Malaria

Symptoms: High Grade Temperature, Chills, Profuse Sweating, Headache, Back Pain, Body Aches, Fatigue, Dry Cough, Nausea/Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Bloody Stools

Medicines: Scientific Name: Andrographis Paniculata, Azadirachta indica A.Juss., Local Name: Chirota, Dogrikme, Golmatra, Doripu, Golmatra jaksrem, Dikge,Dieng Kthang, Kynshiang iong, Sohphoh ted, Sying Makhir, Chirota, Cholera dikge, Do.grikme.

Definition:

Malaria is a parasitic infection transmitted by an infective female mosquito ‘Anopheles’ or it is a disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on human’s blood, that leads to acute life-threatening disease and poses a significant global health threat. Malaria is caused by a protozoon belonging to the group Plasmodium species that does not spread from person to person.

Theme: Traditional Treatment- Communicable Diseases

Sub Theme: Malaria