Jamu ‘Herbal Medicinal’, Tamba ‘Medication’, and Ritual ‘Ritual’ on Javanese Traditional Medicine
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
Abstract:This research tries to describe jamu‘herbal medicinal’, tamba ‘medication’, and ritual ‘ritual’ to overcome various diseases and health problems in traditional Javanese medicine using anthropological linguistic approach by qualitative research design. The data collection by participant observation and interview. The results of this study concluded that jamuto maintain health and overcome the types of natural diseases, tamba to overcome a natural diseases, and ritual to overcome an unnatural diseases. Jamu‘herbal medicinal’ can be distinguished by (1) materials ---plants, animals, natural substances other than plants and animals, (2) tastes ---sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, and (3) types ---jaluusada‘men medication’, wanitausada‘women medication’, trigunausada ‘men, women, children medication’, raryausada‘children medication’.Tamba ‘medication’ includes (1) tambanjaba‘external medication’ ---outside patient’s body; (2) tambanjêro ‘internal medication’ ---inside patient’s body; (3) tambanjabanjêro ‘external and internal medication’ ---outside and inside patient’s body’. The ritual ‘ritual’ for healing unnatural diseases which is related to the supernatural world. In addition, there are also rituals to deal with the pagebluk ‘plague’. Keywords:Disease, Javanese traditional medicine, anthropological linguistics,jamu‘herbal medicinal’, tamba‘medication’, ritual‘ritual’.
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Ari Wulandari, Marsono . , Suhandano .
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