Abstract:
The article considers the place and role of folk medicine in the Republic of Udmurtia. Traditional medicine arose
as a response to the desperate situation of people who had no other possibility of healing. Residents of the villages
of the Udmurt Republic were the object of study. As a result of the sociological research, the population's
awareness of the methods of folk medicine was revealed. The importance of the population's appeal to folk
medicine was assessed, and the reasons for the preference of folk medicine instead of the official one were
identified. Based on the data obtained, an important role of the folk medicine was revealed, involving a large part of
the population in its use, in addition, the population has sufficient knowledge regarding the practices, means,
methods of folk medicine. If folk medicine is too widespread among the population, even in times of scientific
progress, it can be concluded that official medicine is unworkable today, since it is not a profitable alternative to
folk medicine for people.
