Traditional treatments for treating lengkauk disease employed by the community in the Segedong Sub-district, Mempawah District, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia

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RUQIAH GANDA PUTRI PANJAITAN ♥
Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Dr. H. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78124, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
DESTI RAHMADANI
Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Dr. H. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78124, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
HAYATUL FAJRI
Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Dr. H. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78124, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
DIAN AKBARINI
Department of Natural Resources Conservation, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Bangka Belitung. Jl. KH. A. Dahlan 33134, Bangka Belitung, Indonesia
ZHU CAIPING
Guangxi University School of Liberal Arts. No. 100, East Daxue Rd, Xixiangtang District 530004, Nanning, Guangxi, China

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Abstract. Panjaitan RGP, Rahmadani D, Fajri H, Akbarini D, Caiping Z. 2025. Traditional treatments for treating lengkauk disease employed by the community in the Segedong Sub-district, Mempawah District, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 26: 94-101. Lengkauk is an illness that affects children, resulting in symptoms such as weight loss, abdominal bloating, frequent fever, irritability, lethargy and weakness. Other characteristics include pale palms, soles and face, stunted growth and decreased appetite. The use of plants as traditional medicine for treating lengkauk in children in the Segedong Sub-district, Mempawah, West Kalimantan, Indonesia is still practiced by the local community, although this knowledge is primarily held by certain elderly individuals, such as local shamans and midwives. This study aimed to identify the types of plants used, the parts of the plants employed, the preparation methods and the treatment practices for managing lengkauk. A qualitative research methodology was utilized with data collection conducted through triangulation techniques including interviews, observations and documentation. The research identified six types of plants used to treat lengkauk (i) bawang merah (Allium cepa); (ii) jengkol (Archidendron jiringa); (iii) kelapa hijau (Cocos nucifera); (iv) lempuyang (Zingiber zerumbet); (v) moje (Barleria cristata); and (vi) sirih hijau). The parts of the plants used include leaves, bulbs, fruits and rhizomes. These six plants belong to different families: Acanthaceae (B. cristata), Amaryllidaceae (A. cepa), Arecaceae (C. nucifera), Fabaceae (A. jiringa), Piperaceae (P. betle) and Zingiberaceae (Z. zerumbet).

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