of Biological Sc. UNILAG. 1991
* SUBSTATIATION OF THE FACT THAT: "THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF CLEANSER 109 MIXTURE
HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE 1891". A paper presented to Advert and R&R Depts., NAFDAC. 2004.
*MOVING AFRICAN HEALTH AGENDA FORWARD WITH TRADITIONAL MEDICINE. A paper
presented at the 2004 AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE DAY. Organized by Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board. 31st August,
2004.
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