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Yamoa's Story So Far
 In Africa it has been part of the culture for hundreds of years to practice traditional medicine. Right across this vast continent tribes would have a healer or shaman. These healers used knowledge passed down to them through the generations, but kept them as closely guarded secrets. The secrets of herbs, tree bark, roots, fruits and berries that were used for their healing qualities (`botanising’ started the pharmaceutical industry, when the pain-killing properties of willow tree bark led to the invention of aspirin), were, and still are, used throughout Africa and the rest of the world by indigenous peoples.
 People would come from far and wide to receive Akua's remedies. As a boy Jerry was used to seeing long lines of people young and old coming and going from his grandmother’s house, many of whom went away never to return. That was the extent of Akua’s fame, given that most people experienced dramatic relief from the painful and debilitating symptoms of asthma and bronchial irritation after using this powder.
What was most astonishing was that treatment was in most cases one-off - most people who had suffered for years from asthma, hayfever and other respiratory problems were free of their lifetime’s problem after taking the powdered bark of this gum tree.
It was brought to the attention of Dr. Miser, a Swiss Doctor based at a nearby Presbyterian mission hospital in Agogo in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He viewed what he heard with scepticism, as would most Western medical practitioners. However, as his patients continued to tell him that their symptoms had disappeared after taking the powder, he decided to see for himself.
Dr. Miser had suffered with mild asthma so he was somewhat intrigued and sought out Akua to try the powder. The result amazed him, and he returned to Akua to ask her permission to have the powder tested and asked Akua to disclose her secret, if it passed the testing.
Akua was concerned that if the secret of Yamoa was unveiled it would be open to abuse; it might be made available only for people who could afford it, or worse still it might be kept a secret from everyone. So Akua guarded the Yamoa secret as it had been guarded through the generations of shaman before her. Somewhat dismayed, Dr. Miser would often send his incurable cases to her - and would continue to call round in person. Dr. Miser pressed Afua for her knowledge, but she refused on every occasion.
As Jerry grew older, he was told he was not destined to become a shaman. He didn’t mind as he was drawn towards teaching which is what he went on to do. Jerry trained to be a primary school teacher, and his ambition was to create a life for himself in England.
Eventually he emigrated here, settling in South London. For many years Jerry worked for the Post Office (and still does), where he was surprised to meet so many people suffering with asthma and hayfever which in Ghana he had seen his grandmother so easily alleviate. Remembering all that his grandmother had told him and the queues of people that receiving the Yamoa remedy, Jerry travelled back to Ghana in 1994 and asked Akua to tell him her secret. He was refused initially, and it took much persuading by Jerry and other members of the family. Akua to finally grant him the secret and let him bring the remedy to the UK.
Jerry Yamoa, the grandson of Akua Asirifia was finally granted the secret after a tribal ceremony in Ghana West Africa, and received the secret for the benefit of others. Afua took Jerry to the forest and showed him the bark of a particular tree. She requisitioned him with the responsibility of bringing the remedy to those who need it. Akua knew many secrets of natural remedies and Jerry was very impressed with her extensive knowledge of herbs, plants and tree barks. Afua died aged 107, pleased that her grandson would sustain her legacy.
On his return to England, he asked 20 colleagues at the Nine Elms Postal Office suffering from asthma and hayfever to try the powdered bark. All 20 reported that they were much improved. Some were convinced that their asthma had gone completely, others with hayfever had no symptoms at all after taking the month’s course. For the first time, people were able to lead a normal life because of this mystery powder.
Jerry was overwhelmed with the results. They were remarkable and profound with a 90% success rate, and two years later the first group were still going strong and were not having to use other forms of medication.
Obviously word spread, and Jerry was soon back in Ghana arranging for a regular shipment of the powder. In the UK things were going well and Channel 4 Television took an interest in Yamoa Powder and showed a feature on the programme London Today.
Realising that Yamoa Powder was even more effective than he remembered as a boy, he decided to find the best way to bring it to the people who needed it, and on the advice of some friends, Jerry approached Boots Chemists and Glaxo-Wellcome but only hit a brick wall.
In his naïvete Jerry thought that they would jump at the chance of helping so many sufferers, but as it was pointed out to him later, if you are a company making millions of pounds out of asthma and hayfever, would you give up all your profits on a one-off remedy that works?
Undeterred to bring Yamoa Powder to those who most need it, Jerry began to sell it by himself. It wasn’t long before word soon spread and sales began to increase at a steady stream. Sufferers who had taken the powder were telling friends and family about his remarkable remedy and after a year 70% of Jerry’s sales were all by word-of-mouth.
Understanding Jerry’s plight, a herb company offered to help him to reach out to health shops. However, Yamoa Powder has been treated with a certain amount scepticism by some shop owners, and it is quite apparent that there are two types health shop; one that acknowledges its role as a source of information and help for people looking for alternatives to mainstream medicines and foods, and one that has jumped on the health bandwagon in the interests of profit, not people.
Jerry has now set up his own company, and is at a stage with sales that he is able to employ his own sales team to spread the news that Yamoa Powder relieves and can in many cases eradicate, the symptoms of asthma, hayfever and other respiratory problems.
As a result of the first group tested, a double blind study was undertaken using 78 participants. The test was a resounding success with 90% proclaiming they were free from the long-term respiratory problems.
Since then we have conducted a further survey by questionaire, with the help of Dr Nyjon Eccles.
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