The Usage of Medicinal Plants by Temiar Tribe in the State of Kelantan, Malaysia. Noorhayati Mohd Rashidi a , Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki a & Mohd Hasmadi Ismail a a Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia *Corresponding author: nhayatierash@gmail.com Abstract Traditional medicine has deep historical linkages and cultural roots. In a rural community, it is practice based on the ethnological, medical and heritage of the practitioners. Temiar indigenous tribe of Orang Asli in Kelantan, have their own way of beliefs and healing practices. This study assessed the remedies using medicinal plants and herbs among the tribe members in Kampung Pasik, Kelantan, Malaysia. Structured questionnaire and in-depth interviews were conducted with 250 respondents. A total of 18 species of medicinal plants was recorded preferably used by the tribe members. Results indicate that traditional phytoremedies practices play an important role in helping their healthcare system with the help of the tribe healers. Cultivated medicinal plant species represent 94% of the source, whereas 4.4% were found wild in the forest and 1.6% grown around their settlement This study revealed that five preparations method such as boiling (27.56%), pounded (27.45%), squeeze (21.60), drying (14.17%) or concoction of various part of medicinal plants (9.22%). The most applied were by drinking (35.42%), chewing (32.70%) and 19.89% rubbing, poultice (6.40%) and shower ingredients (5.72%). Keywords: medicinal plants, traditional medicine, indigenous people Introduction Medicinal plants are the local heritage in many developing countries (Igdir, Rezaei and Hoseini, 2013). In many Asian countries traditional medicine to be widely used, even though allopathic medicine is often readily. Traditional medicine, also known as indigenous or folk medicine comprises medicinal knowledge systems that developed over generations with various societies before the era of modern medicine (Gunjan et al, 2012). In Malaysia, traditional forms of Malay, Chinese and Indian medicine are used extensively (WHO, 2002). Malaysia has abundance species of flowering and non-flowering plants of medicinal value (Zaidah et al, 2006). Its play an important role among rural community as medicine sources to cure common disease. Rural community normally lives in remote and difficult geographical areas in the country. They highly depend on flora and faunas for food and traditional medicine to survive. medicinal plants mostly derived wildly from forest or self-cultivated. Nowadays, the usages of medicinal plants as traditional medicine increased due to awareness on the effectiveness to cure the diseases. Various methods are used in the treatment of illnesses, including the use of herbal medicines such as spices, medicinal plants and animal (Jamia et al, 2011). Most of technical knowledge and method of preparation usually inherited by generations without or lack documentation of the knowledge. In Malaysia, documentation of traditional knowledge of medicinal plant is still on-going (Hean, Rosnaini and Milow, 2011). Orang asli is one of the