우리나라 일부농촌지역의 민속으료에 관한 조사연구

Abstract

The Study was carried out during the 2 month period from November 1 through October 30 1962 for the purpose of grasping the status of folk medisine practice in the farm area of Kyunggi-do, The total 1230 households were interviewed to answer the questionaires regarding their illness and utilization of folk mederine. The following results were obtained: 1) The illnesses in which folk medisine was utilized so often were such as diseases of respiratory and digestive system, infectious and parasitic diseases. 2) The contents of folk medicine practice included various herbs, raw animal organs, and many unhygienic methods in terms of scientific medicine. 3) The most of the prersons utilized folk medicine did not utilized any medical facilities. 4) Average total sickness days per case was 26± 1 5 days and pre-treatment period prior to folk medic· ine was 9 ± 8 days. 5) The folk medicine was utilized more frequently in male than female; younger population than seniors; non than readers of newspaper. 6) The folk medicine was utilized more frequently in small-size farming households than large-one.