Good day to you all on Steem traveler, I am glad to have you right here in my blog. And I will love to take you round some features that I feel are exclusive to my community and my people. Today I will be taking you to a traditional Pharmacy. Based on the standard concept of a drug store or a pharmacy where you can get medicine and be attended to by a pharmacist, I will be taking you to a traditional Pharmacy where you can get all type of traditional medicine.

Location

The place of interest in this post is located along Oron Road in the city of Uyo, Akwaibom State. To make it easy to locate, I will provide you with the what3words for the location. we have other places like this that specializes in the sales of traditional medicine, the most famous are found at Itam Market.

What is sold in this "Pharmacy"

This traditional Pharmacy stocks all types of medicinal ingredients for the making of traditional potions. In their stock there are roots from various trees, tree backs, seeds, dried leaves and a lot of items that can be used as spices like the African nutmeg, ngansang, garlic, alligator paper. They have olive oil and various incense materials for prayer houses.

This places also stock items used for rites, rituals and ceremonies performed by members of African Traditional Religion.
Patronage mostly comes from traditional healers, native doctors and voodoo practitioners. That is why you will find earthenware pots, totems, skulls, stick-dolls, amulets, caurie, animal teeth, horns tusks, beaks, shells, bones and other scarry items that will hit you with goosebumps.
A well stocked shop of this type will have life turtles, vultures, owls, geckos, crows and even some species of snakes.

This shops always have lots of bottles containing potions and powders of various colours.
The chemist that man such places are not to be messed with, It will be safe to assume that this place has what it takes to make you well or very sick, it can help sustain life or take it away. And this days, there is a kind of stigma attached to anyone who conducts business with this shops. But the shops are still open because they have enough patronage. While at the shop this lady came for some materials, she was able to communicate what she wanted without my getting any idea of what she requested for.

Do you have similar shops in your area?
Would you buy their spices as food ingredients?

Earthenware pots
Located under the table, often used to mix a truth portion called "mbiam". You really will not want this and it's content buried in or around your property
Cane found leaning in front of the table is said to be useful in the treatment of impulsive cleptomaniac and Psychosis
Carved Stick found at the extreme left, used in casting a spell
Empty snail shell followed by some old traditional form of money which I can't really remember what he said they were used for.

Conclusion

That was a look into our traditional Pharmacy, I will love to come up with another aspect of my culture just to help you have a look into our world.