Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Kwenguva yokutanga, hurumende inodzora mishonga - Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) - yakabvumira mushonga une mushonga wetsika wokuChina. Chigadzirwa chacho, Phynova Joint and Muscle Relief, chine sigesbeckia, mushonga unoshandiswa kurapa marwadzo anokonzerwa nechirwere chemabvi. 'Kusvikira zvino vanachiremba vakawanda vepamusha vave vachingwarira kukurudzira mishonga yemakwenzi yokuChina, asi zvino pane chimwe chigadzirwa chatinoziva kuti chinogadzirwa zvisina ngozi uye muuwandu hwakakwana,' anotsanangura kudaro Purofesa George Lewith, mutsvakurudzi wemishonga yokuwedzera paSouthampton University. Sigesbeckia mushonga unoshandiswa kurapa marwadzo anokonzerwa nechirwere chearthritis. 'Sigesbeckia inotipa imwe nzira yemishonga inorwisa kuzvimba iyo inouya nemigumisiro yakaipa yakadai sokubuda ropa mumatumbu.' Purofesa Lewith haashandisi chigadzirwa chacho iye pachake, asi anotaura kuti asati aiswa chiuno nokuda kwearthritis akashandisa mumwe muti, Devil's Claw, somushonga wokurwadziwa kwemajoini. Haasi iye bedzi chiremba wechiorthodox uyo anorumbidza marapirwo anowedzera kuvarwere vake... Mishonga yemakwenzi yokurapa kutonhora uye kuora mwoyo. Dr. Mike Dixon, chiremba wezvokurapa muCullompton, Devon, uye sachigaro weCollege of Medicine, anoti 'anofarira' mishonga yemakwenzi nokuti 'yakachengeteka, inobatsira kukurudzira kuzvitarisira kwevarwere uye, mumamiriro ezvinhu akadai seminti uye aloe vera, inogona kurimwa nevarwere pachavo, vachiita kuti vave vakasununguka.' 'Mushonga wandinoshandisa mumwaka wechando muti unonzi pelargonium, wandinotora nokukurumidza pandinonzwa kutonhora kuri kuuya sezvo uchidzivisa utachiona kuti hurege kuwanda,' anodaro. 'Ndinoshandisawo tii yeminti pakusagadzikana kudya uye ndinogadzira mushonga unobva mumurimi wemonimu unomera mubindu rangu kuti undibatsire kurara. Unongoisa mashizha mashanu mukapu yemvura iri kuvira woisiya ichibika. Mushonga wandinowanzokurudzira varwere, zvisinei, igwenzi raSt John. Pane uchapupu hwakasimba hwokuti hunobatsira pakurwisa kuora mwoyo kuduku kana kuti kwakanyanyisa. Inogonawo kurapa kuneta kwenguva refu. 'Inogona kukanganisa mapiritsi okudzivirira kubata pamuviri nemimwe mishonga...
Mutongi weHurumende anotonga zvinodhaka akabvumira'mushonga wemakwenzi' Phynova Joint uye Muscle Relief, ine sigesbeckia. Muti wechinyakare wechiChinese unowanzoshandiswa kurapa marwadzo nemarwadzo. Dr Uzma Ali vanopa zano varwere vane marwadzo kuti vatore kurcumin supplement.