CATEGORY:NEW PRODUCT
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By Wallace J.A, Inside Grenada correspondent
Saturday October 21,2006


ST. GEORGE ‘S, Grenada - Noelville Limited, the local producers of NUT-MED pain relieving spray, has added another product to its line. The NUT-MED pain relieving cream was launched at a ceremony held at the Grenada Board of Tourism on Monday of this week.

The NUT-MED cream is expected to retail for about EC$15.00 and should provide relief for a number of conditions like back pain and cramps, inflammation of the joints, arthritis pain and muscular aches.

Mr. Denis Noel, Manager of Noelville Ltd., stated that it has always been his wish to try and break the traditional practice of exporting our raw materials and them purchasing them as finished products. This motivated him to use some of the local raw materials that we have and convert them into finished products, ready for export thus effectively breaking the cycle.

Mr. Noel is of the view that the herbal industry, once properly developed, can assist in the socio-economic development of the region. He believes that there are lots of herbal remedies lying within the bio-diversity of the copious plant life that exists in the region.

The local businessman thinks that many of us do not use the herbal remedies that were handed down to us by our forefathers because much scientific research has not been done on them. As a result of this, people tend to gravitate towards the conventional medicine which can be very costly and could be out of the financial reach of many people.

He suggested that he intends to try and convince influential persons locally, regionally and internationally about the need to look seriously at the benefits of herbal medicine since cures for some of the sicknesses that have been plaguing mankind in recent times could be found within some of the regions herbs.