"Solution First and Treatment Later"or"Treatment First and Solution Later"——A Study on the Multi-medical Practice Strategies in a Bulang Ethnic Village
In the previous researches on multi-medicine,it is believed that people freely shuttle between multi-medicine according to different conditions or types of diseases and different explanations of diseases,but the specific rules of"free shuttle"are not detailed.Based on the case study of several medical practices in Xiazhai and its surrounding villages in Menghai County,Yunnan Province,this paper finds out that there are three specific diversified medical strategies in this region:"solution first and treatment later","treatment first and solution later"and"solution and treatment combined".The causes of these three strategies are derived from the local view of disease and daily ethics of"hybridness of soul and body".On the basis of this,in specific medical practice,the logic of Xiazhai people's choice of multiple medical means is embodied family medicalism with"combination of effect and trust"as the core principle.On the one hand,the discovery of this logic helps to deepen the understanding of the complex interweaving relationship of"non-simple substitution and non-simple coexistence"among multiple medical systems,and on the other hand,it may further enrich and extend the research on the theme of multiple medical care.
multiple medical caremedical strategiesfamily medicalism