Jamu
Indonesia''s living herbal wisdom — a thousand years of botanical healing, from village to laboratory.
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Jamu is Indonesia''s traditional herbal medicine system, using locally sourced botanicals — turmeric, ginger, tamarind, galangal, and hundreds of other tropical plants — prepared as fresh tonics, powders, and decoctions for daily health maintenance. Practised by over 270 million people and recognised as Indonesian Intangible Cultural Heritage.
What Jamu is commonly used for