PENGOBATAN TRADISIONAL PATAH TULANG DI KELURAHAN MANENTE KECAMATAN TAHUNA KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN SANGIHE

Abstract

Health is very important for all humans, because with a healthy body, humans can carry out their daily activities well. On the other hand, if his health is disturbed or sick, then his daily activities will be disrupted as well.

Healing of a disease in a society is carried out in ways that apply in society or in accordance with the beliefs of that community. Traditional society already has its own system of medicine, which humans now label as alternative medicine. Various types and ways of alternative medicine exist and are known in Indonesian society, according to their diversity.

In the people of Manente Village, Tahuna District, Sangihe Islands regency, there is a traditional treatment for fractures that is unique and different from the treatment of fractures in other tribal communities. The meaning is unique and different from other fracture treatment because in the process of treatment it is carried out in 2 ways, namely by taking traditional medicinal herbs and there is also by massaging using traditional media and ingredients that are typical of Sangihe local wisdom.

The existence of shamans who are still recognized for their role in curing diseases amid the increasingly advanced modern medicine, its unique way of healing. As in traditional medicine, patients who have fractures are usually the herbalist or healer will see how severe the fracture is. This phenomenon proceeds to become a cultural value of health in society. because it is hereditary from the ancestors who are still accepted by the Sangihe people of Manente Village.

Keywords: treatment, traditional, fractures