Ida Dayak's 'Magis' Performs Alternative Medicine In Depok, This Is UI's Medical Academic Response

The Faculty of Medicine building, University of Indonesia. (ANTARA/Humas UI)

The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Ari Fahrial Syam, saw that the crowd of alternative medicines carried out by Ida Dayak was caused by two things. First, easy information to go viral, as well as the high need for citizens to recover from their illness. An alternative treatment carried out by Mrs. Ida Dayak, which was originally intended to be carried out in the sports arena area (GOR) of the Infantry Division Headquarters (Divif) 1 Kartika, Kostrad Cilodong, Depok, Monday, March 3, had to be canceled. The large number of people who gather to fill the area to see or need treatment services makes the situation less conducive. According to Ari, the current dissemination of information is so fast that all information is easy to go viral. “ In the past, information was spread from mouth to mouth, as when Bernari was known to the public. With the stones inserted in water, people feel more comfortable and healthy when consuming the water. The information spreads from mouth to mouth and is not as massive as it is now. Meanwhile, for the Ida Dayak phenomenon, the information is spread and viral, so that people flock to it,” said Prof. Ari Fahrial. In addition, this phenomenon also shows the high efforts of the community to recover from their illness through all means, including undergoing alternative medicine. People still believe that traditional therapy can overcome their illness. “ I think it's only natural that people want to get services there, but of course, people themselves will finally judge whether they really benefit from what is needed or just the benefits of placebo or pseudo. So, it's returned to the community,” said Prof. Ari Fahrial. From the videos of Ida Dayak's treatment circulating on social media, Ari saw a sorting process using oil as is usually done in alternative medicine. This method is often carried out by traditional medicines or alternative therapies to relax muscles, for example in people with sprains and veining, in babies after washing, and in pregnant women to give birth. In the history of the development of medical science, in the past, a diagnosis and therapeutic approach was carried out using intuitive medicine. This is done by shamans, shamans or shamans, where they try to use certain methods, then look at their experiences when they are shared with others. This ability is then maintained generationally from the parents or from their grandmothers. Regarding the treatment method, Ari said that alternative medicine can be found in any hemisphere. "Even in America, there are traditional mediciners, for example those carried out by tribes in Latin America," he said. However, there are people who feel more comfortable receiving treatment from traditional medicines than doctors. Or patients who go back and forth feeling unwell, they try to find alternative therapy.

"Hopefully when he feels that the therapy offered is as expected, the pain can be cured," said Ari.