TY - JOUR
T1 - Traditional medicine of Madura island in Indonesia
AU - Mangestuti,
AU - Subehan,
AU - Widyawaruyanti, Aty
AU - Zaidi, Syed Faisal Haider
AU - Awale, Suresh
AU - Kadota, Shigetoshi
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Madura Island is part of East Java Province, Indonesia, and is famous for its local traditional medicine, called Madurese jamu (jamu = herbal traditional medicine of Indonesia). Madurese women use jamu on a regular basis for health purposes, including the royal family members of the former “Sumenep” Sultanate. Their knowledge about the medicine was inherited from previous generations, and it was known that written records were once kept in the palace. This paper highlights information and observations on the art of women's health and beauty care in traditional medicines of the noble family in Sumenep District, Madura, including the formulas, ingredients, traditional knowledge pertaining to the use of the formulas, preparation and administration.
AB - Madura Island is part of East Java Province, Indonesia, and is famous for its local traditional medicine, called Madurese jamu (jamu = herbal traditional medicine of Indonesia). Madurese women use jamu on a regular basis for health purposes, including the royal family members of the former “Sumenep” Sultanate. Their knowledge about the medicine was inherited from previous generations, and it was known that written records were once kept in the palace. This paper highlights information and observations on the art of women's health and beauty care in traditional medicines of the noble family in Sumenep District, Madura, including the formulas, ingredients, traditional knowledge pertaining to the use of the formulas, preparation and administration.
KW - Jamu medicine
KW - Madura island
KW - Sumenep
KW - Traditional medicine
KW - Women's health and beuty-care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009539451&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11339/jtm.24.90
DO - 10.11339/jtm.24.90
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009539451
SN - 1880-1447
VL - 24
SP - 90
EP - 103
JO - Journal of Traditional Medicines
JF - Journal of Traditional Medicines
IS - 3
ER -