Abstract: The object of this local study was to test the knowledge of local people from Ban Nong Waeng, Tambon Wang Nang, Amphur Muang, Mahasarakham Province in the benefits of everyday food and to use local resources for self-healing.
Methodology: The study employed a various methodology of 1. Planning. 2. Research. 3. Reflection. The study employed 30 volunteers from the local community to attend an in depth interview. Each person was asked a selection of questions on their knowledge of the individual health benefits of everyday consumption of various local grown fruits and vegetables, e.g. their vitamin content, how could they prevent or alleviate certain ailments, are the seeds or leaves of any particular benefit, questions on home remedies and concoctions to alleviate and cure symptoms of various ailments and knowledge of what causes life threatening diseases.
Results: The results of this research were as follows 1. All persons interviewed new that everyday fruits and vegetables were good for your body. 2. They did not know the individual benefits or the vitamins particular produce contained. 3. Home remedies and concoctions produced at home seemed to have been lost or not passed down from generation to generation, 80% of the local volunteers believed smoking and alcohol was the cause of cancers and other life threatening diseases and 20% believed the onset of these life threatening ailments are initiated by bad living and sin against others. Some residents mentioned that the fruit from the Pak a dow (Isaan) Sa dow (Thailand) tree had benefits that might be a preventative measure against cancer but after some research it was found that the leaf and fruit extract was used predominantly used as relief from Leprosy and skin complaints, it also helped in some stomach and intestinal tract complaints, its other names are the Neem or Nimtree and grows predominantly in Asia. Research has been going on for the past thirty years into this leaf and seed extract as its efficiency as a non chemical insecticide and results are promising.
Conclusion: The conclusion to this study was there is a real need to educate local people into the benefits and vitamins of individual fruits and vegetables, the ability to use these to prevent the onset of illnesses, the knowledge of free radicals and their outcome, the preparation of self-healing concoctions lost over the years. This knowledge could alleviate an already over loaded health system especially the knowledge to prevent the onset of life threatening ailments and to raise your self-esteem with the knowledge to improve you and your family’s life style and wellbeing.
Keywords: self-healing, fruits and vegetables, home remedies and concoctions.
Title: A Guide to Longevity and Self-Healing
Author: William Coombes, Mrs. Latmun Coombes
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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