Community Health Nursing

    Percentage of nursing student's survey in recommending herbal medicines as a treatment:

 

    According to Mrs. Zaidee A. Loyola, despite the fact that the herbaldrugs have slower effects, many medical doctors nowadays recognized the effectiveness of the DOH approved herbal medicines andrecommended as an alternative to custody.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    90% (9 of 10 student nurses) agreed that the medical doctors are now recommended herbal medicine approved by the DOH to cure diseases while 10% (1 in 10 student nurse) said he did not believe in it. Nowadays, doctors came to introduce the new concept of almost every corner of our country. Of course, modern medicine is a remarkable compared to the use of herbs. After all, without the herbal drug, it is uncomparable to an anti-biotics, vaccines, prevention, inflammation, and identifying drug anyway. As modern medicine it may be available at a price cheaper, the popularity of herbal medicine is denied too and facing extinction.

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

    60% of respondents (6 of 10 student nurses)believe that herbal is better than genetic or even branded drugs. Still prefer 40% (4 of 10 student nurses) to use the branded drug. 

    For most herbs, the specific ingredient that causes a medicinal effect is not known. The whole herb contains many components, and it is likely to work together to produce the desired medicinal effect. Many factors would affect how effective the medicines. For example, type the environment in which a plant grew will affect parts time.

They informed us that it is better to prepare the use of herbal medicines if we use the whole plant instead of extracting so long parts from them. The boung plants that discharge would have many parts. These parts work together to produce a healingeffect 'and also to reduce the chance of side effects from any parttime. Some herbs are often used together to enhance effectiveness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    70% (7 of 10 student nurses) they think that being accessed of herbal medicines will satisfy the needs in the Philippines while 30% (3 of 10 student nurses) think likewise. In fact, there are grasses available in most stores where come in several different forms such as tea, syrups, oils, liquid extracts, tinctures, and 'dry extracts' also. Tea is simply dried grass left to soak for a few minutes in boiling water. Syrups, made from concentrated and added to the preparation, sweet taste, is often used for sore throat and cough. Oils are copied from plants and often used as rubs for massage, either one or as part of an ointment or cream. The tinctures and liquid pumupuga called solvents which contains the active ingredient of the herb. A dry extract of most pure form of a herbal product and sold as a tablet, capsule, or lozenge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Again, 70% (7 of 10 student nurses) believe that more good to consult a doctor if you have an allergic reaction when taking herbal drugs. 30% (3 of 10 student nurses) said the herbal drug does not actually generate any allergic reaction. 

    The healing effects of herbs are tested by traditional physicians to their patients on trial and error basis. The knowledge and application skills in healing any diseases using herbal medicines handed down from generation to generation. Through the generation of selection process, the herbs known to be effective are kept alive While an ineffective is forgotten soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    80% (8 of 10 student nurses) said that nurses nowadays are recommending the use of herbal medicines as an alternative care to prevent diseases. 20% (2 of 10 student nurses) believe that nurses should not recommend the use of herbal medicines. However, the rural folks and the poor still rely on herbal medicines that are available in abundance. Herbal medicine has become the heritage of the past and the number of users rapidly rising. But the big problem is that people cannot obtain services from government hospitals for drugs without a prescription or proper advice. Keep in mind that herbal preparations arebest taken under the guidance of a trained professional. Be sure to consult a doctor or a healer before treating yourself. Most herbs are considered safer than modern medicine, but because it is not enough, the herbal products are often no brand and may contain undeclared extra. The self prescribing herbal products may increase the risk, so it is important to consultA doctor or a healer before taking herbal medicines.