Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Malaria in Malaka, West Timor

Taek, Maximus M; Ew, Bambang Prajogo; Agil, Mangestuti

doi:10.5530/jyp.2018.10.42

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“…For example, Keo et al (2018) documented 50 species of medicinal plants in Cambodia that have been customarily used to treat common ailments while the survey of Sharmila et al (2018) on some plant species in Nainamalai Foothill in the Eastern Ghats recorded a total of 124 plants used in a variety of medicinal applications. Meanwhile, the study of Taek et al (2018) reported several ethnomedicinal plants as treatment for malaria in Malaka, West Timor. On the other hand, the findings of Zain-ul-Abidin et al (2018) revealed that 40 highly anti-diabetic plant species used in South Pakistan for the treatment and control of diabetes mellitus type II are reported for the first time.…”

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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Mamanwa tribe of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines

2021

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Abstract. Nuneza OM, Rodriguez BC, Nasiad JGM. 2021. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Mamanwa tribe of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines. Biodiversitas 22: 3284-3296. Traditional knowledge on medicinal plants plays an important role in public healthcare and development of drugs. In the Philippines, studies on ethnomedicinal plants have increased throughout the years. However, documentation on the ethnobotanical knowledge in Mindanao is few and mostly focused on other well-known tribes. This ethnobotanical study was carried out to document medicinal plants used by the Mamanwas tribe in ten Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, Philippines. Ethnomedicinal information on the plant parts used, different modes of preparation, and mode of utilization was gathered from 143 local informants through informal interviews and semi-structured questionnaires. Seventy-eight plant species under 70 genera and 42 families were documented to treat various ailments in their communities. Family Asteraceae held the dominance with ten species that were reported to have medicinal uses. Out of the 78 species, trees constituted the largest proportion with 32 plant species that cover 41%. In terms of plant parts used, leaves are frequently used constituting 46%. As to mode of preparation, decoction (40%) ranked the highest followed by poultice (18%) and heating over fire (14%). Documentation of the valuable ethnomedicinal knowledge will help preserve the vanishing tradition of cultural communities in terms of medicinal plant utilization.

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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Mamanwa tribe of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines

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“…Many Tetun people do not consider mosquito as carrier of malaria, causing them to have low awareness of the threat of mosquitoes. This may be one of the causes of the still high endemic of malaria in Belu and Malaka until this time 21 …”

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Ethnomedicine of Tetun ethnic people in West Timor Indonesia: philosophy and practice in the treatment of malaria

Taek

Banilodu

Neonbasu

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Integrative Medicine Research

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Background Interactions between humans and diseases for a long time have encourage people to construct concepts related to the disease and create strategies to prevent and treat the disease. The aim of this study is to document philosophy and practice of ethnomedicine of Tetun ethnic people in the prevention and treatment of malaria. Methods This research was a field study using ethnobotany and anthropology approaches. It was conducted among the Tetun people who settled in the Belu and Malaka districts from April to December 2017. A total of 94 informants consists of public healer, home healer and traditional medicine users were involved in semi-structured interviews and discussions. Results Tetun ethnic has local knowledge that malaria is caused by naturalistic factors that affect the hot–cold balance in the body. Prevention and treatment of malaria are intended to maintain and restore the hot–cold balance in the body. They use various local medicinal plants for the treatment of malaria, by drinking, bathing, massage, inhalation and cataplasm. Plants used have been proven scientifically to have pharmacological activity as true antimalarials and/or indirect antimalarials. Conclusion Ethnomedicine practice of Tetun people on malaria is proven to contain scientific truth, although it is built on the basis of concepts that are different or even contrary to the true etiology of malaria.

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“…The leaves are pounded well to get juicy extract, mix it with little kerosene and applied externally on the skin to treat diseases like allergies, acne, and ringworm by the Subanen communities in Gala and Guimad villages in Ozamis City, Mindanao, the Philippines (Alduhisa and Demayo 2019). Indonesia: Stem barks are used as drug for the treatment of Malaria by native people in Malaka, West Timor (Taek et al 2018).…”

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2020

Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions

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Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Malaria in Malaka, West Timor

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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Mamanwa tribe of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Mamanwa tribe of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines

Ethnomedicine of Tetun ethnic people in West Timor Indonesia: philosophy and practice in the treatment of malaria

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