From: Use and pattern of previous care received by infertile Nigerian women
Traditional treatment | Conventional treatment |
---|---|
Use of traditional treatment | Use of conventional treatment |
No 140 (59.3%) | No 90 (38.1%) |
Yes 96 (40.7%) | Yes 146 (61.9%) |
Types of trado-medicine | Medical |
Islamic medicine - 2 | Unspecified-146 |
Moringa seeds-1 | Clomiphene citrate-10 |
Oral and Vaginal herbs −2 | Antibiotics-5 |
Oral herbs − 84 | Bromocriptine- 2 |
Oral herbs and Garlic- 1 | Hormonal-2 |
Oral herbs and Islamic medicine-2 | Surgical |
Oral herbs and prayers-1 | Hydrotubation-6 |
Unspecified-1 | Myomectomy-1 |
Vaginal herbs-1 | Manual vacuum aspiration-1 |
Vaginal soap −1 | In vitro fertilization-3 |