Ethnopharmacognosy Study of Medicinal Plants Used Topically in Malaris Village (Lok Lahung Village, Loksado District, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency)

Abstract

Malaris Village, Lok Lahung Village, Loksado District, South Kalimantan, is one of the areas that still maintains its ancestral traditions, particularly in medicine. Based on research by the Banjarbaru Forestry Research Institute, South Kalimantan (2010), data were obtained on several diseases treated topically using medicinal plants in Malaris Village. A very helpful initial step in exploring local tribal knowledge regarding traditional recipes with medicinal properties is through the use of various scientific approaches. One such approach is ethnopharmacognosy. This study aimed to obtain information about the medicinal plants used topically in Malaris Village using descriptive analysis methods. The resulting data revealed 13 types of medicinal plants used topically in Malaris Village. Based on interviews, the Malaris community knows traditional methods of treatment based on ancestral heritage using plants because they are inexpensive and have almost no side effects. Medicinal plants are obtained from the forest and processed by boiling, pounding, or rubbing directly onto the skin twice daily