00:00In Bukidnon, there is an alternative drug that was sold to the prisoners of Ahas.
00:17The marketing strategy of this man is different.
00:21In order to sell the drug that he was selling,
00:24he said that there is no alternative drug for the prisoners of Ahas.
00:30It is not a waste to use the drug that was sold to the prisoners of Ahas.
00:33He is demonstrating a life of poverty.
00:41He raised himself by himself by selling the drug to the prisoners of Ahas.
00:47He is demonstrating a life of poverty.
00:58Instead of sending the drug to the doctor,
01:00he just sprayed the drug on his hands, arms, and mouth when he was selling the drug.
01:07He did not run away, not only against the prisoners of Ahas,
01:11He is demonstrating a life of poverty.
01:15He is also suffering from various diseases.
01:19What did he do?
01:21Did he get lucky this year of the snake?
01:25Or will he continue to be a story?
01:33This man is a resident of Malaybalay, Bukidnon.
01:36He is still alive after being bitten by the prisoners of Ahas.
01:41Rene is not a real name.
01:45The snake that bit him is a famous Samar Cobra.
01:51Its venom is equivalent to that of the Philippine Cobra.
01:53It is lethal.
01:54Within two hours, you will show symptoms.
01:57If you can't handle it, you can really die.
02:02I can feel it. It's hot. It's like there's a storm.
02:05It's moving towards your body.
02:07But he doesn't care.
02:10He believes in his mother's visa,
02:13that he is his own formulation.
02:15He sells it for 100 pesos.
02:18It's hard to do.
02:19Four days.
02:25When I bite,
02:26it's only there for people to order.
02:28Now, when I bite,
02:29in 10 minutes,
02:30the 70 pieces are gone.
02:32One of the people convinced by Rene's product
02:35is the farmer Willy,
02:37who was also bitten by a cobra while planting in their fields.
02:41The road was blocked.
02:42I was bitten by a snake there.
02:45That's why he immediately sold it to Rene.
02:49And not only did he sell it to the body,
02:52he also drank it.
02:54Lana is a human being.
02:56Not only is she effective as a counter-commander,
02:58she also sells medicine for her illnesses.
03:01When I stroke, it reached 200.
03:03Even my BP, my BP is already high.
03:05This is on paper,
03:07this is a blood test.
03:08My glucose,
03:09this is pre-diabetic,
03:10is 105.
03:11I spend P20,000 every month.
03:14I said, Doc, how long is this going to last?
03:16He said, it's forever.
03:18It won't get better.
03:19When I stroke,
03:20I was able to sleep well.
03:22My blood pressure was normalized.
03:24As for Ronnie,
03:25Lana was also bitten by Rene
03:28when she had an accident on her motorcycle.
03:30This is my wound.
03:31The blood is dripping.
03:33My blood is already P20,000.
03:35The blood is dripping.
03:36I drank half of it.
03:37When I got to the hospital,
03:39it was P20,000.
03:40When I got here, it was P25,000.
03:41It means that the blood stopped dripping
03:44because of the blood.
03:45Before making and selling medicine,
03:48Rene is a grass-grower in their barangay
03:52where he can find
03:54different types of snails.
03:56I bought a lot of snails.
03:59There are Chinese,
04:00there are Koreans.
04:01I bought them too.
04:02300 per head of snails.
04:04They say that
04:05when they drink,
04:06their bodies are energetic.
04:07When he is bitten by a snake,
04:10his first aid,
04:12or first treatment,
04:13is to make Lana
04:14scratch the bitten part of the snake.
04:22This Thursday,
04:23Rene's snails
04:24were sold in this market
04:26in the city of Valencia.
04:32Valencia is a number 28 cancer.
04:35It's a very old, fresh cancer.
04:37Later,
04:38Rene took out the snails.
04:46But Rene hasn't revealed
04:48that he bought a lot of snails
04:50from Marcobra.
04:53Sometimes, when the children
04:55don't feel well,
04:57when the child is sick,
04:58I put them in a bag
04:59and the child is fine.
05:01He was able to sell
05:0230 bottles.
05:04That's why his income
05:05that day
05:06was P3,000.
05:10But where did he make
05:12the snails?
05:14If you eat it,
05:15even the leaves
05:16are spicy.
05:17That's the medicine.
05:18And is it true
05:19that it can be used as medicine?
05:20Based on present evidence,
05:24we will find out
05:25if it can be used
05:26as medicine.
05:27On our way back,
05:31Rene,
05:32from Malaybalay in Bukidnon,
05:34in order to sell his snails,
05:37was first bitten
05:39by his comrade,
05:41Cobra.
05:4910 minutes,
05:50the snails were gone.
05:52So that his comrade
05:53wouldn't find him,
05:55his wound
05:56was pierced by Rene's snails
05:58that he himself made.
06:00And he was told
06:01that he wasn't hurt.
06:04But where did he make
06:05his snails?
06:08According to Rene,
06:09sometimes when he was hiking in the mountains,
06:11he saw two cobras fighting.
06:15Just let the cobras fight.
06:18Don't move
06:19because one of them will die.
06:20The other one
06:21will get the medicine.
06:23Until he was bitten
06:25by a type of plant
06:27that they call
06:28Sorosoro.
06:34And to be safe,
06:35he mixed
06:36another type of plant,
06:38Bugis Pichel,
06:39that's why it's called
06:40Pitcher Plant.
06:42The Pitcher Plants
06:43that were used before
06:44were boiled in a pot
06:46and mixed
06:47with palm oil.
06:54When it boiled,
06:55he mixed
06:56the Sorosoro
06:57with it.
06:58When I boiled it,
06:59he still added
07:00palm oil
07:01because it's very spicy
07:02if you don't.
07:04And he squeezed it in a bottle.
07:05But do these plants
07:06really have medicinal properties
07:09to cure diseases,
07:11especially
07:12as an antidote
07:13to cobra venom?
07:16Based on present evidence,
07:19there's no sure
07:20that it really works.
07:21Each of those plants
07:23that are said
07:24to be in the sky,
07:26we really advocate
07:27the use
07:28of medicinal plants.
07:29But this should be
07:30evidence-based.
07:32So,
07:33if there's nothing like this,
07:34let's focus on the treatments
07:36that are certain.
07:38The Pitcher Plant
07:39has a substance
07:40or a liquid
07:41that traps the insect.
07:43The insect will die.
07:44It's dangerous
07:45to eat
07:46because the residue
07:47can be poisoned.
07:48The placebo effect
07:49may have helped them.
07:51People believe
07:52that one thing
07:53is effective,
07:54but in reality,
07:55it doesn't have
07:56a therapeutic effect
07:57on them.
08:00It wasn't planned
08:01by the commander.
08:02Most likely,
08:03it's a dry bite.
08:04So, the snake
08:05doesn't have venom
08:06that bites it.
08:07Venomous snakes,
08:08when they use
08:09their venom,
08:10either when eating
08:11or for self-defense,
08:12it usually takes
08:13a minimum of one week
08:14before it replenishes.
08:15Even if
08:16they keep on biting,
08:17if there's no venom,
08:18nothing will happen.
08:19It's just a normal wound.
08:23There's only one solution
08:24to the bite of a snake.
08:25Anti-venom only.
08:26There's no other.
08:28If they don't believe,
08:29they won't bite.
08:33It's wrong to do that.
08:34We use wildlife
08:35for personal gain.
08:37If it doesn't show
08:38the right permits
08:40to keep
08:41this kind of animal,
08:42it can really be punished.
08:44I'll bring it back
08:45to my barangay.
08:46I'll throw it there.
08:47We have a lot
08:48geographically isolated
08:49in this advantaged area.
08:50We had checkups,
08:52we had dentals,
08:53we had dental services.
08:55We're trying to reach
08:56the remote areas.
09:03In a country
09:04where poverty is rampant,
09:06the only answer
09:07for many of our countrymen
09:09is to stick
09:10to alternative medicines,
09:13even if
09:14it's not supported
09:15by experts
09:16and education.
09:21It's very dangerous.
09:22It can be fatal.
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