EXPLORING THE HEALTH PROBLEM OF RETIRED WOMEN RESIDING IN G-9 MARKAZ AND THEIR COPING REMEDIES

Abstract

In developing countries, the exploding population exerts pressure not only on natural resources but also on the human population itself, whose members strive to become successful and advance in society. In this struggle, both men and women strive to exploit the resources at maximum, but retirement, ceases this quest for manifold reasons. Retired women have many health issues like snoring, sleep apnea, dry mouth, obesity, heart disease. These health issues have serious consequences on retired women health and mostly cope their ill-health by herbals. The researcher used convenient sampling in methodology and snowball sampling techniques. The researcher made case study guide for interview. The researcher done 10 case studies for this research. The result from the research find that retire women believed on the use of herbs and they said that herbs have positive impacts on their health. Retired women have firm believed that herbs are natural and sometime they have immediate impact and some time they have slow impact but overall herbs have construCtive impact on retired women health. The retired women get information about herbs through newspaper, ji-iends, family, ancestors, and from neighbors. The retire women use herbs for beauty purpose, for hairs, for health, and acne etc. Hence, it had concluded that the herbs have great impact on the health of retire women and women believed according to their impacts.