Notwithstanding the overwhelming impact of Western medical science traditional healing methods are still making waves not only in Nigeria but in Africa, Arab world Africa China and Latin America. In the Southwestern Nigeria both male and female traditional healers have established their reputation in the mastery of various diseases through the effective use of various methods. The paper however focuses on female healers of diseases that afflict pregnant women, nursing mothers and growing children. However there are collaborative efforts between the male and female healers as members of healers associations, cults and guilds. They assist each other in certain critical cases by comparing notes exchanging ideas and sharing some secret knowledge of herbs roots and leaves. Women apprentices learn the trade from both men and elderly women who must have inherited the tradition on learnt it from their mothers. Membership of guilds and cults disregard sexuality as the rules regulations and sanctions are binding in all members. Educated women today acquire the knowledge of herbs from their parents and teachers and inherit their parents' records of pharmacopoeia hence their emergency pharmacologists and midwives in their immediate households and the Yoruba society at large. The paper explains their specializations in promotive, preventive and curative healing. Their healing methods include divination, rituals or sacrifices, the use of herbal portion (?gbogi), powdered medicine to drink (agunmu), balm or tranquilizers (?r?),

Incantations (ogede), spells (?f?), verbal commands (as?). For preventive medication, prescribe and use balm (etutu), medicated incision (gb?r?), preventive dose (aj?-ara), waste girdle (onde), anklets (saworo) and magical image (sigidi).