Chapter 5

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AN RECOMMENDATION

Summary

This study is to determine whether or not people in Barangay Ubaldo

Laya use guava leaves as an alternative medicine for diarrhea. People nowadays

don’t need to use herbal medicines to cure the kind of illnesses they suffer from.

Because as for now, there are many medicinal drugs that can be easily swallowed

unlike herbal medicines, it take a lot of time to process. So, the researchers

interviewed the residents of Barangay Ubaldo Laya especially the people who

lives now far away from the city to buy medicinal drugs.

The following are the finding of the study:

1. Answers to the prepared questions from the randomly selected

respondents divulged that from the total number of the

respondents (50), majority or 24 % of them are in the adult ages ranging

from 15-25 years old. while respondents whose ages are within 26-35

years old comprised 18% of the sampled population followed by ages

56-65 representing 16% and lastly, the age bracket with the lowest

percentage (16%) of the respondents were

46-55 and 66-75.

2. Results of the research reveal that majority of the respondents prefer to

buy pharmaceutical drugs to treat diarrhea because oral

 intake of the said drugs leaves no after taste or better yet no bitter

taste just like that of guava leaves decoction Surprisingly,

20% of the respondents answered that they are using guava leaves

because they find guava leaves effective in treating diarrhea,

while a remarkable percentage of the study population(16%)

did not have any comment regarding the use of guava leaves as medicine.

3. Results of the assessment on how the respondents would use the guava

leaves. Half of the respondents (50%) were unable to share how they

would use the guava leaves. While 19 individuals or

38% of the respondents answered that they would wash the

leaves first and boil such to come up with a decoction. Some others

or around 16 individuals or 12% of the respondents answered that

after washing they eat it directly the guava leaves without subjecting the

leaves anymore to heating.

4. Results of the fourth question is parallel to the findings in the 3rd

question on why the respondents would use guava leaves. Again

25 respondents comprising 50 % of the studied population did

not responded to the question on the efficacy of guava leaves. While

thirteen (13) persons or 16% of the respondents said that they have

tested and proven the effectiveness of guava leaves in

 treating diarrhea, while 6 or 12% observed that after taking guava

leaves, diarrhea will disappear after a few minutes. While out of the 50

respondents there were 2 (4%) individuals who said that the pain will

be gone after few minutes in spite of the bitter taste.

Conclusion

From the findings of the study , the researchers found out that most of the

respondents are teenagers. They use artificial medicines compared to herbal

medicines. The residents of Ubaldo Laya prefer to use such artificial medicine

for it alleviates their diarrheas as quick as possible according to them. Although

artificial medicines contain side effects. residents of Ubaldo Laya chose to

risk. They chose to use medicinal drugs like loperamide and diatabs because it

does not take a long time to lessen the pain that is brought by diarrhea. They just

have to drink the capsule and wait for it to heal their diarrhea. Unlike from

herbal medicines like guava leaves which can cause hassle to them because they

still have to wash the guava leaves and boil it in the water to alleviate

their diarrhea and also according to them they don’t like it’s taste because it

tastes bitter.
Recommendation

Based on the findings of this study, the researchers recommend:

To the Students

The students may read this research to be updated about using guava

leaves as an alternative medicine for diarrhea.

To the Community

They may inform that guava leaves nowadays is less effective in treating

diarrhea.

To the Future Researchers

Future researchers may conduct another research related to this topic,

so that they may be able to understand, strengthen, and put extension to

this particular topic.