Ethnomedicine of Tetun ethnic people in West Timor Indonesia; philosophy and practice in the treatment of malaria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interactions between humans and diseases for a long time have encourage people to construct concepts related to the disease and create strategies to prevent and treat the disease.

Objectives

To document philosophy and practice of ethnomedicine of Tetun ethnic people in the prevention and treatment of malaria.

Methods

This research was a field study using ethnobotany and anthropology approaches. It was conducted among the Tetun people who settled in the Belu and Malaka districts from April to December 2017. A total of 94 informants consists of public healer, home healer and traditional medicine users were involved in semi-structured interviews and discussions.

Results

Tetun ethnic has local knowledge that malaria is caused by naturalistic factors that

SUBMITTER: Taek MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600717 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature