ETNOMEDISIN PENYAKIT DALAM PADA SUKU DAYAK TABUN DI DESA SUNGAI AREH KECAMATAN KETUNGAU TENGAH KABUPATEN SINTANG
ABSTRACT: Ethnomedicine is a
branch of medical anthropology which discusses the origin of diseases, their
causes and treatment in accordance with a particular community group. This
research conducted to find out the types of plants utilized as medicine for
internal diseases by the Tabun Dayak in Sungai Areh Village, Sub-District of
Central Ketungau. Sintang Regency, the benefits and the ways of processing. The
research was carried out from March until June 2015 in Sungai Areh Village. The
respondents were selected through the snowball method, while information about traditional
medicine was obtained from interviews with the respondents. The data were
analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The qualitative
analysis was conducted to find out the types of plants, parts that were used
and the processing methods. The quantitative analysis used the Frequency of
Citation (FIC) and the Informant Agreement Ratio (IAR). The research found 28
species belonging to the 22 families. The most widely used family was
theZingiberaceae which consisted of 4 types of plants. The most widely used
part of the plant was the root. The most common ways of processing the plants
were by boiling and grindingthem first. The category of plant utilization was
divided into 6,i.e.to treat cancer, excretory system, digestive system, respiratory
system, reproductive system, and circulatory system. The highest citation
frequency in this research was 92.87%;the highest score of the Informant
Agreement Ratio (IAR) was in the category of the excretory system disease, i.e.
0.952.
Penulis: Tri Wildayati, Irwan
Lovadi, Riza Linda
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd150756
