Variable

Frequency

Percentage %

Engagement in traditional medicine practices?

Always

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

TOTAL

7

65

74

98

244

2.9

26.6

30.3

40.2

100

Assessment of traditional method of treatment? (how long ago)

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

TOTAL

4

5

22

41

72

5.6

6.9

30.6

56.9

100

How do you manage or treat the following illnesses? (MRA)

Fever

Application of crude oil

Palm kernel oil

Anointing oil

Drinking of herbal mixture

Others^*

4

11

5

9

210

1.7%

4.6%

2.1%

3.8%

87.9%

Convulsion (MRA)

Scarification marks

Application/drinking of herbal mixture

Human urine

Crude oil

Palm kernel oil

Olive oil

Putting leg/hand inside fire

Others

5

11

3

12

36

12

2

Nil

6.2%

13.6%

3.7%

14.8%

44.4%

14.8%

2.5%

Conjunctivitis (Apollo) - MRA

Application of urine into the eye

Application of breast milk into the eyes

Application of herbal mixture

Human urine

See a doctor

Others^*

11

30

5

4

76

10

8.1%

22.1%

3.7%

2.9%

55.9%

6.3%

Diarrhoea (MRA)

Drinking herbal mixtures

Oral rehydration therapy

Others^*

12

127

34

6.9%

73.4%

20.7%

Enlarged abdomen (apaafo) -MRA

Drinking of herbal concoctions

Scarification marks

Hot stone

Others^*

39

14

2

11

59.1%

21.2%

3.0%

16.7%

Healing of wound from fallen umbilical cord stump (MRA)

Application of animal faeces

Toothpaste

Vaseline

Motor oil

Breast milk

Others^*

1

16

96

Nil

5

23

0.7%

11.3%

68.1%

Nil

3.5%

16.3%

Malaria and typhoid (MRA)

Roots

Nchuanwu/Utazi

Others

19

25

72

16.4%

21.6%

62.1%