Role of the margidjbu (traditional healer) in western Arnhem Land

1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 474-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Foong San Soong
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Healer ◽  
Arnhem Land

Anorexia Nervosa in a Black Zimbabwean

1984 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Buchan ◽  
L. D. Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Traditional Healer ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Speculative Hypothesis ◽  
African Patients

SummaryIn spite of the comparative rarity of anorexia nervosa in African patients, the case of a young black Zimbabwean woman which fulfils Feighner's diagnostic criteria is presented. Special reference is made to several unusual features which include the social and psychological conflicts engendered by changes of culture, the clinical symptoms, and the role of a traditional healer in her recovery. A speculative hypothesis concerning aetiology is suggested.

scholarly journals The role of forest in the knowledge production of traditional medication in Tejang Village Sebesi Island, South Lampung

2021 ◽  
Vol 917 (1) ◽  
pp. 012023
Author(s):  
V B L Sihotang ◽  
P Semedi ◽  
A Triratnawati
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Traditional Healer ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Production Data ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Medication Knowledge ◽  
The People

Abstract Forest has a crucial role in elevating public welfare. It provides various products such as food, beverages, clothes, residence, musical instruments, and medicines. The medicines originated from the forest could act as the supplier for livelihood particularly for a traditional healer. The traditional healer is one of the health treatments sources for the people of Sebesi Island. For traditional healers, the forest is also beneficial in the knowledge production of traditional medication. This study purposes to examine the role of the forest in knowledge production carried out by traditional healers and identify the patterns of knowledge production. Data collection was done through interviewing, involving four traditional healers in Tejang Village, Sebesi Island, South Lampung. Another method was literature study related to the roles of forests in traditional medication and knowledge production. The knowledge production process can occur through giving agents, both human and non-human ones, namely teachers, family members, books, and dreams. The interaction between those healers with the forest also resulted in the medication knowledge. The role of the forest in the knowledge production of traditional medication is that it transforms into a place for semedi or meditation when doing ngelmu, knowledge sources about medication, and the place for the existence of medicinal plants.

scholarly journals Speech Communication Related to the Process of Traditional Therapeutic Efforts among the Baduy People in Lebak Regency, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Heriyanto ◽  
Ekaning Krisnawati ◽  
Elis Suryani ◽  
Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna ◽  
Kasno Pamungkas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Traditional Healer ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Speech Communication ◽  
Ethnography Of Communication ◽  
The One

Speech communication employs various and complex expressive ways ranging from linguistic to extralinguistic features, and it studies the interaction between the speaker and listener, including interpersonal interaction like the one between a patient and his or her traditional healer. This article discusses some of the issues concerning the language used in the traditional healing process which uses Baduy mantra among the community. Therefore, this study is interdisciplinary in nature and the overall approach is qualitative. Methodology-wise, this research is conducted using discourse analysis and an ethnography of communication. There are two aims from this study, which are: 1) to point out the linguistic and extralinguistic features utilised in the communication component related to activities contributing to the healing process; 2) to describe the meaning of the mantra used in the process of therapeutic practices; 3) to reveal the patterns of the Baduy medicinal mantra perceived from an ethnography of communication point of view. The results of the research indicate that the mimetic and expressive functions of mantra reflect the role of traditional therapeutic efforts as well as interpersonal relations among the members of the community. The extralinguistic elements are employed to arouse suggestion in order to support the effort of a treatment. Keywords: Baduy, communication, linguistic, extralinguistic, mantra.

The Traditional Healer in Tanzania

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Ann Beck
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Traditional Healer ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Doctor Who

I shall deal with a limited number of aspects of the traditional healer in Tanzania. A more expanded treatment will be presented in a larger study on health policy and development in Tanzania since 1930. Traditional medicine has been discussed by anthropologists, sociologists, and geographers in ever increasing numbers in this country, probably because research in their fields brought them into close contact with the rural population. Historians and political scientists have been slow in examining the role of the native doctor in the colonial period and since 1961. This does not mean that material on the existence and activities of the African practitioner of medicine was not available. It was the medical doctor who became aware of the existence of African medicine when he found that his treatment was not accepted or was supplemented by visits to the African medicine man.

scholarly journals MENJAGA SEHAT, MENJAGA ADAT PRAKTIK PENGOBATAN TRADISIONAL TUMPUROO DAN PELESTARIAN ADAT DI HUKAEA-LAEYA

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Early Wulandari Muis ◽  
Heksa Biopsi Puji
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Healer ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Culture And Health ◽  
The Government ◽  
Great Trust ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Illness And Disease

The Hukaea-Laeya community has been established as a customic village inhabited by the ethnic of Mororene who still strongly believe in tumpuroo whose function is as a traditional healer. In terms of medical treatment, even until nowadays the people of Hukaea-Laeya still place a great trust in tumpuroo. The existence of tumpuroo is very closely related to the preservation of Moronenean traditional culture and health. This paper aimed to explain the traditional practices of tumpuroo with various values ​​and perspectives and their influence on the preservation of tradition, especially spells. The study was conducted with the ethnographic method in Hukaea-Laeya with data collection techniques through observation and in-depth interviews. From the data analysis, it could be explained that tumpuroo had a strategic role in protecting Moronenean's public health from illness and disease. On the other hand, tumpuroo also became important actors in the effort to preserve local wisdom stored in medical spells. Moreover, when the concept and worldview about health was also connected with the process of preserving customs related to ancestral spirits and the transcendental  figures. The social health role of the tumpuroo could be enhanced by the government to encourage the promotion and development of health based on the capacity of local communities.  

scholarly journals The Role of Dukun Suwuk and Dukun Prewangan in Curing Diseases in Kediri Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-338
Author(s):  
Ratih Tyas Arini ◽  
Moh Yasir Alimi ◽  
Gunawan Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Traditional Healer ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
To Come ◽  
Research Show ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Finding a cure when people get sick is an important thing. One of the efforts done by Kediri people in finding for a cure is to come to a Dukun (Shaman/traditional healer) Suwuk and Dukun Prewangan. The purposes of this research are to know the profiles and methods of Dukun Suwuk and Dukun Prewangan, and their role in curing diseases. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The results of this research show that (1) the process of healing and problem solution performed by Dukun Suwuk uses prayer as a key source of power. And Dukun Prewangan uses the help of supernatural beings who become their working partners to cure or resolve the problem, (2) Dukun Suwuk and Dukun Prewangan has an important role in society because of their presence is needed and respected. In addition, Dukun Suwuk and Dukun Prewangan who have been offering the services had experienced a lot of things as a living experience, (3) healing process performed by Dukun Suwuk and Dukun Prewangan is one solution for patients to be free from the ambiguous conditions of liminal stage. Choosing to go to a traditional healer healing is a rational choice for each patient.

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