Ethnopharmacy Study of Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) in Muara Kilis Village, Tengah Ilir, Tebo District, Jambi Province

Santi Perawati,Lili Andriani,Eti Ardila,Lia Anggresani

doi:10.22437/biospecies.v12i2.5551

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background: Indonesia consists of various ethnics on each island, one of which is Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) precisely on Sumatra island of Jambi Province. Each ethnic group has a variety of natural and traditional remedies. This observation was conducted from November 2017 to February 2018 in Muara Kilis Village, Tengah Ilir District, Tebo District, Jambi Province.This research purpose to determined of various disease and know the various natural resources that are used as a treatmenton Suku Anak Dalam at Muara Kilis. Method: This research type is descriptive research using qualitative method and purposive sampling for sampling technique and open-ended interview with informant using voice recording media. Results: The disease are often experienced by Suku Anak Dalam among others fever, cough, asthma, measles, gastritis, hemorrhoids, stomachaches, and allergy. To treat the disease by utilizing natural resources like plants and animals. Part of the plants used among others, leaves, sap, and fruit, while for animal parts used are bile, urine, and blood. Processing methods are pounded, boiled, grated, and fried, while the use of these ingredients by eating, drinking, bathed, and applied directly on part of sickness skin Conclusion: Based on the results that has been done there are 8 diseases that often occur and there are 5 kinds of plants and 4 animals from different genus and family that are used as traditional medicine in Suku Anak Dalam Muara Kilis Village.  Keywords: (Ethnopharmacy, Suku Anak Dalam, Diseases, Natural Resources) 

Highlights

Abstrak, Latar belakang: Indonesia terdiri dari berbagai suku bangsa di masing-masing pulau, salah satunya adalah Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) tepatnya di Pulau Sumatra Provinsi Jambi
Based on research of ethnopharmaceutical surveys that have been done on Suku Anak Dalam (SAD), in Muara Kilis Village, Tengah Ilir, Tebo District of Jambi Province using Purposive Sampling method for sample selection or informant, while in data collection using Open-ended Interview method
Interviews were conducted on 2 informants namely Mr Apung as Tumenggung and Mr Hazril as a Dukun in SAD Muara Kilis, Tengah Ilir

Summary

INTRODUCTION

On Sumatra island there are several community. large tribes that have traditional characteristics. On Sumatra island there are several community. The large tribes are Minangkabau, Malay, information related to traditional medicine, Aceh, and Batak. There are some know how to use and part of the material used minority tribes that inhabit some of the existing as a drug and is expected to provide information areas of Sumatra, namely large forest areas, related to the data of medicinal plants utilized around swamps, between large rivers, as well as. Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) in Muara Kilis on offshore islands. Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) or commonly be developed for the discovery of new referred as Orang Rimba[1].The SAD drugs, and as evidence recorded in efforts to community is part of an isolated group of guard and enrich local wisdom.

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