Folk remedy between belief and practice

Field study areas:

1. geographical field:

Is still relatively combine Tlemcen model and some neighbouring areas, perhaps because

This breadth is we wanted to look for the actual practitioners of folk remedy as well as places to house them and provide services for their members, and thus are concentrated. And these centers of folk remedy practitioners depending on their specialties. Valashabon (the perfumers) stationed in the wilaya of Tlemcen region, and the gigantic (orthopaedic fractures and the unexpected event arthropod) stationed in the region of alkbar and Sidi and feathers (welhash), while its practitioners to treat (the Quran) and (strangely) and (alrmshi). In this way, we noted a discrepancy between the residential areas in terms of specialties popular on (such as splinting), (epilepsy) and (medicinal herbs).

2. field:

What is meant by a group of individuals surveyed the field and the fact it's a variety

With a handful of practitioners of the therapy and the most famous society (an Achab and Jabbar walkwai) and another group of beneficiary of the community treatment services.

Baltgeb treatment of the conducted survey, corresponding with people eroded rack Wii professed

Practice area (alkbar). And may we sit with him and we had a interview with each case study we applied in addition to the beneficiary of the community treatment of males and females, so we have some inquiries in order to identify the characteristics and motivations of asylum and their frequency on the folk remedy without other formal health services.

While we conducted a field study of two practitioners of herbal treatment first traditional Achab inherited profession and adds to it. Either an Achab II has acquired through reading and access to scientific books on herbal and medicinal plants, their properties and their types. Then we compare them to identify differences between the inherited and acquired expertise, case study. It also extended the human field here to cover individuals seeking treatment from an Achab and pathological conditions, and the behavior of the disease with them.

3-time field:

A temporary period is relatively long, have stabilized the idea during the end of 2006 (Oct.

November-December). Then I started prepping them at intervals that began in her portrayal of the beginning of February 2007, where the field study then ends with the end of the same year after the study lasted about 10 months.

3. conceptual framework study field:

It is well known that the folk remedy is a set of practices and perceptions related to human health and illness, of which firmly believes no doubt, so predominantly historical and entrenched Ubiquity. Therefore we find three classes of theories that attempt to shed light on these beliefs and practices (4).

The first category and mission searching for causes of these beliefs and practices and reasons for upholding them. Including psychological theories and social theories. And consider the function or functions carried out by these practices and beliefs in the community, and how to contribute to the strengthening and consolidation of social relations, including functional theories. And the third category of theories maintains links between people's beliefs and healing practices and structure various communities including structural theories. And probably the second category (functional theories) are the most prominent of these groups, with broad functionality, theories highlight the role of popular beliefs and practices and social and quality fulfilled in one way or another. Functional theories and narrow and less ambitious — however imperfect – certain contributions to socially desirable objective. These theories go functionality to the popular therapeutic practices and beliefs make it easier for individuals to adapt to the society in which they live, as it enables them to find an outlet for their concern and their troubles and find comfort to the suffering, so much on the treatment of the Koran (and affiliate) to allow these practices the opportunity to identify potential conflict, and tensions that do not appear on the surface, and here play a therapeutic role in practice to confirm and strengthen solidarity through smart drama to be a bad thing Disease like objects over nature, or harmful magic acts. Also belief and practice of therapeutic or preventive role in the disposition towards crises coming on-even if caused by the misconduct and behavior – and gives them confidence that this popular practice making steps towards salvation of crises and disasters. And tripping as well as "theory of tags" folk remedy, is dependent on (reference) or (tag) that natural elements within the healing practices such as herbs and plants, and parts of animals or birds. This tag is associated with a therapeutic function performed by a human, and is consistent with the type and body disease. And indications that an Achab describes many plants seeds for infertility treatment, and plant to treat stains dotted the body, glue plants to treat the purulent sores pyogenes.

-In the light of this context, and the extrapolation of some previous studies, this study raises several questions, trying to answer abrikia the reality of school society (Algeria):

What are the features of folk remedy practitioners society study (Algeria)? What are the sources of expertise?

-Any therapeutic practice popular more prevalent and more famous in the study population (Algeria)?

-Explains how practitioners of folk remedy disease incidence and get rid of it?

-What are the curative and preventive functions provided by a folk remedy in the study population (Algeria)? Why turn the mechanism