Onyango Wambia is a small-scale farmer from Lela village in Kisumu district, in the western part of Kenya. Although Onyango is diabetic, he rarely uses medicine because he cannot afford to buy the prescribed regimen. How does he then manage his condition? “This is what I use for diabetes,” he says peeling off a clove of garlic and throwing it into his mouth. “I eat an average of eight of these a day. I have done this since 1998, when I was diagnosed with diabetes. Someone tipped me about the garlic, and I have found it to be useful.” The cloves of garlic and a sizeable piece of ginger that he also adds to his self-treatment cost him about KSh10 per day. He is convinced that this routine controls his blood sugar.
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