Traditional medicine is medicines that are processed traditionally, hereditary, based on recipes of ancestors, customs, beliefs, or local customs, both magic and traditional knowledge.
Traditional medicines also known as herbs or alternative treatments include a variety of health practices by combining medicines from plants, animals, spiritual therapy, medical food, manual techniques and sports.
According to WHO - Traditional Drugs
Traditional medicine is defined as the sum total of all knowledge and good practices that can be explained or not used in the diagnosis, prevention and elimination of physical and mental imbalance and rely solely on practical experience and observations from generation to generation. While herbal medicines may also be defined as finished products containing active ingredients contained in plants or other ingredients either in a raw state or in a processed state.
History - Traditional Medicine
Understanding Traditional Medicine With Its Type
Since the ratuasan years ago, the ancestors of our nation is well known in mixing herbs and traditional medicines. The materials used are usually from different types of plants, roots, fruits or natural ingredients that are racik as herbal medicine in order to heal, maintain body condition, prevent disease and even some to beautify themselves. With the finesse of our ancestors forming these ingredients, so that inheritance developed from generation to generation, from generation to generation, either by using traditional means or by using modern tools such as today.
In fact, according to current research, traditional medicines are beneficial to health, even today traditional medicine has been intensified because it is more accessible to the public, both the price and the availability of the ingredients. In addition, the study also mentioned that the use of traditional medicine is not too menyebabkab side effects, because it can still be digested by the body.
The Types of Traditional Drugs Popular in Indonesia, Among them:
Leaf Plant God
Understanding Traditional Medicine
The god leaves contain compounds of saponins, flavonoids and essential oils. Leaves gods efficacious for treating vomiting blood and swollen breasts. The god's leaves can also be used to smooth blood circulation, treat bruises, lower high blood pressure, stop bleeding (post-miscarriage), pain relievers (analgesics), fever, diabetes or diabetes mellitus and as a toxic cleanser in the body.
Kelor Leaves
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World Health Organization WHO recommends every infant and child during the growth period to consume Moringa leaves. Moringa leaves are useful for treating heat and fever, increase the body's natural resilience, increase body metabolism, increase serum natural cholesterol, improve normal function of the liver and kidneys, facilitate digestion, maintain the body's immune system, support sugar levels in the body etc.
Aloe vera
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This plant is efficacious for hair health, you just put this aloe vera into your hair, to get bushy hair. Besides aloe vera can also to treat acne, diabetes, constipation, sore throat and some other diseases.
Wild Ginger
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Temu lawak is one of the spices that grow in Indonesia. Temu lawak nutritious to cure various diseases, for example as a cold medicine, facilitate digestion, maintain liver health, overcome kidney disease, and several other diseases.
Plant Sambiloto
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This plant is usually used for people febrifuge, abdominal pain, flatulence. This plant is also believed to mnyembuhkan diabetes and diabetes. You simply boil this sambiloto leaf then drink it to treat diabetes.
Plant Ciplukan
Understanding Traditional Medicine
This medicinal plant is very familiar to our ears, this medicinal plant has good fruit taste and liked by children. Ciplukan usually grows in the area of paddy fields. This powerful medicinal plant cures lung, asthma, sore throat, and several other diseases.
Brutowali plant
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Medicinal plants this one tastes bitter. But behind the bitter taste, it has many benefits, including brutowali can cure malaria, diabetes, rheumatism, and can be used to treat wounds.
Mahogany Seeds
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Mahogany trees usually grow a lot on the island of Java. In addition to the wood is useful as raw materials for furniture. Seeds of this plant can also be used as a medicine from various diseases. This medicinal plant is efficacious for curing rheumatic diseases, entering angina, can also increase appetite.
Cat Cats
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This medicinal plant we find a lot around us. Mustache cat is efficacious for treating pain urinary stones, rheumatism, cough, diabetes, and colds.
Betel leaf
Understanding Traditional Medicine
Who does not know this plant. Everyone must know him. Plants are believed to be a remedy for femininity. The way is easy enough you just need to boil a few pieces of betel leaf, then wash your feminine area with the water is still warm, good for whitish and other female organs care. In addition, these medicinal plants can also cure eye pain and nosebleeds.
Ginger
Understanding Traditional Medicine
Ginger is used for food or beverage to warm the body, other than that Ginger also cures asthma, sore throat, and colds.
Kencur
Understanding Traditional Medicine
Kencur also includes spices that grow in Indonesia. This medicinal plant can cure headaches, cough, and can increase appetite.
In addition to various types of plants, traditional medicine can also be obtained from various types of animals and kitchen spices.
Hewani: Earthworms can be used for typhoid, Undur-undur for diabetes, and other fauna such as caterpillars, snails, leeches, sea cucumbers, salmon etc.
Kitchen spice: Chillies for colds, red onions for fever, garlic for cholesterol-lowering, Cinnamon to treat cancer, etc.