Health Care Ethics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dev World Bioeth. 2022 Dec;22(4):203-210. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12330. Epub 2021 Aug 10.
Folk medicine, also known as traditional medicine, is an ancient cultural practice used to contain and manage illnesses and diseases. It is not wrong to say that western/modern medicine developed from folk medicine because medicine was practiced with herbs, divination, and superstition. Some people continue to rely on spiritual powers, divination, and herds in treating ill health. Folk medicine continues to be an integral part of healthcare among many ethnic groups despite the advent of western/modern medicine. Its preference and resilience are based on tradition, choice, inexpensiveness, and easy access. Omenala-tradition is the foundation of folk, and its operating principle is Ọfọ and Ogu. This work looks at the main ethical underpinnings of Igbo folk medicine of South-Eastern Nigeria in the context of Omenala. It concludes that the ethical principle of Ọfọ and Ogu make treatment efficacious, promote patient-healer relationships, and guides healers and patients.
民间医学，也被称为传统医学，是一种古老的文化实践，用于控制和管理疾病。可以说，西方/现代医学是从民间医学发展而来的，因为医学曾经是用草药、占卜和迷信来实践的。有些人在治疗健康问题时仍然依赖精神力量、占卜和草药。尽管西方/现代医学已经出现，但民间医学仍然是许多族群医疗保健的一个组成部分。它的偏好和韧性基于传统、选择、经济实惠和易于获取。奥门拉传统是民间医学的基础，其运作原则是奥福和奥古。这项工作着眼于尼日利亚东南部伊博民间医学的主要伦理基础奥门拉。它的结论是，奥福和奥古的伦理原则使治疗有效，促进医患关系，并指导治疗师和患者。
