The Inventory of Postnatal Medicine Plant bg Malay Ethnic in Tanjung Pura, Langkat District, North Sumatra

Abstract

Medicinal plants are medicinal plants derived from natural ingredients and passed down from generation to generation. Ethnic Malay is one of the ethnic groups that use plants for medicine after birth. This research aims to determine the types of plants contained in postnatal medicine by ethnic Malays in Tanjung Pura, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra. The data sample collection used the interview method and the selection of informants by means of "purposive sampling and snowball sampling". The results of the study found 40 medicinal plants from 23 families.