Dr. Sebi (Alfredo Darrington Bowman) was born in 1933 in Ilanga, Honduras. He first learned of herbal healing and related traditional practices from his grandmother; his grandfather was originally from Haiti. Bowman who was a Honduran of African descent, identified himself as an "African in Honduras", not as an Afro-Honduran.

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Dr. Sebi became frustrated with Western medical practices in treating his own illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, impotency and visual impairment and visited an herbalist in Mexico named Alfredo Cortez who confirmed to him that he was dying.

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Dr. Sebi began his own healing practice in Honduras soon after. He developed a treatment that he called the "African Bio-Electric Cell Food Therapy", and used it to successfully treat a wide range of diseases, including cancer and AIDS, as well as a variety of chronic conditions and mental illnesses. He also developed related herbal products.

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Dr. Sebi set up a center in the 1980s near La Ceiba, Honduras, and marketed his herbal products in the United States. He called his center the USHA Research Institute, as located in the village of Usha.

 

Dedicating his life to the pursuit of natural plant-based approaches for health management and disease prevention, Dr. Sebi treated high profile clientele including Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy, John Travolta, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC, and Teddy Pendergrass, and his efforts continue to enrich the health and wellbeing of millions of people around the world.

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Dr. Sebi passed away in 2016, leaving a legacy of natural healing knowledge, philosophy and wisdom that is our duty to pass onto future generations for the healing of all humankind.