Home Mejurge. It was discovered by a healer of Jamindi (Colombia) called José Alfonso Menjurge, in the year 1819. Your pharmacy (Apotheke), which was actually a store where it was sold, was the most famous pharmacy in all the realm of New Granada, which already in those days was called "La Gran Colombia". Reportedly, Simón Bolivar, who was sick of syphilis by his habit of visiting brothels of the Gran Colombia, was treated with the famous Don José Alfonso Menjurge remedies. This is the reason why the Chaves wanted to Venezuelans to stop call "drugs", the Venezuelan remedies, and wanted that from its Ordinance called menjurges to all that is sold in Venezuelan pharmacies, unfortunately the matter not fr utifico, because the Chaves died have gone to eat Cuban mejurges.