Peran Zingiberaceae dalam Sistem Pengobatan Tradisional Masyarakat Sunda di Desa Nyangkowek, Sukabumi, Jawa Barat
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https://doi.org/10.33830/manilkara.v4i2.12944.2026Keywords:
deskriptif kualitatif, etnobotani, identifikasi, rimpangAbstract
Dukungan habitabilitas lingkungan terhadap pertumbuhan famili Zingiberaceae, keterkaitannya dengan budaya dan pola hidup masyarakat Sunda, serta berkurangnya perhatian generasi muda terhadap praktik tradisional mendasari pentingnya penelitian etnobotani ini. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi spesies tanaman dalam famili Zingiberaceae yang dimanfaatkan sebagai bahan pengobatan tradisional oleh masyarakat Sunda di Desa Nyangkowek, Kecamatan Cicurug, Sukabumi. Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif melalui teknik wawancara semi struktural secara terbuka (open-ended). Data dianalisis melalui reduksi, pengelompokkan, penyajian data, dan penarikan simpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa telah diidentifikasi sebanyak 11 spesies tanaman dari famili Zingiberaceae digunakan sebagai bahan atau ramuan dalam pengobatan tradisional masyarakat Sunda di desa ini. Tanaman yang dimaksud terdiri atas Zingiber officinale, Kaemferia galanga, Curcuma domestica, Curcuma xanthorhiza, Alpinia galanga, Zingiber purpureum, Zingiber zerumbet, Amomum compactum, Etlingera elatior, Zingiber officinale var rubrum, dan Curcuma aeruginosa. Masyarakat Sunda di Desa Nyangkowek menggunakan tanaman dari Zingiberaceae untuk mengobati beberapa penyakit ringan, seperti demam, batuk, gangguan lambung, kebugaran tubuh, gangguan fungsi hati, meningkatkan nafsu makan, penyakit kulit bisul, kadas, panu, gatal-gatal, perawatan saat dan pasca kehamilan, kecantikan tubuh dan kebugaran tubuh. Bagian organ tanaman yang dimanfaatkan adalah rimpang.
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