The Utilization of Plants as Medicine in Family Medicine: Potential for Conservation of Traditional Knowledge and Nature

Fadly Husain, Arif Purnomo, Heri Tjahjono, Puji Lestari, Eka Yuniati

2024

Abstract

The use of medicinal plants as family medicine in society has been an important and long-standing component of health care practices in various cultures. This research aims to understand the use of medicinal plants to cure diseases in society. Apart from that, this research also understands the concepts of health and illness from a societal cultural perspective. This research applies qualitative methods and uses interview, observation and documentation techniques in data collection. The research was carried out in Mijen District, Semarang City, Central Java. There were 50 informants who participated in this research who provided information related to the concept of health and illness as well as knowledge and experience in applying medicinal plant treatments to cure illnesses in the family. Research has found that people use various types of plants which are considered to have medicinal properties in curing illnesses as part of family medicine. People consider that consuming medicinal plants is very good because they do not have negative side effects for the body compared to conventional medicines offered by allopathic medicine. These medicinal plants are formulated in such a way that they are thought to be able to cure a disease. Providing plant materials can also be accessed in various ways, namely by buying at the market, gardening in the yard or even having plants growing wild around the house. The practice of using medicinal plants by the community in family medicine can not only maintain cultural knowledge that has been acquired through generations, it can also be accessed easily and cheaply and can maintain plant species with medicinal potential in the surrounding environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Husain F., Purnomo A., Tjahjono H., Lestari P. and Yuniati E. (2024). The Utilization of Plants as Medicine in Family Medicine: Potential for Conservation of Traditional Knowledge and Nature. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS; ISBN 978-989-758-752-8, SciTePress, pages 147-157. DOI: 10.5220/0013407000004654

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichels24,
author={Fadly Husain and Arif Purnomo and Heri Tjahjono and Puji Lestari and Eka Yuniati},
title={The Utilization of Plants as Medicine in Family Medicine: Potential for Conservation of Traditional Knowledge and Nature},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS},
year={2024},
pages={147-157},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013407000004654},
isbn={978-989-758-752-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Education, Law, and Social Science - Volume 1: ICHELS
TI - The Utilization of Plants as Medicine in Family Medicine: Potential for Conservation of Traditional Knowledge and Nature
SN - 978-989-758-752-8
AU - Husain F.
AU - Purnomo A.
AU - Tjahjono H.
AU - Lestari P.
AU - Yuniati E.
PY - 2024
SP - 147
EP - 157
DO - 10.5220/0013407000004654
PB - SciTePress