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标题：Traditional Medicine Among Tribals of Rajasthan
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作者：Veena Bhasin
期刊名称：Journal of Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0971-8923
出版年度：2002
卷号：6
期号：3
页码：153-172
出版社：Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi
摘要：In this paper an attempt has been made is study the traditional medical system among tribals of Rajasthan. The traditional medicinal care practiced in the area having both herbal as well as ritual from of curing is not considered important by official agencies. The cultural importance of ritual cure and and role of medicinal plants (their properties as they relate to healing, their symbolic values and their procurement from environment) in the traditional medical system of tribals is of great value. It can be seen from the appendix I that there are large number of illnesses where oral application of herbal preparations are a frequent part of the treatment (e.g) fever, dysenteny diarrhoea, Malaria, cough and cold, eye ailments, Gainea worm (Nadu), stomachache etc). But, at some point the triabls see the limits of such phytotherapeutic forms of treatment. Any illness that is associated with severe pain, long lasting and is not responding to any herb requires help of the supernatural. The tribals relater their ritual needs to supernatural powers and ask for help and forgiveness. The state sponsored medical system do not look "at indigenous medicne" as a whole and fail to see the socio- cultural basis of its uses
关键词：Medical systems; medicinal plants; ; ethnopharmacological research