Abstract

Various species of medicinal plants in Indonesia commonly used by residents as herbal medicine. Indigenouse knowledge of herbal medicine has never been scientifically researched, whether it is related to the benefits, the technology of manufacture, the effort of obtaining qualified herbs, and the compound components in medicinal plants. The purpose of this study was to document information and saintification about ethnomedicine in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia. This is a qualitative study, with data collection techniques through field studies to the research sites to gather information from traditional drug makers through semi-structured interviews and field observations. The data obtained is further analyzed to obtain a scientific explanation. The focus of this research is the type of traditional herbal products, how to make herbs, composition making, and how to produce the best herbal medicine based on information from traditional medicine maker. Two types of traditional herbal medicine are analyzed. Each type of traditional herbal medicine is described from the aspect of benefits, the main compound, the way of making, the creative idea aspect to produce the best herbal medicine, and the best material composition.

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