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Lukisan kerokan di becak di Yogyakarta. Kerokan bisa membuat ketagihan psikologis karena ada interaksi antara pengerok dan yang sakit. Shutterstock

Masuk angin? Kerokan saja

Johanna Debora Imelda, Universitas Indonesia

Dari sudut pandang ilmiah, kerokan bisa jadi tidak masuk akal, tetapi ia tetap cara populer di beberapa negara Asia termasuk Indonesia. Hati-hati, kerokan bisa bikin ketagihan!
A painting on a rickshaw in Yogyakarta depicts Javanese men rubbing coins on each other’s back. Vladimir Wrangel/Shutterstock.com

Got a cold? In coin rubbing Indonesians trust

Johanna Debora Imelda, Universitas Indonesia

Coin rubbing, a traditional treatment for the common cold, is still widely used by modern Indonesians despite criticism that it is not rational.

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