page_title: Jamu
section_title: Herbs for Jamu
hierarchical_section_title: Jamu / Herbs for Jamu
caption_attribution_description: English: Bottles containing Jamu, traditional herbal medicine from Indonesia and Malaysia.This photo was taken in Solo, Java Español: Botellas que contienen, Jamu medicina tradicional de hierbas de Indonesia and Malaysia. Tomó esta foto en Solo, Java
context_page_description: Jamu is a traditional medicine from Indonesia. It is predominantly a herbal medicine made from natural materials, such as roots, bark, flowers, seeds, leaves and fruits. Materials acquired from animals, such as honey, royal jelly, milk and ayam kampung eggs are also often used.
  Jamu can be found throughout Indonesia, however it is most prevalent in Java, where Mbok Jamu, the traditional kain kebaya-wearing young to middle-aged Javanese woman carrying bamboo basket, filled with bottles of jamu on her back, travelling villages and towns alleys, offering her fares of traditional herbal medicine, can be found. In many large cities jamu herbal medicine is sold on the street by hawkers carry a refreshing drink, usually bitter but sweetened with honey or palm sugar. The traditional method of carrying.
  Herbal medicine is also produced in factories by large companies such as Air Mancur, Djamu Djago or Sido Muncul, and sold at various drug stores in sachet packaging. Packaged dried jamu should be dissolved in hot water first before drinking. Nowadays herbal medicine is also sold in the form of tablets, caplets and capsules.
context_section_description: There are hundreds of herbs for jamu prescriptions, some are:
  Rhizomes:
  Bengle (Zingiber brevifolium)
  Jahe Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
  Kencur Aromatic Galangal (Kaempferia galanga)
  Kunyit Turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
  Lempuyang (Zingiber zerumbet or Zingiber aromaticum)
  Lengkuas or Laos Greater Galangal (Alpinia galanga)
  Temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza)
  Leaves:
  Brotowali or bratawali (Tinospora crispa or Tinospora tuberculata rumphii)
  Sambang Darah (Excoecaria cochinchinensis or Excoecaria bicolor)
  Secang (Caesalpinia sappan)
  Seeds:
  Adas (Foeniculum vulgare Mill)
  Fruits:
  Ceplukan Cutleaf groundcherry (Physalis angulata)
  Jeruk Nipis Key lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle)
  Nyamplung or kosambi (Calophyllum inophyllum)
  Barks
  Kayu Manis Cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii)
  Flowers
  Ilang-ilang Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata)
  Melati Jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
  Rumput Alang-alang (Gramineae)
caption: Different types of jamu held in bottles.
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