Agarwood prescription in Malay traditional medical manuscripts
Aquilaria is a species of Agarwood which is well known by many names of Gaharu in Malay, Chen xiang in China, Jin-ko in Japan and Oud in Arab countries. It is one of the most sought-after trees in the world, for its many uses and valuable properties. Aside from the widespread use in the fragrance...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/77209/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77209/7/77209%20abstract.pdf |
| Summary: | Aquilaria is a species of Agarwood which is well known by many names of Gaharu in Malay, Chen
xiang in China, Jin-ko in Japan and Oud in Arab countries. It is one of the most sought-after trees in the
world, for its many uses and valuable properties. Aside from the widespread use in the fragrance
industry, Agarwood has many applications in medicine. It is traditionally reported to be able to cure
many diseases such as joint-pain, diabetics and inflammatory-related ailment and diarrhoea. Thus, this
article is to discuss the applicability of Agarwood in Traditional Malay Medicine (TMM) documented
in old Malay text or manuscripts. The main source of manuscripts is from the collection of the Centre
of Malay Manuscript, National Library Malaysia. The scope of discussion comprises the prescriptions
of TMM that include Agarwood as one of the elements of the remedies, types of diseases, process of
preparing the prescription, method of treatment as well as taboos. Findings from this work is expected
to be able to verify the traditional use of Agarwood towards the discovery of new evident-based
alternative medicine while safeguarding TMM as national heritage. |
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