Concept of disease and folk therapy in a village of Andhra Pradesh.

Every society has got a body of beliefs. norms and concepts with regard to the nature of disease and its treatment. These are clos ely integrated with the cultural matrix or social organization of the society. According to their own concepts of cause and prevention, the people practise some form of preventive medicine. The character and dynamism of any form of preventive and curative medicine depends on its place in the cultural realm of society. This basic factor shows why many rural communities have got more concern and emphasis about their folk etiology and folk therapy.