Therapeutic strategies and traditional medical knowledge of the people of Bar Chando sublocation, Bondo District, Kenya

Abstract

The AA. examine the various ways through which the people of Bar Chando sublocation conceptualise, apprehend and experience disease as well as how they organize themselves in attempt to achieve good medical care. Disease threatens not only the well-being of those afflicted and their relatives but also the integrity of the whole community at large. Therefore, the people in Bar Chando sub-location rely to a large extent on their traditional medicines to deal with a wide array of ailments.