Indonesia Healing Herbs: JAMU POPULAR RECIPES

JAMU RECIPES FOR COMMON DISEASES

Preparing jamu at home has been the tradition of many Indonesian households since centuries ago. Secret recipes from the The Javanese Kratons (means Palace) has been smuggled outside and copied by the ordinary people. Recipes from the Kratons were believed to be the most reliable and powerful combination to cure illness and to maintain health and beauty of the members of the Royal family. Jamu making at home using simple ingredients originated from various healing herbs and plants cultivated in home-yards has become one of the housewife skills.

Today, jamu making at home is no longer as valuable as before. The demand of jamu is now fulfilled by the industry which has been growing very fast in the last two decades. Hundreds of home industries and a few big industries are now doing the compounding of jamu formulas using advanced technology and modern management. Many of the industries have their own fields to cultivate the essential and scarce ingredients, assuring continuity of their production and supply. Only the simple and easy to made formulas are still used and practiced by villagers in rural area.

This section is to show you that jamu is meant to heal the same common diseases found in the Western and other parts of the world since centuries ago. Here are simple jamu formulas and easy to made, assuming the availability of the ingredients, which you can try at home. There are no special equipment needed, just use your kitchen utensils to prepare them. Just click the wanted disease, and you will be brought to the corresponding page of the jamu formula.

JAMU RECIPES FOR VARIOUS BODY SYSTEMS & DISEASES