Традиционната медицина на българите в Южна Украйна (тернивските българи).
Traditional Medicine of the Bulgarians in Southern Ukraine (Ternivski Bulgarians)

Summary/Abstract: The article examines some aspects of the traditional medicine of the Bulgarians in Southern Ukraine based on the example of the Bulgarian Diaspora group living in Ternivka (today a micro district of the city of Mykolaiv) since the beginning of the 19th century. The text demonstrates that the heritage of folk medicine is passed down from generation to generation in the community, in particular the experience of self-healing with phytotherapy, minerals, etc. The role of the healers – soothsayers and fortune tellers, as well as folk midwives – is noted. Personal information is provided about individual healers and their treatment methods. Examples of treatment by spells of ordinary and so-called folk diseases are given, as well as authentic texts used by witches recorded by the ethnographer Sergey Tsvetko. Particular attention is paid to the peculiarities of the treatment of children’s diseases. A conclusion is made about the limitations of folk medicine and its natural transformation into non-traditional in the second half of the 20th century.

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