Baby massage

Baby massage has a long tradition in some country in the world. Such as India and Indonesia. In India, Just after birth, baby massage is done with a soft wheat-dough ballto cleans baby’s skin. The ball is dipped in a bit of almond oil before rubbing. This continied for the first six days after birth and done before the bath. On the seventh day after birth,baby massage use the dough ball that should dipped in oil.This done every day for 3 weeks. And baby massage using hands start at one month old of infant, when the baby's body has become strong enough. This continued every day for 3 months India have a baby massage guide in Ayurwedic Baby Massage that claim greatly helps the development of body and stabilises biochemistry

In Indonesia, baby massage ussualy done one day after birth. Dukun beranak or Dukun Praji who help in labor will massage baby and bath for about 40 days, beside she will bath the mother and give massage to her for her pleasant and relaxation. Baby massage done with hand and use coconut oil or baby oil. It done slowly and gently, through our baby’s body.From forehead, cheek, chin, chest, stomach, back, legs. Arms and hands. After 40 days, baby massage could do every month once. Or if baby got fever, common cold, usually baby will took to dukun beranak to get massage.

living with traditional medicine in modern age

Traditional medicine grow and living together with human being. It is so difficult to separate between traditional medicine and society,especially who live in a small village. There are so many-many traditional medicine you can find.

I live in a small village in Indonesia. In one area I can find traditional treatment such as : dukun beranak, pijat, sembur/suwuk, sangkal putung, gurah hidung, cantuk. In their job, they use traditional medicine. Herbal, is the most they choose to use.

Dukun beranak is a traditional tratment to help a woman in labor. They act as a midwife, but never get a formal education. Pijat is a traditional tratment by message part of your body to heal pain. Sembur is traditional traetment by using some herbal requirement and bite by dukun , mix with some water then splitted and spray to face or other part of body to heal pain. Sangkal putung is a traditional treatment to help people who got problem as fracture,dislocatio,or just sprain by exercise. Gurah hidung is traditional tratment by using herbal essence then flow into nose so it enter to nasal cavity, 'sick man' accep this tretment by lying on bed. Cantuk is a traditional tratment by stratch at skin then suck it with cow horn to take some blood from it. This treatment usually placed at scalp or back. All these traditional tratment I wrote is only little part of traditional medicine in Indonesia. Sometimes it seems so impossible to understand why people choose and use these treatment. But the fact is that these traditonal treatment still living.

Traditional medicine is most used in these traditional tratment. From them I can find that some leaves are usefull as if to stop blood, to stop inflammation, detoxification and others.

Poeple may not believe how this could happen. They won't understand how these can heal pain. It could never be explain because people who do this traditional treatment got their knowledge beside from their parrent or grandpa, they got it by vision.

So, in this modern age you still can get traditional treatment without pay much money ( they paid by coffe, tea, sugar or as much as you sincere to give your money). As a general doctor, I find all this and never stop to think how this can happen but the fact tell me that's all is 'right'.