Indigenous Medicine among the Bedouin in the Middle East 1st Edition by Aref Abu Rabia ISBN 9781782386902 1782386904

Chapter 1. Health and Health Services among the Bedouin in the Middle East

Chapter 2. The Treatment of Human Ailments

Abdominal Sprain (mamsi, mamsy)

Abortion (tanziyl)

Affliction by Jinn (mahfuf)

Al-Damya

Al-Farha

Amputated Hand

Appendicitis (Abu al-hgay, masir zayd, warwar)

Asthma (azmih, dhig nafas)

Baby Care

Backache (waja’ dhahar)

Bleeding after Delivery (nazif damm)

Bleeding from the Womb (nazif damm min al-rihm)

Blood in the Urine (damm fi al-boul)

Blue Baby (walid azrag)

Bowel Pain (maghs masarin)

Breast/Nipple Infection: Breast Bead (kharazat al-diud)

Broken Bones/Limbs (kasir ‘idham): Bone setting (tajbir, mujabbir)

Burns (harg nar)

Cauterization (kay, kaiy, kawi, makwa)

Chest Pains (waja’ sadir)

Chicken Pox/Varicella (abu-hmar)

Circumcision (tuhur, tuhr)

Common Colds (bard)

Congenital Malformations (mshawwahin)

Constipation (msak)

Contraception (man’ haml)

Cough (sa’alih, gahah)/Coughed-Up Blood (gati’ damm)

Cracked Heel/Ankle Pain (ka’ab mitshagig)

Cramp (fathat al-’asab)

Crying Baby (siah)

Cutting the Umbilical Cord

Delivery Bead/Induced Delivery/Birth Bead (kharazat al-nfas, infas)

Diabetes (sukkari)

Diarrhea (hrar, ihrar)/Diarrhea with Bloody Stool (hrar damm)

Dislocated Hip (fakkit al-wirk)

Disinfection (ta’gim)

Dizziness (dukha, dawkha, pl. dwakh)

Dysentery (maghabut)

Ear Infection/ Earache (waja’ adhan)

Edema (zalal)

Epilepsy (sara’, sara’, shawka)

Evil Eye (nafs)

Facial Paralysis (abu al-wjouh, face: wijih)

Fainting Baby (fahham, ghimi, ghamyan)

Fertility/Infertility (haml/’agir)/Impotence (’ugm)

Fever (hamm, skhounih)

Flatulence (nfakh, infakh)

Foot/Knee Sprain (fakkit rukba rijil)

Forty-Fold Medicine (dawa’ al-arba’yn)

Frozen Shoulder/Shoulder Pain (waja’ kitif)

Hair Loss/Dandruff/Balding (tasagut sha’r, gishrih, sala’)

Hand-Wrist Pain (waja’ rusgh iyd)

Headaches (waja’ ras)

Heartburn/Sourness (humudha, hmudha, hazzaz)

Heart Pain (waja’ galb)

Hemiplegia (khram/khurm)

Hernia (fatig, maftug, ba’j, mab’uj)

High Blood Pressure (dhaght damm)

Impetigo (gubah, garha)

Impurity Bead (kharazat al-kbass)

Inducing Lactation/Breastfeeding (ziadit halib)

Infected Hand or Finger (tasammum iyd/ussba’), Infected Hand Wound (tasammum)

Infertility Treatments

Inflammation/Discharge

Influenza (dishbih)

Intestinal Swelling (nfakh, infakh)

Intestinal Worms (dud fi al-batin, al-masarin)

Janah/Majnuh (janah, majnuh)

Jaundice/Yellow Fever (safar, ghurnag)

Jellyfish (Medusa) Sting (gandil al-bahr)

Kidney Pain (waja’ kalawiy)

Late Development of Walking (ta’akhur mashiy)

Leeches (‘alaga, pl. ‘alag)

Liver Pain (waja’ kibd)

Lungs (ri’atyn, fash, shgira, shqira)

Madness/Insanity (jin, jinn, junun, majnun)

Malaria (malaria, wakham)

Measles (hasbih)

Miscarriage (takhrim)

Mother’s Hysteria/Aphasia (khabal, makhbulih)

Mouth Thrush/Herpes/Acne (habb al-shabab/habatah)

Mumps/Parotitis (abu-dghaym/dghim)

Muteness (kharas/akhras)

Nosebleed (ra’afa, nazif khashm) and Nose Wounds (jarh khashm)

Osteomalacia (marad al-’Idham)

Piercing/Perforation of the Ears/Earlobes/Nose (kharm, khurm, khurum)

Piles/Hemorrhoids (basur, pl. bawasir, msammil)

Placenta/Afterbirth (sala), Burial of Placenta

Poisoning by Plants (tasammum min nabatat)

Porcupinefish Sting (garsit gunfud al-bahr/qunfud)

Pregnancy Bead (kharazat al-haml)

Premature Baby (khdajih, ikhdajih)

Prostate Problems (mutha, iltihab al-masura)

Psychological Trauma from Food Deprivation (‘ashman Ashman)

Pustule/Abscess/Boil Bead (kharazat al-hboun, hibin, habatah)

Rabies (sa’ar)

Rash (smat, tafah)

Rashes/Dried Skin (nasaf, gashab)

Rheumatism/Leg and Joint Pains (waja’ rijlin/waja’ mafasil, ‘asab, rih al-’asab)

Scabies (jarab)

Sciatica (‘irq al-nsy, ‘irq al-nnasa)

Scorpion Sting /Snake Bite (garsit ‘agrab/garsit ham)

“Shifted Liver” (makbud, makboud, mkawshikh)

Shock/Fright (khilia’h, khawf, khuf, rajfih, rajjih)

Sinusitis (waja’ ras muzmin)

Skin Diseases/Allergic Diseases (amrad jild, hakkih, hikikih, hasasiyih)

Skin Rashes from Spoiled Food (tafah al-shariya)

Sleeplessness/Insomnia (galag)

Smallpox (jadrah, jadari, jidri)

Spider Bite (garsit ‘ankabout)

Spleen (thal, tihal, ithal)

Stomachache/Abdominal Pain (waja’ batin, maghs batin)

Stomach Ulcers/Colic (gurhat al-mi’dih)

Stridor (madhiub, dhibih, dhybih)/Hoarseness (mabhuh)

Stuttering (taram)

Sudden Stomach Ache (waththab)

Sunburn (darbit shams)

Syphilis (firjal, franji, bajal)

Teeth/Dental Problems (waja’ snun)

Thirst (‘atash)

Tick Fever (dalam); Brucellosis (humma maltya)

Tongue Infection (imdhafdi’)

Tonsillitis (bnat adhan tayhat)/Peritonsillar Abscess/Quinsy (habbih mikhtiyih)

Tuberculosis (sill)

Tumors (khlund, sartan, dummal)

Uncontrolled Yawning (tathawib)

Undescended Testicle/Cryptorchidism (khuswah mirtafa’ih)

Urinary Tract Illnesses: Urine Retention/Urethral Obstruction (hasir boul)

Uvula (khlyjy, ikhlyjy, ukht al-dh’uf)

Vaccination/Immunization (tat’ym)

Vaccination from Wounds (dhra’ih, madhru’, dhra’)

Vomiting (gdhaf)

Vomiting and Diarrhea (taraf, mitrif, gdhaf wa-hrar)

Warts (thalul, pl. thawalil)

Weaning (ftam, iftam)

Whooping Cough (gougih)

Womb Contraction (inkimash al-rihm)

Wounds/Sores (jarh, pl. jruh)

Chapter 3. General Treatments

Agama pallida (A Small Lizard) (am brays)

Beetle (khunfisanih)/Roller Beetle (ja’al)

Bitumen/Bituminous Material (hummara)

Camel’s Milk (halib niag)

Crow (ghrab, ghurab)

Egyptian Vulture (rakhamah)

Hawk (sagir), Falcon, Short-Toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus [abu al-doud])

Hedgehog (gunfud)

Honey Badger (Meles meles [al-ghariri, am ka’yb])

Monitor Lizard (Varanus griseus [waral])

Mylabris syriaca (dhirnah)

Ostrich (na’ameh)

Owl (bumeh, pl. bum)

Panther (fahd)

Rock Rabbit/Marmot: (wabr)

Stellion Lizard (Uromastix aegyptius [idhlim, dabb, dhab, dhub])

Wild Boar (khanzir barri)

Chapter 4. “Don’t Touch My Body”: The Qarina and Bedouin Women’s Fertility

Bibliography

Index