Jamu

Jamu is the name for traditional medicine from Indonesia. Later, popularly known as herbs or herbs.

Herbal medicine made from natural materials, form part of such plant rhizome (roots), leaves and bark, fruit. There also used material from the animal body, such as bile "tangkur" goat or alligator.

Jamu is usually tastes bitter, so need to add honey as a sweetener to taste more tolerable drinker.

In many large cities there are professional sellers who carry medicinal herbs around hawking as a healthy drink and refreshing. Besides herbal medicine is also produced in medicinal plants by large companies such as Herbal Water Feature, Nyonya Meneer or "Djamu Djago", and sold at various drug stores in sachet packaging. This herbal medicine should be dissolved in hot water first before drinking. In the further development of herbal medicine is also sold in tablet form, extract and capsules.
Sales type and amount of herbs carry a very varied for each vendor. It depends on the habits they have learned from experience about what is preferred herbal medicine and the orders requested by customers. Every day the number and types of herbs sold are not always the same, depending on the habits and needs of consumers. After a survey [citation needed], obtained information that the type of herbs that are sold there are eight, namely kencur rice, chili Puyang, kudu laos, send key, uyup-uyup/gepyokan, turmeric acid, pahitan, and Sinom.