PRAYER, VIRD AND ZIKR IN CENTRAL ASIAN FOLK MEDICINE ORTA ASYA HALK HEKİMLİĞİNDE DUA, VİRD VE ZİKİR

It is of great importance for us to unearth and examine such Turkic texts, which are important both in terms of history and geography of Turkic world and shed light on a large part of it. Finding and examining historical texts written in Central Asia is one of the important steps to be taken, especially in Turkic medical history studies. One of these values is the reflection of Yesevilik and Sufism, which reflects the culture, Islamic understanding and philosophy of Turkiс tribes’ life, in prayers and virds, which are important actions for mental and physical health. The manuscript “Dastūr al-‘Ilāj” written in the Chagatai language by Sultan Ali Tabīb Khorasani, who was chief physician in palace of Kyoskunju Khan of 16th century, is discussed. In the text, various prayers and rituals are used in addition to the drugs and classical methods used in the treatment of various diseases. In this classical and traditional medicine book written in the 16th century Central Asia, the treatment methods of various diseases, its functions and reasons of prayers used with drugs will be explained with examples. In the study, the meaning and importance of prayer  and its effect in traditional medicine, that is, in folk medicine, as well as the fact that it is a supportive and auxiliary power and method besides medical treatment on the basis of domestic and foreign sources compiled from various scientific publications, the importance of spiritual treatment used on the basis of prayer, its psychodynamics are still up-to-date in Turkic culture. It has been emphasized that our spiritual values and mystical views play an important role in not being forgotten.
Keywords: Traditional Medicine In Turks, Spiritual Treatment, Religious Rituals, Yesevilik, Historical Medical Texts.