scholarly journals Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for treating urinary tract problems in eastern Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 905 (1) ◽  
pp. 012119
Author(s):  
U Nisa ◽  
P R W Astana ◽  
A Triyono ◽  
D Ardiyanto ◽  
U Fitriani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Phyllanthus Niruri ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Eastern Indonesia ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
The People ◽  
Health Practitioners

Abstract Indonesia is one of the wealthiest countries in biological resources that have potential as medicinal plants. Medicinal plants can be an alternative in treating diseases such as urinary tract problems by the people of eastern Indonesia. The study aims to evaluate the use of medicinal plants for various urinary tract problems in east Indonesia, including their efficacy and safety based on the literature review. This research was conducted by interview method and field survey. The data were collected from traditional health practitioners in eastern Indonesia. Data were analyzed using Frequency of Citation (FC) and the Use value (UV). The results showed a total of 222 plants species belonging to 78 families were identified for treating urinary tract problems in east Indonesia. The most prevalent of these was the Euphorbiaceae family. The species which had the highest value were Orthosiphon aristatus (FC 12.52%, UV 0.31), Sericocalyx crispus (FC 7.80%; UV 0.19), Phyllanthus niruri (FC 6.35%; UV 0.16) were the vast majority commonly used plant species in the treatment of urinary tract problems. The most common parts used were leaves (44.87%) and herbs (10.66%). The ethnomedicinal flora in east Indonesia is quite diverse for treating urinary tract problems.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Study on Medicinal Plants in Sesaot Forest, Narmada,West Lombok, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slamet Mardiyanto Rahayu ◽  
Arista Suci Andini
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
The People ◽  
Forest Plants

Indonesia is one of the largest mega biodiversity countries in the world that is rich in biological resources. Plants can be an alternative in treating diseases by Indonesian people such as around the Sesaot Forest, the Buwun Sejati Village. This study aimed to determine the types of plants in Sesaot Forest which were used as medicine by the people of Buwun Sejati Village, Narmada District, West Lombok Regency. This research was conducted by interview method and field survey. Data analysis was carried out descriptively. Based on the research, there were 87 species included in 42 families used as medicine by the community of Buwun Sejati Village. The Zingiberaceae family was a plant family that was most widely used as a traditional medicine ingredient. There were 30 types of diseases treated using Sesaot Forest plants by the community of Buwun Sejati Village. Leaves were of the most common part of plant used as raw material for traditional medicine by the people of Buwun Sejati Village, Narmada District, West Lombok Regency. The advantages of traditional medicines include its widespread accessibility and relative low prices. Therefore, this data obtained from this study is necessary to inventory the kind of medicinal plants and their utilization by the community, so that, the traditional knowledge of the medicinal plants can be documented and preserved.

scholarly journals AN ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY MIGRATORY SHEPHERDS – A TRIBAL COMMUNITY OF WESTERN HIMALAYAS

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
RADHA ◽  
PURI S ◽  
KUMAR S
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Skin Infection ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
The Common ◽  
Tribal Areas

Objectives: Migratory shepherds of Kinnaur, Shimla, and Sirmaur districts in Himachal Pradesh of the western Himalayas have rich traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and its uses, in this respect; an ethnobotanical survey was carried out from 2017 to 2018. Methods: The required information on ethnomedicines used by tribal migratory shepherds was collected through personal field visits, interview method and using a pretested questionnaire. Results: It was observed that in all 78 species were used by shepherds en route from high hills to low hills. In high hills 35 species, in mid hills 20 species, and low hills 23 species were found to be used as ethnomedicine source. Conclusion: This study shows that shepherds in tribal areas are highly dependent on ethnobotanical remedies, which evolved over generations of experience and practices, for health care. The common diseases were treated by ethnomedicinal plants such as cough, cold, body pain, Skin infection, wounds, diarrhea, respiratory problems, and sunburn. The collected detailed information on the list of plants and their therapeutic practices among tribal migratory shepherds may be helpful to improve the future pharmaceutical applications.

scholarly journals An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants of Billawar Region, Jammu and Kashmir, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Vikas Sharma ◽  
Sudesh Kumar ◽  
Vikrant Jaryan
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Local People ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Union Territory

The present study was carried out in some interior regions of Billawar in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory to collect the information of traditionally used and ethno-botanically important medicinal plants by the local communities. Proper identification of the plant species and their importance to the local people can provide useful information and play a pivotal role in efficient utilization of natural wealth. So, it is important to scientifically identify and document this natural wealth before they are lost forever. The field survey was conducted at different sites namely, Dewal, Billawar, Bhaddu, Sukrala, Koti Marhoon and Kishanpur of Kathua district from December 2019 to June 2020. During this study, a total of 64species of medicinal plants (including trees, shrubs herbs, and grasses) belonging to 40 families and 43 genera were identified and were commonly used by the local people to cure different diseases. Each recorded plant was identified for their economic importance and medicinal values for the treatment of diseases like headache, toothache, epilepsy, gastric problem, skin disorders earache, pneumonia, jaundice, etc. Therefore, the present work was an attempt to document and compute which includes the collection and compilation of different plant species of the region.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical uses and informant consensus factor of medicinal plants in Barisal district, Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uzzal Hossain ◽  
M. Oliur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Cynodon Dactylon ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Fidelity Level ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
Informant Consensus ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Ethnobotanical Uses ◽  
Novel Drug ◽  
Highly Cited

An ethnobotanical study was carried out to identify ethnomedicinally important plants of Barisal district of Bangladesh, document their traditional uses, and determine the consensus factor among the Folklore Medicinal Practitioners (FMPs). A total of 106 ethnomedicinal species under 55 families have been identified from Barisal district, which are used for treating 51 ailments with 120 formularies. Among the species, herbsconstituted 59%, shrubs 15% and tress 26% of the total. Leaf was found to be the most frequently utilized plant part (44.33%), and most of the medicines were prepared in the form of juice (36%). The Factor of Informants Consensus (FIC) value ranged from 0.622 to 0.951 and the highest FIC value was found in cut, wound and bleeding. The highly cited species for these ailments are Mikania cordata (Burn.f.) Robinson, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) A. Juss. Citation frequency (Cf) ranged from 20.93 to 67.44, and 11 species were found to have over 50% of Cf value. Fidelity level (Fl) value ranged from 69 to 100% and 17 species attained 100% Fl value. Our findings could provide baseline data to establish a tie between the traditional health practitioners and scientific communities, and finding out potential bioactive compounds for novel drug discovery.

Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used by traditional health practitioners in Thanchi, Bandarban Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (1) ◽  
pp. 495-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fahim Kadir ◽  
Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed ◽  
Nurul Islam Setu ◽  
Asif Mostafa ◽  
M.M.K. Mia
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Traditional Health Practitioners ◽  
Health Practitioners

scholarly journals Ethno-Botanical Study of Medicinal Plants from Unexplored Area of District Ramban (J and K) India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munit Sharma ◽  
Arvind Kumar Sharma ◽  
Munish Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Hill Station ◽  
Unexplored Area ◽  
Asteraceae Family

Background: Medicinal plants are used for different purposes and in diverse uses of human beings. Medicinal plants have played key roles in the lives of local peoples living in these biodiversity rich regions by providing products for both food and medicine. A study was conducted in hill station of District Ramban (J and K) in order to check the present status of medicinal plants diversity their abundance and for suggested utilization measures for residential peoples of the area. The current ethnobotanical study aimed to survey and collect the medicinal plants in order to document the traditional knowledge from the local peoples. Methods: In this field-laboratory investigation during 2019-2020, Three large sampling zones of Ramban District were surveyed and selected based on varied local data, altitude and latitude. In the laboratory, the collected medicinal plants were identified morphologically based on the valid Taxonomic keys and Herbaria Result: During the field survey, medicinal plants used by the local community were ranged from 68 to 79 plant species, which were 46 to 55 herbs, 13 to 15 trees, and 08 to 09 shrubs from selected sampling zones for treating various diseases and disorders. These medicinal plants are distributed in 38 families with diversity of Asteraceae family was dominant in all sampling zones.

scholarly journals Exprorasi Metode Pengobatan Tradisional Oleh Para Pengobat Tradisional Di Wilayah Karesidenan Surakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indarto Indarto ◽  
Agus Kirwanto
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of

Abstract: Traditional Medicine Method, Treatment Method, Traditional Medicinal Herb Type, Plant Type. The empirical traditional medicine (battra) using herbs and physical skills to date is still in demand by the people in the Surakarta Residency area, reflected the increasing number of traditional healers who are currently performing traditional health practices, since they have been protected by Law no. 36 of 2014, which regulates the health of personnel, in article 11, paragraph 13, classifies traditional empirical health workers consisting of traditional herbal medicine and traditional health skills. It makes public confidence is still high with traditional medicine therefore need to be disclosed about the phenomenon of methods of traditional healers in the treatment of the community. The purpose of this study is to find out how batras perform detection of patient diseases, to know the method of treatment performed battra in treating patients, know the composition of the herb used for the treatment and know what medicinal plants used to treat patients. Qualitative research type with an explorative approach design with data collection method of indepth interviews and observation of 18 informants, using triangulation method, source and theory as test of data validity. The results of the study that battra use various ways to detect the patient's illness is bengan ask a complaint, history of the disease as well as menfatkan diognosa doctors are known from patients and check using aids such as reflection equipment, tensimeter, digital cameras and laptops to check iridology. there are 2 methods used battra treat the patient that is using herb/ herbal concoction and physical skill, among others cupping of reflexology, rukyah and therapy energi.didapatkan 23 type of concoction used to treat patient, and 81 medicinal plants used for patient's herb treatment.

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