Abstract:
Ethnomedicine is the study of the health-related indigenous knowledge of a particular ethnic
group. Unique to the Banjar people is their use of fragrant plants blended by herbalists to treat
illness, and the process is known as Batimung. Therefore, this study aimed to identify plants
and the parts of aromatic plants used for practicing Batimung. It is a descriptive study with
prospective observational data collection using purposive and quota sampling techniques. The
number of therapist and user respondents were 5 and 98 people, respectively. The results
showed that 27 types of plants were used, where 25 contained terpenoids. The plant parts used
are leaves, flowers, bark, rhizomes, roots, fruit, stems and cobs. The approach entails boiling
the plant materials and utilizing the resulting steam in the processing. In conclusion, the most
widely used aromatic plant parts are the leaves and flowers of Citrus hystrix DC.
