Exploring Ethnomedicine Plants Used By The Indigenous Communities In Terengganu, Malaysia: Human Health And The Environment
https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.2/art.1084
- Author:
Muhammad Fuad Abdullah
1
;
Elizabeth Pesiu
2
;
Mohd Iqbal Mohd Noor
1
;
Azniza Ahmad Zaini
2
;
Amirah Azzeri
3
;
Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah
4
Author Information
1. Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Raub Campus, 27600 Raub, Pahang, Malaysia
2. Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
3. Public Health Unit, Department of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan
4. Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Indigenous community;
Ethnomedicine;
Traditional knowledge;
Plants;
Terengganu
- From:
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
2021;21(2):409-425
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Indigenous communities in Malaysia practice traditional medicine, particularly from the surrounding plants to cure different diseases and illnesses. This traditional way of life has been practised for centuries and passed down through generations. This study aims to document medicinal plants that have been used by the Orang Asli to treat illness. A qualitative ethnomedical study was done to document the species that were believed to have medicinal value. This study was carried at all three resettlement villages in Terengganu. Eleven informants who were the head of household with the age of over 30 years old were interviewed. Fieldwork surveys, observation and face-to-face communication were methods used in this study. The finding shows that most of the Orang Asli community in Terengganu are still dependent on plants and herbs to cure ailments. A total of 106 species that belong to 55 plant families were used by them. This study will encourage researchers in various fields such as ethnobotanical, ethno-zoological, ethnomedicinal and pharmaceutical and toxicological accomplishment of flora and fauna from these areas. As such, these medicinal plants need some more extensive efforts to validate scientifically and clinically were to prove the ethnomedical claims toward them.
- Full text:202608151412075296322.2021my0635.pdf
