การศึกษาภูมิปัญญาท้องถิ่นของหมอพื้นบ้านในการรักษากระดูกหัก : กรณีศึกษา หมอสัมฤทธิ์ จำแนกวุฒิ อำเภออุทัย จังหวัดพระนครศรีอยุธยา

Abstract

The research aims to study the body of knowledge of a Folk healer and risk factors for the loss and persistence of local wisdom for fracture treatment. This is the qualitative research.by employing, the Participative Observation and In-dept Interview. The key informants include one folk healer, four Fracture patients and one Representative from Department of Cultural Promotion, by Purposive sampling method and Case-by-case sampling method. The results find that, the fracture treatment of folk healer is a combination of natural science and scientific science. This is the very identity of the treatment of fractures by folk healer. Therefore, the treatment process can be classified into 2 types: ritual and knowledge used in the treatment. The most common risk factor for loss is the absence of inheritance of both children and blood kin. Even those who are interested in learning cannot fully devote time to learn. Therefore, the persistence of wisdom depends on the cooperation of agencies and people who are involved with it.