Mothers’ Perception and Healthcare Seeking Behavior of Pneumonia Children in Rural Bangladesh

Table 2

Common treatment methods and place of treatment for pneumonia reported by the respondents.

Treatment methods	Application	Preparation and Bengali term	Place of treatment
(1) Spiritual	Spiritual inhaling	Jhara deya	Community inhaler
(2) Traditional	Herbal syrup or remedies	Lemon juice and extracts of tulsi leaf with lukewarm water with or without condensed sugar (misri)	At home
	Massage of herbal medicine	(i) Telachuna (calcium carbonate (chun) and mustard oil heated on mango leaf); (ii) Kerosene oil	At home
(3) Homeopathic	Globules		Local drug store
(4) Allopathic	Antimicrobial suspension or injectable, bronchodilator, cough depressant, and antihistamine suspension		(i) Local drug store; (ii) Private clinic; (iii) Hospital