Pengetahuan, Cara Mendapatkan Kepandaian, Cara Menentukan Penyakit Dan Pengalaman Praktik Pengobat Tradisional (Battra)

Abstract

A study that focused on the knowledge. ways of gaining knowledge, diagnostic ability, and practical experience of traditional healers was conducted in DKI Jakarta, DI Yogyakarta, and Surabaya. Data were collected through in-depth interview with traditional healers in the study areas. The study revealed that the traditional healers gained their knowledge from sudden revelation, their predecessors, dreams, praying, self-learning and various training and courses. In general, ways in determining the patients illness included holding and touching the patients hands, looking at their auras, concentrating hard, and listening to what the patients say they feel. Time taken to treat the patients ranged from 15 to 30 minutes depending on the diseases. sometimes it could take up to 1.5 hours of treatment. Medication given to the patients was usually made from natural ingredients such as fruits, flowers, leaves, and bars. Diseases that were hard to cure were the effects of accidents, mental illness, and stroke, while those that were often cured included arthritic rheumatism, hypertension. diabetes mellitus, ulcers, uric acid, liver disorders, tumor, asthma, impotency (or decreasing libido), and cancer. The patients will recover if they follow the guidance from the traditional healers. Payment for consultancy was voluntary. It can be concluded that traditional healers can go hand in hand with medical doctors and modern medication to overcome patients illnesses