Les remèdes de Van , à lire sur Houshamadyan.org

The article was written by Adom H. Boudjikanian, who is a pharmacist-researcher by profession. Despite the dearth of primary sources, he was able to find several works that concerned the article’s subject. He also attempts to provide the scientific rationale behind many of Van Armenians’ traditional medical practices. The principal source used in the preparation of this article was Serine Avakian’s book about the village of Ardjag (present-day Erçek .It is intriguing to read, especially these days, about the methods that the people of Van employed to prevent and treat various types of communicable diseases. As the author notes, if natural treatment methods (herbs, different types of food, etc.) were unsuccessful in healing the sick, people resorted to their “all-healing Nareg.”to view the full page, please follow the link below:

https://www.houshamadyan.org/en/mapottomanempire/vilayet-of-van/kaza-of-van/local-characteristics/popular-medicine.html

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Van (en turc : Van ; en arménien : Վան ; en kurde : Wan) est une ville de Turquie orientale située sur la rive orientale du lac de Van. Préfecture de la province du même nom, elle compte 284 464 habitants en 2000¹. Même si aucun chiffre officiel n'est fourni, il semble certain que la population de la ville est majoritairement kurde. Avant le génocide de 1915, elle était peuplée majoritairement d'Arméniens.

L'origine du nom vient de l'arménien classique van signifiant « village"

source : wikipedia