This study documented
ethnomedical knowledge of plants used for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB)
and its related symptoms as practiced by the Jakun community of Kampung Peta,
situated in Endau Rompin Johor National Park, Johor, Malaysia.
Eight key
informants were selected by snowball sampling technique and data about
medicinal plants were collected by semistructured interviews, participatory
observations, and focus group. Qualitative analysis was undertaken using
thematic analysis.
There were 23 species of plants (22 genera, 20 families)
documented and herbarium specimens were deposited at the UTHM Herbarium.Dipterocarpus sublamellatus was
recorded for the first time with ethnomedical uses while other species were
previously reported. The qualitative approach employed in this study
demonstrates the emic perspective in terms of perceptions on traditional herbal
medicine, transfer of knowledge, significant taboos related with medicinal
plants, and their conservation efforts. Local and biomedical terminology in
treatment of TB showed substantial correspondence.
The outcomes obtained in the
study are worth being further investigated for conservation strategies and are
worthy of verifying their ethnomedical claims scientifically.
Below: Location of Endau Rompin Johor National Park and Kampung Peta
Ailment categories | Biomedical terms | Local terms |
---|---|---|
Respiratory diseases and fever | Cough | Se'eh, batuk, gatal-gatal tekak, sakit lidah |
Cough with sputum | Batuk berkahak | |
Ordinary fever | Demam, panas dalam | |
High fever | Demam panas | |
Asthma | Semput | |
Chest pain | Sakit dada | |
Night fever | Demam malam | |
Arthritis | Rheumatism | Sakit dalam badan |
Joint pain | Sakit lutut, sakit sendi | |
Ear, nose, throat bleedings | Nose | Hidung dan tekak berdarah |
Sore throat | Sakit leher | |
Cough with blood | Batuk berdarah | |
Others | Fatigue | Lemah badan |
Loss of appetite | Kurang/Tiada selera makan |
Full article at: http://goo.gl/00OZO0
Centre of
Research for Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources (CoR-SUNR), Faculty of
Science, Technology & Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn
Malaysia (UTHM), 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
*Siti Fatimah Sabran: Email: ym.ude.mhtu@bshamitaf
Academic Editor: Rahmatullah Qureshi
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