School of Alternative Medicine and Health Science, Jeonju University, 303 Cheonjam-ro, Wansan-gu, Jeonju 560-759, Republic of Korea.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:869176. doi: 10.1155/2013/869176. Epub 2013 Sep 8.
This study aims to analyze and record ethnomedicinal practices for treating liver disorders of residents living in local communities in the southern regions of Korea. Data was collected using participant observations and in-depth interviews, as the informants also become investigators themselves through attending informal meetings, open and group discussions, and overt observations with semistructured questionnaires. In this study, ethnomedicinal practices for liver ailments were recorded by 1,543 informants (362 men, 1,181 women) at 160 sites. The kinds of liver disorders treated by ethnomedicinal practices were liver cancer, liver cirrhosis, jaundice, hepatitis, fatigue recovery, hangovers, and liver-related ailments. The category with the highest degree of consensus from the informants was jaundice (0.95), and the lowest degree of consensus was for liver cancer and liver cirrhosis (0.61). According to fidelity levels, 28 species resulted in fidelity levels of 100%. The internetwork analysis was first applied for the interpretation of ethnomedicinal knowledge of a community, although it has been strictly used until now for social science in the analysis of social trends and phenomena through the interrelationship of specific components.
本研究旨在分析和记录居住在韩国南部地区当地社区的居民治疗肝脏疾病的民族医学实践。通过参与观察和深入访谈收集数据，因为信息提供者也通过参加非正式会议、公开和小组讨论以及使用半结构化问卷进行公开观察，成为自己的调查者。在这项研究中，1543 名信息提供者（362 名男性，1181 名女性）在 160 个地点记录了治疗肝脏疾病的民族医学实践。民族医学实践治疗的肝脏疾病包括肝癌、肝硬化、黄疸、肝炎、疲劳恢复、宿醉和与肝脏相关的疾病。信息提供者一致性最高的类别是黄疸（0.95），一致性最低的类别是肝癌和肝硬化（0.61）。根据保真度水平，有 28 个物种的保真度水平达到 100%。尽管网络分析直到现在才严格用于通过特定成分的相互关系分析社会趋势和现象的社会科学，但它首先被应用于解释社区的民族医学知识。
