Exploration of ethno-wellness practices that were characteristic of ancient Indonesia – A systematic literature review

Wellness is currently a fairly popular term and is perceived as physical health. Exploring ethno-wellness rooted in one's own culture is very important in fostering national pride. This is important to reconstruct the uniqueness of health that can be promoted in the field of health tourism and preserve the intangible wealth of complementary medical health with distinctive characteristics of Indonesia. This study aims to explore the variety of ethno-wellness framed from sources in the form of local cultural knowledge of traditional health, and the uniqueness of wellness that can be promoted in the field of health tourism with distinctive characteristics of Indonesia. This study used a systematic literature observation method that follows the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. In this systematic review process, the keyword "ethno-wellness" was used and inclusion and exclusion criteria were determined. Data analysis used a qualitative approach to select and extract data for each article obtained, a detailed description of the researcher's name, title, research design, strengths and results of the study, and limitations of the study were summarized, 219 collections of articles were sourced from Scopus, Crossref, and GS Database with a total of 6 articles included in the literature review. Conclusion. The development of ancient culture based on ethno-wellness is very important to find the identity of traditional medicine that is owned. Exploring ethno-wellness rooted in one's own culture is very important in fostering national pride. Ethno-wellness framed in Wellness Tourism will also be interesting to provide cultural experiences in the form of local cultural knowledge that is not found elsewhere. The uniqueness of wellness can be promoted in the field of health tourism as well as preserving the intangible wealth of complementary medical wellness with Indonesian characteristics.