La roqya, une forme d’automédication chez les possédés et les ensorcelés (Algérie, Égypte, France) ?

Visible and mediatized since the 1990s in Algeria, Egypt and France, Ruqyah combined with the "Medicine of the Prophet" is presented as a form of self-medication. The therapeutic dimension, claimed by the actors of Ruqyah, unfolds either in a collective ritual setting or as an individual r...

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Main Author: Fatima-Zohra Cherak
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Language:fra
Published: Association Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la Santé 2019-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/5101
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description Visible and mediatized since the 1990s in Algeria, Egypt and France, Ruqyah combined with the "Medicine of the Prophet" is presented as a form of self-medication. The therapeutic dimension, claimed by the actors of Ruqyah, unfolds either in a collective ritual setting or as an individual ritual at home. The use of plants and other ingredients to prevent or fight against possession and bewitching is consistent with a logic of purification and elimination of evils. Purgatives, emetics, body wash, physiological serum and cupping give meaning to the evil and show a targeted treatment. Whether or not the individual suffering follows a biomedical treatment, the Ruqyah experience is appropriated during the therapeutic itinerary and transmitted to the patient’s entourage (family, other sick individuals).
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La roqya, une forme d’automédication chez les possédés et les ensorcelés (Algérie, Égypte, France) ?
Anthropologie & Santé
therapeutic pluralism
ritual
self-medication
experience of illness
care routes
title La roqya, une forme d’automédication chez les possédés et les ensorcelés (Algérie, Égypte, France) ?
title_full La roqya, une forme d’automédication chez les possédés et les ensorcelés (Algérie, Égypte, France) ?
title_fullStr La roqya, une forme d’automédication chez les possédés et les ensorcelés (Algérie, Égypte, France) ?
title_full_unstemmed La roqya, une forme d’automédication chez les possédés et les ensorcelés (Algérie, Égypte, France) ?
title_short La roqya, une forme d’automédication chez les possédés et les ensorcelés (Algérie, Égypte, France) ?
title_sort la roqya une forme d automedication chez les possedes et les ensorceles algerie egypte france
topic therapeutic pluralism
ritual
self-medication
experience of illness
care routes
url https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/5101
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