回族婦女對疾病類別有著特定的分類,包括醫學疾病與超自然病因引起的疾病。醫學疾病需要藥片、針劑治療,超自然病因引起的疾病的治療則與之不同。患病婦女處於世俗世界,超自然病因則深處神聖世界。作為世俗世界普通個體的患病婦女無法與神聖世界直接交通。她們需要特殊人物作為仲介提供幫助。以特殊人物為仲介點,形成了三個場景,分別是民間、宗教和家庭場景。在這三個場景中,仲介人物將採取一系列的儀式為患病婦女進行治療。從田野調查資料上來看,民間、宗教和家庭場景儀式具有一定的功效。這些場景儀式能直指患病婦女的內心,調動她們體內自我康復的能力。

Hui women have their specific classification of diseases,including those caused by medical etiologies and supernatural etiologies.The former need treatment by pills or injections,but the latter need quite different ways of treatment.The sick women are in the secular world,but the causes of the latter are embedded deep in the sacred world.As ordinary individuals in the secular world,the sick women cannot communicate directly with the sacred world,and need help from the special people who are intermediaries.The special people are at the intermediary point of three scenes,which are the civil,the religious and the family.In the three scenes,the mediator will perform a series of rituals to treat the sick women.From the field investigation,all the rituals in the three scenes have some effects because they can mobilize their internal ability to heal themselves and bring their potential into full play.