INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): Indonesian Journal of Medical Anthropology

Traditional Medicine Using Betel Leaf for The Batubara Community

Lister Berutu (Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara)
Khairul Zikri (Unknown)
Iqbal Pratama (Unknown)
Wily Simbolon (Unknown)
Noel Putra Hutauruk (Unknown)
Rheysa Tara Nabila (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
03 Apr 2023

Abstract

Betel leaf is a plant that grows a lot in Indonesia and can be easily found anywhere. The efficacy of betel leaf as a healing drug from various scientific research results concludes that betel has very nutritious ingredients and millions of benefits for health. The tradition of betel nut can strengthen teeth because ancient people already knew the efficacy of green betel leaf which can treat several diseases, this study explains how the benefits of betel leaf for medicinal ingredients. This research was conducted in the Batubara area, the technique of collection. The results of this study indicate that the coal community, treating illnesses such as fever still believes in the traditional way by using betel leaf as medicine.

Copyrights © 2023




Citation Download
RIS
EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite
BibTex
Latex, Jabref
Original Source
Download Original
Google Scholar
Check in Google Scholar
Journal Info
INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Website

Abbrev

ijma

Publisher

TALENTA PUBLISHER

Subject

Humanities Environmental Science Public Health Social Sciences

Description

Indonesian Journal of Medical Anthropology (IJMA) a global forum for scholarly articles on the social patterns of ill-health and disease transmission, and experiences of and knowledge about health, illness and wellbeing. These include the nature, organization and movement of peoples, technologies ...