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- Title
Comparing the effects of hay with self-medication method in treatment of addiction.
- Authors
Abdollahi, Majid
- Abstract
Objectives: The ancient methods for curing addiction used drugs which could develop negative feelings in the individual about this habit. This was done by using hey stink, wormwood and several other plants, but little research was devoted to comparing these treatment methods. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare the treatment of addiction by hey and self-medication method. Materials and Methods: Samples of this study included 30 patients referring to addiction clinics of Mashhad. A total of 15 patients were treated with hay, and 15 were treated with selfmedication method. In this study, data were gathered using self-reporting forms. Data were analyzed performing t-test for independent groups, using SPSS. Results: The results of this study showed that the two groups had significant differences in terms of duration of being clean. The average time of being clean in the group treated with hay was significantly longer than the group using self-medication. Conclusion: The findings of this study reveal the need for further reviews and comparisons of traditional methods in treatment of addiction. The results show that treatment with hay syrup is more effective than self-medication.
- Publication
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2015, Vol 5, p2
- ISSN
2228-7930
- Publication type
Academic Journal