AN ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PLANTS IN THE NGAMPRAH REGION, WEST BANDUNG, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA
Amanda Putri, Alya Safitri, Annisa Hurul’in, Fatma Aliya Firdaus, Habbi Albary Syddyk, Muhammad Fadia Ikhsan, Najwa Pasya Fadhilah, Nayla Lubnaa Syakira, Nazwwa Nurshadrinna, Rizka Nurul Ilma, Selpani Rijki, Sintia Meylani, Siti Khoeriyah, Zahira Puspitarini, Zahra Maila Rosada, Zaskia Novadila Kaidun, Maulana Yusuf Alkandahri*
ABSTRACT
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) represent a class of pharmaceutical agents that are frequently misused and misconstrued within the medical landscape. While demonstrably efficacious in providing transient pain relief, NSAIDs do not effectively address the fundamental etiology of pain and are associated with a spectrum of potential adverse effects. This research aims to document and preserve the use of ethnomedicinal to treat hyperlipidemia by communities in the Ngamprah Region, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Fieldwork was carried out from May to June 2025 using direct interviews, questionnaires, and discussions. Plant species are identified based on standard taxonomic methods, flower morphological characteristics, and where possible, using samples for comparison, as well as consultation with experts and the literature. The plant types obtained were grouped into families according to the Cronquist classification system. Plant names were checked against the Plant List (www.plantlist.org) and the International Plant Name Index (www.ipni.org). This research reports that 30 plant species are commonly used by people in the Ngamprah Region to treat inflammation. Among the various plant parts used, leaves (50.0%) are most frequently used in making medicines, followed by rhizomes (13.3%), fruit (13.3%), flowers, stem, and seed (respectively 6.7%) and rind (3.3%). Meanwhile, the most frequently used preparation methods were decoction (76.7%) and infusion (23.3%). The results of this research confirm that people in the Ngamprah Region still rely heavily on medicinal plants for their health care system, especially for the treatment of inflammation with the most frequently used parts of the leaves and their use in decoctions and infusions.
Keywords: Traditional medicine, Ethnomedicinal plants, Ngamprah Region, Anti-inflammatory.
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