AKU - An African Journal of Contemporary Research (AAJCR) (Vol. 1 No. 1, 2020)
HERBBAL POTENCY, ECOLOGICAL THREATS AND CHANGES IN MEDICO-SPIRITUAL HEALING OF PATIENTS IN THE KOM CHIEFDOM OF CAMEROON
ABSTRACT
This paper exposed the threats to the potency and practice of traditional healing relative to human activities as well as natural and ecological considerations. The paper pointed out that, the advent of colonialism and Christianity introduced new ideologies which often tried to suppress the practice of traditional medicine, even so, the emergence of new disease like HIV/AIDS further compounded the challenges facing traditional healing and its potency was put to test. The paper equally examined the effects of human activities notably agricultural and grazing on traditional healing and environment. The paper concludes that, the place of traditional medicine in Kom remained indispensable, though the practice witnessed a number of threats which necessitated the introduction of new norms to meet up with the prevailing circumstances.
