Traditional Medicine In Aceh

Aceh traditional medicine is practiced by the medical ancestors and religious figures over the past few centuries ago. This medicine is widely used ingredients derived from plants and herbs have been received with great interest by the Malay community in the world because it is safe and no side effects on the human body. This can be proved by the many traditional medicine in aceh products that are marketed essentially of Aceh. It is estimated that currently more than 18,000 types of plants that have the potential to be used as medicine for curing various diseases. Most of these plants are found in the tropics. According to the study there are 8,000 to 20,000 species of medicinal plants in Aceh that has been used for medicinal purposes, modern and traditional. Another factor as to why traditional medicine has gained ground among people is because it is cheaper, compared with medical treatment and others.

Traditional healers depends on the knowledge and memory, inherited from their teachers hereditary. Among the nobility, there are also medical books authored, influenced from Persian as Tajul Muluk and other who authored the book. There are also alleged to have knowledge about medical care and treatment through dreams or inspiration with certain ways.

People are now more confident in Western medicine brought by the colonists because they study conducted against a disease is more scientific. However, since lately, traditional medicine has gained a place in the hearts of the people because it does not use chemicals and poisonous.

Aceh traditional medicine system

Traditional medicine is through practice tips that consists of two aspects, namely the prohibition of the practice of instruction and practice. Practice telling a lot of nutrition in relation to the types, quantities, and nutrients found in plants. It aims to strike a balance and to prevent any disease and ill health. Prohibiting the practice is intended to prevent the patient from eating certain foods during the treatment period as taboo. It aims to preserve the health of humans in good condition continuously or for speeds healing.

Traditional Medicine In Aceh is 100% used islam with Quran and Sunnah

Most traditional medical practitioners to categorize the cause of the disease is concerned with blood and that of the wind. Blood should be 'hot' but should not be excessive. Wind funneled through the veins in the body. But if there is too much wind, it will restrict blood flow and interfere with health. Thus, blood and wind are two main elements in a person's body. If both the blood and the wind in good condition, the individual concerned will be healthy. Accordingly, the method of sorting is also done to resist wind and stimulate blood circulation and nerves. Ordering is usually done on parts of the body that are involved in heavy work, such as hands, feet, and back of the body. It is done using massage oil or oil made from coconut oil and some plant species which have properties 'hot'. The main focus of the sort is to treat women after childbirth. In addition, they are also encouraged to take herbs to eat and rubbed on the body to manufacture wind from the vein.

In traditional medicine, the use of plants is very widespread. Most traditional medical practitioners argue medicinal properties located primarily in the roots of plants and tuberous plants, it lies in the roots. Traditional healers normal plant substances into three categories, namely:

• Iron to strengthen the blood
• Substance incompetent to stabilize the functioning of the body 
• Lime to cool the body

Principles of faith healing practices

Faith healing practices that according to Islamic perspective must be based on the resources identified, either from the Quran or from the Sunnah, as well as judicial sources recognized by Islam. If there is a conflict with the principles of Islamic faith, the practice should be eliminated. Use verses spirit, spirits, or other creatures, with a view to friends or ask for help from them, are not allowed in the practice of traditional medicine in Aceh. Hence, help and hope is based on God, in addition to the efforts undertaken.