Benediktus Ege
Program of Biology Education, STKIP Persada Khatulistiwa Sintang

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Potential of medicinal plants for internal diseases in the dayak jangkang community, sanggau regency, west kalimantan, indonesia Benediktus Ege; Hendrikus Julung; Markus Iyus Supiandi; Susriyati Mahanal; Siti Zubaidah
JPBIO (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi) Vol 6, No 2 (2021): November 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31932/jpbio.v6i2.1439

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Dayak Jangkang people’s knowledge about the potential use of plants as medicine to cure internal diseases has not been found in the scientific literature. This research aims to record the types of plants (local name, scientific name, family), plant organs used, processing methods, specifications of plant benefits used by Dayak Jangkang people to treat internal diseases. The research approach used is qualitative descriptive. The data collection tool used is a semi-structured interview sheet. The informant who helped the research process was as many as ten people. Informant was determined using purposive sampling techniques. The data is analyzed descriptively based on interviews and literature studies. The results of the study were obtained as many as 34 types of plants that were used by the Dayak Jangkang tribe to treat internal diseases. The number of families used as many as 19, with the most families being Zingiberaceae.
Utilization zingiberaceae as traditional medicinal plants in the dayak jangkang tribe community, sanggau regency Benediktus Ege; Hendrikus Julung; Markus Iyus Supiandi; Susriyati Mahanal; Siti Zubaidah
JPBIO (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi) Vol 7, No 2 (2022): November 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31932/jpbio.v7i2.1939

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One of the plant families that are widely used as medicinal plants is Zingiberaceae. This study aims to determine the use of Zingiberaceae as traditional medicine. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with an ethical and emic approach. There are 7 families of Zingiberaceae that are used by the Dayak Jangkang tribe, namely bongah (Curcuma domesticaValeton), bongah raya hitam (Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb), bongah raya kunyit (Curcuma amada Roxb), bongah raya putih (Curcuma zedoaria Roxb), longkas (Alpinia galangal (L.) Willd), loyak joronang (Zingiberofficinale Roscoe), tabau (Kaempferia galanga L). The part used as medicine is the rhizome. Simple processing methods include mashing, boiling, drinking, mashing and smearing. The community of the Dayak Jangkang tribe uses family plants Zingiberaceae for traditional medicine hereditary. Basically, the society knows the use as medicine without knowing the chemical composition of plants Zingiberaceae family, but the community believe that its use as medicine still has to match the dose in order to get cure a disease.