Abstract Turkish folk medicine is an outstanding part of a thousand years cultural heritage. The main structure of Turkish folk medicine which was consisted from practices that the majority brought from Central Asia was ocak. Ocaks are specialised in their practices and some treat only one kind of disease/discomfort while others accept patients with different diseases. There are nearly 150 kinds of ocaks performing folk medicine practices. This review is formed by reviewing doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, scientific meeting presentations and books of folk medicine and folklore, and it is aimed to give knowledge about ocak names, the places where they stand and primary therapeutic applications they use. The first part of article is about general information about ocaks, while the second and third parts are about treatmens of folk medicine and ocak names and applications, respectively. As a result, it has been seen that approximately 150 kinds of ocaks dealing with folk medicine applications exist, while some of them has common features
Abstract Turkish folk medicine is an outstanding part of a thousand years of cultural heritage. The main structure of Turkish folk medicine which was consisted of practices that the majority brought from Central Asia was January. Ocaks are specialized in their practices and some treat only one kind of disease/discomfort while others accept patients with different diseases. There are
Alan : Sağlık Bilimleri
Dergi Türü : Ulusal
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