Indigenous herbal bricoleur methods for curing nocturnal enuresis among the yorubas of southwestern Nigeria

This paper explores the indigenous knowledge of herbal, social, and bricoleur methods used to cure nocturnal enuresis (NE) among the Yoruba people of Southwestern Nigeria. Two methods were identified, namely, the ladder climbing /Oharan (Big Squirrel) method and the indigenous banana stem method. However, for scientific and clarity reasons, this paper focuses only on the the indigenous banana stem method. The study further explores the procedures of how to prepare the herbal medicine through the indigenous banana stem method to curing the Persistent Primary Nocturnal Enuresis illness (NE), which is mainly caused by either the psychological or spiritual influences in the local environment. The paper adopted an explanatory research methodology, using percentages mainly, to investigate how the NE is cured among the Yoruba cultural group in the study area. Multi-staged sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample population. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. Primary data were collected, first, from a sample of 10 adults (comprising of 6 men and 4 women), out of a population of 15 adults whose treatments are on going at the period of collection of data for this research. The 15 adults were suffering from the NE at the time of this survey.