The paper examines the Yoruba views and beliefs on the illness called hypertension. This paper establishes that there are so many causes and recipes for the treatment of hypertension. The paper attempts to trace the history of the discovery of the diseases among the Yoruba. Eight types are experimented by the users who have varying degrees of comment on the effectiveness of the traditional drugs. Our findings reveal that more than half of the drugs are very effective, with or without noticeable side effects. It is also discovered that some of the drugs are not as very effective as claimed by the traditionalists. The paper concludes by recommending that interested scientists and pharmacists who have sound knowledge of drugs and its preservation could improve upon the traditional drugs for hypertension.

The paper enumerates and provides through research local recipes for the treatment of typhoid fever at the grassroots among the Yoruba people, especially people who have phobia for the use of drugs in capsule form. The paper looks at the period the typhoid fever became rampant and common in the society and reasons are given for this development. In this research the word typhoid is synonymous with the uncontrolled sale of ëpure waterí in and around the major cities in the Southwest. Many could not avoid hospital bills and would like to avoid death and hospital debt. This situation promotes the use of local drugs for the treatment of typhoid. It was a unique experiment. The recipes are listed and the details of the preparation are given in this paper. The various users believe it is working even though the side effects are unknown to many of them. in view of the fact that people claim it is efficacious, these recipes are therefore recommended for scientific analysis and verification.

This paper traces the drug advertisement in the earliest and modern Yoruba newspapers in our libraries and archives. The paper takes a statistical and literary study of the advertised drugs. That of the earliest and modern newspapers is compared to know the strength and weakness of the content of the advertisement in Yoruba weekly papers. It is established that more traditional drugs are advertised in earliest Yoruba newspapers than the modern ones. The use of Cultural and literary elements are implored in writing the advertisement in the medium. It is also observed that the drugs are usually advertised in both Yoruba and English languages in nearly all cases. The paper reveals that traditional drug advertisement has reduced considerably in modern Yoruba newspapers and reasons are advanced for this development.