Kajian Etnofarmasi Etnik Bungku Di Kecamatan Bungku Tengah Kabupaten Morowali Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah

Abstract

This study aims to find out and to inventory the types and parts of plants as well as to dig up information about ways of their utilization as remedy used by Bungku people “To Bungku”. It was conducted from August to December 2015 in Bungku Subdistrict, Central Bungku, Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi. This research is a descriptive study using qualitative methods and snowball sampling technique on 12 informants through data collection by questionnaire. Results of this etnopharmacy study revealed that there were 62 species of medicinal plants divided into 34 familia. The most widely used plants came from familia Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae and Zingiberaceae, each was as many as 8%. Parts of plant including roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and bulbs were used in accordance with their function. Leaves were the ones used with the highest percentage (50%). Bungku people used medicinal plants to treat diseases such as kidney stone, diabetes, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, abscess, candidiasis, gout, cancer, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, dyspepsia, cough, abdominal pain, malaria, hematuria, skin inflammation, headache, fever, bronchitis, dysentery, asthma, stroke, gallstones, urinary tract infections, broken bones, nail-punctured, wound ulcers, burns, hepatitis, appendicitis. Ways of the utilization were very diverse such as boiling then drinking the decoction; crushing then rubbing on the necessary skin; attaching to the body; squeezing then drinking the juice; and heating on the fire. Processing by boiling has the largest percentage, as much as 54%

Traditional antidiabetic plants from Indonesia

“…The ratio of plant material to water in decoction also varied widely. Ten leaves of Andrographis paniculata in 900 ml of water (Hermin et al 2016), 15 leaves of Strobilanthes crispa Blume in 6 glasses of water (Idris et al 2018), and 3-4 cm barks of Cinnamomum burmanni (Nees & T.Nees) Blume in 1 l of water (Situmorang et al 2015) were the examples of this variation. The unstandardized measurements, for example, handful and jengkal, were also described (Indrawati et al 2014;Situmorang et al 2015;Mutaqin et al 2016).…”

“…Sometimes, honey or palm sap were added to the water extract in order to improve the taste (Ifandi et al 2016;Arnold et al 2017). The posology of water extract was also varied, some mentioned twice, twothree, or three times in a day, with one or two glasses each (Ernianingsih et al 2014;Situmorang et al 2015;Hermin et al 2016).…”

Antidiabetic Activity and Phytochemical Constituents of Syzygium cumini Leave in Kadipaten, Central Java Indonesia, Indonesia

“…People who use herbal medicines and nutritional supplements report their primary source of Note only from their friends or relatives in 80% of cases 8 . 44.7% never reported herbal usage to their physician, and 11% did so only rarely 9 . Worse still, in one survey 51% of doctors believed that herbal medicines have no or only mild adverse effects and 75% admitted that they had little or no knowledge about herb 10 .…”

Article Review: Herbs for Common Cold Treatment

“…3 The ethnopharmaceutical study is a scientific approach method that can assist the process of deepening cultural knowledge about traditional recipes for the treatment of a disease. 4 The common cold is an acute and self-limited infectious disease caused by viruses that attack the upper respiratory tract which symptoms such as cough, fever, rhinorrhea, stuffy nose, dizziness, etc. The infection may also affect lower respiratory tract.…”