Bapidara: Between Myth, Medical, and Mathematics

Abstract

This study aims to examine the bapidara treatment activities and their relationship with myth, medical, and mathematics. The research method used is exploration with an ethnographic approach. The results showed that there were at least three mathematical concepts obtained from bapidara activities, namely symbols, algorithms, and symmetry. The symbol obtained is a symbol of addition, subtraction, and dot that is applied to certain parts of the patient's skin. The algorithm that emerges from this traditional medicine is very systematic in following the rules of the right-left and front-back, so it helps traditional doctors to avoid mistakes in the procession. The results of this smear are a type of folding symmetry, with the imaginary vertical line is from the patient's head to between his legs. From the medical side, turmeric used in the procession does have efficacy as an antipyretic, but it must be orally and not topically. The main content of lime betel has nothing to do with fever