台湾原住民之医药考察

早于汉人居住在台湾的原住民大别之为现已汉化之“平埔族”及汉化程度较浅的“高山族”。后者分为泰雅、赛夏、布农、邹、鲁凯、排湾、卑南、阿美及雅美等九族。在现代医药进入原住民生活体系之前,生病时医疗系依靠巫医或靠经验使用青草药治病。作者访视了台湾台东县成功、达仁、海端、卑南、长滨、延平等各乡镇,台东市及离岛兰屿乡：屏东县牡丹乡以及桃园县复兴乡等地的阿美、排湾、布农、卑南、雅美及美雅各族。本文报告了排湾、布农的卑南三族之巫医,并引述了台湾原住民治病使用之青草药。

Study on healing art among the aboriginals of Taiwan

The aboriginals of Taiwan who settled the island prior to the Han nationality can be divided into two groups,sinified plain people and less sinified mountain dwellers.The mountain dwellers fall into different groups;the Atayal,Saisiat,Bunun,Tsou,Rukai,Paiwan,Puyuma,Ami,and Yami.Before modern medicine penetrated the lives of the aboriginal,disease was treated by sorcery or by empirically applied herbal medicines.We visited various townships in Taiwan,including Chenggong,Daren,Ilaiduan,Puyuma,Changbin,and Yanping of Taidong County,Taidong City,and the offshore island of Lanyu;Mudan,Pindong County:and Fuxing,Taoyiuan County.We thereby covered the Ami,Paiwan, Bunun,Puyuma,Yami,and Atayal groups.Although the aboriginals of Taiwan belong to the Malayo-Poly-nesian cultural system.there are nevertheless major differences among them.The aboriginals of Taiwan believe disease to be a punishment of the gods or the malicious interference of evil spirits.The various groups have distinct shamanistic rituals.This paper discusses the practices of sorcery in the Paiwan, Bunun,and describes the herbal remedies used by them.