00:00One of the so-called possible cure for gout
00:02from the herbal plant Pansit-Pansitan
00:05was invented by Filipino researchers.
00:07Niko Wahe was one of them.
00:14In November of last year,
00:16Nazareth's 28-year-old feelings suddenly worsened.
00:20It was like a trauma.
00:21My head and legs were aching.
00:24Before I went to the hospital,
00:26it suddenly became painful.
00:27I couldn't explain the pain.
00:29It was really painful.
00:31When the rheumatologist looked at it,
00:33he found out that he already had gout.
00:35There was a combination of
00:38nana and gout crystals
00:41that caused me to not be able to move.
00:45I had gouty arthritis
00:47because of my lifestyle,
00:49because of what I eat,
00:51and of course,
00:52as a work-from-home,
00:53I was always stuck at home.
00:56I didn't exercise.
00:57According to the Philippine Rheumatology Association,
01:001.6 million Filipinos suffer from gout.
01:05Nazareth spent three months in therapy
01:08to be able to walk again.
01:10Whenever he had gout,
01:12he was found to be a painkiller.
01:14There are many cases of complications
01:17such as CKD or kidney failures
01:19due to too much take of painkillers.
01:21This is also what the researchers
01:24of the Institute of Herbal Medicine want to avoid.
01:26That's why they used a herbal plant
01:27called ulasimang bato or pansit-pansitan
01:31to make a medicine for gout.
01:33Its pharmacological activity
01:35inhibits xanthine oxidase.
01:39This is the same mechanism of action
01:42of your adipurinol
01:44so that our uric acid
01:49can break down
01:51and it won't accumulate in our body.
01:54100% of the medicines made in the Philippines
01:57are made from pansit-pansitan,
01:59which is said to be studied for 10 years
02:00before it becomes an effective medicine for gout.
02:02In the clinical trial of the Institute of Herbal Medicine,
02:0678% of the uric acid level
02:08was lowered after 49 days.
02:11What is good about the ulasimang baton
02:14is that it also has an analgesic effect
02:18and anti-inflammatory.
02:20For now, they are just waiting
02:22to approve the Certificate of Product Registration
02:24of the Food and Drug Administration.
02:27For GMA Integrated News,
02:29Nico Juahe for Tutok 24 Hours.
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