Anokbonggo W W, Odoi-Adome R, Oluju P M
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Makerere Medical School, Kampala, Uganda.
Bull World Health Organ. 1990;68(3):359-63.
A total of 292 traditional healers were interviewed in five districts of Uganda to discover how diarrhoeal diseases were treated by them. At least two healers were present in every village visited, and over 42% of their case-load was concerned with diarrhoeal treatment. The investigation showed that a great variety of herbs/plants are used by traditional healers in the treatment of diarrhoeal diseases. All those interviewed used water as the main vehicle for their herbal preparations, the amount prescribed daily ranging from 20 ml to over 100 ml for children (in the case of 54.5% of healers) and 100 ml to over 500 ml for adults (56.6%); 26.4% of healers considered fluid supplements as mandatory and 70.5% advised patients to take as much fluid as possible. Only 3.1% of healers either limited or did not advise fluid intake. These findings indicate that traditional healers could play an important role in interventions to control diarrhoeal diseases using modern oral rehydration therapy if they are assisted to improve their techniques.
在乌干达的五个地区，共采访了292名传统治疗师，以了解他们如何治疗腹泻疾病。在所走访的每个村庄至少有两名治疗师，他们超过42%的病例负担与腹泻治疗有关。调查表明，传统治疗师在治疗腹泻疾病时使用了各种各样的草药/植物。所有接受采访的人都将水作为草药制剂的主要载体，儿童每日规定用量从20毫升到超过100毫升（54.5%的治疗师如此），成人则为100毫升到超过500毫升（56.6%）；26.4%的治疗师认为补充液体是必需的，70.5%的治疗师建议患者尽可能多喝液体。只有3.1%的治疗师限制或不建议摄入液体。这些发现表明，如果得到帮助以改进技术，传统治疗师在使用现代口服补液疗法控制腹泻疾病的干预措施中可以发挥重要作用。
