|
Description of practice§
|
Number
|
Percentage
|
|---|
|
Treat short wind (n = 18)
|
15
|
83
|
|
How do people get this sickness# (n = 16)
| | |
|
Alcohol/ smoking
|
3
|
19
|
|
Food
|
5
|
31
|
|
Hereditary
|
1
|
6
|
|
Other natural cause
|
2
|
13
|
|
Other spiritual cause
|
2
|
13
|
|
Sexual intercourse with menstruating women
|
3
|
19
|
|
Symptoms of short wind*
| | |
|
Cough
|
8
|
42
|
|
Discoloured eyes
|
3
|
16
|
|
Fever
|
2
|
11
|
|
Haemoptysis
|
3
|
16
|
|
Fatigue
|
5
|
26
|
|
Shortness of breath
|
8
|
42
|
|
Weight loss
|
5
|
26
|
|
Other symptoms
|
10
|
52
|
-
§n = number of valid responses. All percentages were calculated as a proportion of the number of valid responses, which are indicated in brackets.
-
#The healers were asked to give the single most important response for the question: How do people get this sickness?
- *The healers described more than one symptom for short wind, therefore these percentages do not add up to 100.
