Objective: Concepts related to health, illness and physician are frequently encountered in folk songs, which are one of the cultural products. In this study, it is aimed to analyze the concepts of “wound” and “ointment” in folk songs about physician and health and to reveal the relationship between disease-treatment-culture.
Material and Method: The study is a descriptive study. The folk songs in the book “Medicine & Health-Related Folk Songs in Folk Songs”, in which the words “wound” and “ointment” are mentioned, were analyzed by the method of document analysis. The folk songs in the book "Physician in Folk Songs & Health Related Folk Songs”, in which the words “wound” and/or “ointment” are mentioned, were analyzed by the method of document analysis.

Results: The words “wound” and/or “ointment”, which have different literal and figurative meanings and different spelling styles, were found in a total of 88 of the folk songs in the examined book. It has been determined that the regions of these folk songs are mostly Central and Eastern Anatolia. The word “wound” is mostly used in figurative meanings such as “pain, trouble, grief, terminal illness, betrayal, misfortune, etc”. The word “ointment” was used in literal and figurative meanings such as “ointment, remedy, cure, consolation”. It has been determined that the Anatolian people expressed some of the negativities they experienced with the concepts of “wound” and “ointment” in folk songs.

Discussion and Conclusion: The reason why these concepts are used to describe the negativities experienced by the Anatolian people is based on the fact that the “wound”, which is one of the dermatological lesions, affects people psychologically and socially and its treatment is mainly done with “ointment”. As a result of this, the relationship between “trouble” and “remedy” finds a cultural expression in folk songs. In addition, when the folk songs in which these concepts are used are examined according to their region, it is concluded that they are not used on the basis of any cultural difference, and that they are used as a common cultural expression of Anatolia in terms of the meaning they carry.

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