Potential of medicinal plants for internal diseases in the dayak jangkang community, sanggau regency, west kalimantan, indonesia

Dayak Jangkang people’s knowledge about the potential use of
plants as medicine to cure internal diseases has not been found
in the scientific literature. This research aims to record the types
of plants (local name, scientific name, family), plant organs
used, processing methods, specifications of plant benefits used
by Dayak Jangkang people to treat internal diseases. The
research approach used is qualitative descriptive. The data
collection tool used is a semi-structured interview sheet. The
informant who helped the research process was as many as ten
people. Informant was determined using purposive sampling
techniques. The data is analyzed descriptively based on
interviews and literature studies. The results of the study were
obtained as many as 34 types of plants that were used by the
Dayak Jangkang tribe to treat internal diseases. The number of
families used as many as 19, with the most families being
Zingiberaceae.
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