open access

https://doi.org/10.14943/110540

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/92080

Hezhen Text (22): Natural Discourse by Mrs. Wenlan YOU : “Treatment of Jaundice”

日本語

治療法

2024-03-20

Japan Association of Northern Language Studies

Northern Language Studies

14

287-312

Hezhen is a Tungusic language spoken by the Hezhen living in Heilongjiang Province in China. The Hezhen population is currently reported to be 5,373. There is only one fluent native speaker. This paper presents a treatment for jaundice. Mrs. YOU's daughter suffered from jaundice one year. Mrs. YOU treated her daughter with a method her mother taught her. The process is as follows. Make a tube out of paper. Melt a candle and apply the candle to the paper tube. Make a base out of flour and place it over the navel. Make a hole in the flour base and place the paper tube with the candle on the base. Light the paper tube. Yellow powder comes out from the belly and is sucked up into the paper tube. Han Chinese do not do such things. This treatment is the way of the Hezhen people.

紀要論文

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2185-7121

AA12516968