Preventing COVID-19 with Natural Ingredients: Community Knowledge to Increase Endurance During the Pandemic in Central Java

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10.2991/978-2-38476-303-0_15How to use a DOI?

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COVID-19; medicinal plant; natural ingredients

Abstract

One of the world’s challenges in the health sector is the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this pandemic has passed, no one can be sure that a pandemic like COVID-19 will not happen again. The most important thing is to learn from the pandemic for the next health challenge. During a global pandemic, maintaining and sustaining immunity is very important. This study aims to understand, especially the knowledge of the community, the necessity of utilizing natural ingredients in the form of drinks and food to maintain health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research used qualitative methods for two months in 2021 in 14 districts/cities in Central Java, Indonesia. Interviews, observation, and documentation were used to obtain data related to knowledge about food and beverages from natural ingredients consumed during the pandemic. This technique was carried out strictly concerning the health procedures in force then. The results showed that the community prevented exposure to COVID-19 disease by returning to their local knowledge by utilizing natural ingredients available in the vicinity. Mini-natural ingredients are made into drinks and food concoctions that increase endurance. It can be concluded that, especially at the beginning of the pandemic, when people still had minimal information about the COVID-19 disease, they utilized various kinds of natural ingredients in the framework of local knowledge obtained from generation to generation to deal with it.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fadly Husain
AU  - Michael Kundi
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/11
TI  - Preventing COVID-19 with Natural Ingredients: Community Knowledge to Increase Endurance During the Pandemic in Central Java
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Law (ICSSL 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 144
EP  - 156
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-303-0_15
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-303-0_15
ID  - Husain2024
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