Implementation of Traditional Medicine Remedies During The COVID-19 Pandemic as Health Improvement and Empowerment of Indonesian Women

Dhigna Luthfiyani Citra Pradana

doi:10.32924/jscd.v3i3.58

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is still a polemic of life in the world. WHO explains that there are still several countries showing an increase in COVID-19 incident.There are still active case of COVID-19 in Indonesia, which is why Indonesian people should remain vigilant, follow the instruction of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, and do 5M. In addition, the Ministry of Health in Indonesia also recommends using traditional medicine to maintain health, provide adequate nutrition and help overcome health problems. Muslim women groups from various regions in Indonesia can be suitable subjects of community service to assist the government in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, one of which is through education about COVID-19 and traditional medicine used during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method used in this community service is through educational webinars and measurement of understanding using an electronic questionnaire. After the educational webinar, the team collected the participant's activity in implementing traditional medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this community service activity increased the knowledge of the community service participants to 85.83%. The participants also implemented traditional medicine by sending photos of the activities of the community service participants. This community service activity aims to overcome the problem of information gaps and increase the knowledge of Muslim women groups from various regions in Indonesia to improve and maintain the quality of life and health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in this activity look active and enthusiastic during community service activities.

Highlights

SARS-COV-2 is the virus that causes Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
The community service participants have implemented the results of education about traditional medicinal ingredients, which can be seen from the photos of the activities of the community service participants sent via a google form electronic questionnaire to the community service team
The community service team hopes that from this data, community service participants have a good knowledge about COVID-19, and ways to prevent COVID-19 through active compounds contained in traditional Indonesian medicinal plants, and how to make excellent and safe Indonesian traditional medicinal ingredients

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Introduction

SARS-COV-2 is the virus that causes Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 is a disease that has created an imbalance in social life and created abnormal conditions. Based on data from the COVID-19 Task Force in Indonesia, there has been a decline in active cases where people exposed to Sars-Cov-2 have decreased. The Government of Indonesia recommends using traditional medicinal herbs by the provisions and rules that are safe for the Indonesian people to maintain health and increase immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives of Muslim women's groups from various regions in Indonesia are expected to obtain accurate information about COVID-19 and some of the prevention of the disease by using traditional Indonesian medicinal herbs. Starting from a group of women, the information will be shared to their family, neighbors and relatives regarding the safe use of traditional Indonesian medicinal herbs by the dosage to maintain health and increase immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic

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