MADEUNG AND SALE: ETHNOMEDICINE FOR MOTHERS’ POSTNATAL CARE IN ACEH, INDONESIA

Published 31 Aug 2019 •  vol 129  • 


Authors:

 

Tuti Marjan Fuadi, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Kampus Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
I Gusti Putu Suryadarma, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Kampus Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Farida Hanum, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Kampus Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Abstract:

 

Aceh is a province in Indonesia where people still carry out traditional medicine (ethnomedicine) on postpartum mothers. The knowledge of traditional medicine is passed on from generation to generation. Madeung and sale treatment utilizes a variety of kinds of plant as medicine to accelerate the healing process of postnatal mothers. This study aims to determine the process of madeung and sale as one of the ethno medicine practiced by the Acehnese people as postpartum mothers care. This research is a qualitative study with phenomenological approach to examine these cultural phenomenons, Madeung and sale from the community point of views and experiences. The respondents in this study were postnatal mothers and midwives who were versed in gathering and preparing plants into traditional medicine consumed by mothers after childbirth. The data analysis was performed using data reduction, data conclusion drawing/ verification technique presented in narrative from. The results of the study established 40 species of plant used by Acehnese people as traditional medicine to care for postpartum mothers. Madeung and sale process were conducted for forty four days, starting on the second day after birth. The process of Madeung and sale as well as the utilization of varied medicine herbs which were consumed by post birt mothers are still carried out today and believed to speed up the healing process of postnatal mothers, restore stamina, aid weight loss, increase perspiration quantity to improve skin detoxification, and at the same time prevent ageing.

Keywords:

 

Madeung; Sale; Ethnomedicine; Mothers Postnatal Care

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Citations:

 

APA:
Fuadi, T. M., Suryadarma, I. G. P., & Hanum, F. (2019). Madeung and Sale: Ethnomedicine for Mothers’ Postnatal Care in ACEH, Indonesia. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology (IJAST), ISSN: 2005-4238(Print); 2207-6360 (Online), NADIA, 129, 111-126. doi: 10.33832/ijast.2019.129.10.

MLA:
Fuadi, Tuti Marjan, et al. “Madeung and Sale: Ethnomedicine for Mothers’ Postnatal Care in ACEH, Indonesia.” International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, ISSN: 2005-4238(Print); 2207-6360 (Online), NADIA, vol. 129, 2019, pp. 111-126. IJAST, http://article.nadiapub.com/IJAST/Vol129/10.html.

IEEE:
[1] T. M. Fuadi, I. G. P. Suryadarma and F. Hanum, “Madeung and Sale: Ethnomedicine for Mothers’ Postnatal Care in ACEH, Indonesia.” International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology (IJAST), ISSN: 2005-4238(Print); 2207-6360 (Online), NADIA, vol. 129, pp. 111-126, Aug. 2019.