Ethnobotany of medicinal plants by the Pasean District Community in Pamekasan Regency as components of postpartum herbal remedies
Madurese people traditionally use medicinal plants to treat postpartum. To properly document local wisdom, it is important to investigate the ethnobotany of postpartum medicinal plants. The objectives are to determine the types of postpartum herbal medicines, the types of medicinal plants that compose them, plant organs, their applications, conservation strategies, and phytochemical content in the medicine. The exploratory descriptive research method used interviews and surveys. Sampling was done using a purposive sampling technique. The sample was divided into two. First, key informants include a) tokang jhemo (potion makers, namely mothers who understand the types of medicinal plants, types of postpartum potions, how to make them, serve potion orders and have used postpartum potions). b) dhukon rembik (traditional midwives, namely mothers who accompany and help in caring for mothers and their babies) as many as 6 people. Second, non-key informants consist of mothers who have just given birth and use postpartum potions as many as 8 people. Phytochemical tests in the Batu materia medica. Postpartum herbal remedies include: 40-day herbal medicine, labor herbal medicine, lepcellep, parem, turmeric and tamarind, postpartum herbal medicine, pejje, and pilis. Leaves are the most frequently used plant organ (35%). Triterpenoids, tannins/phenols, alkaloids, and flavonoids are all found in postpartum herbal remedies.
Authors
- Zainabur Rahmah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0232-6891)
- Sitti Hamsiyatul Jannah
- Eko Budi Minarno
Publication Details
- Journal
- Research Repository Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim (University of Southampton)
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- Primary Topic
- Forest Ecology and Conservation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00