Herbs have been used by mankind as medicines for thousands of years. Plants were here long before we stood erect or even insects came into being. We can actually say that nature opened the first drugstore. Primitive man and animals depended on preventive use of plants and herbs to avoid disease and to maintain health and vitality.

Folk medicine (herbs) reaches very far back in time. The practice of herbal medicine dates back to the very earliest periods of Chinese history. The oldest is the Pen Ts’ao Ching around 2650BC, in which the Red Emperor, Shen-ung described various medicaments and included instruction for their use.

In Indonesia, the use of herbs dates back as early as the Majapahit era around the year 800 as evidenced by the stone carving picturing herbs preparation ritual at Borobudur temple. In native Indonesian language, herbs formulation consumed for general health purposes is termed “JAMU”.

Unlike many pharmaceutical companies that seek to isolate a substance from a plant or herb, create a synthetic version of it, patent this substance, and then sell it at high cost through prescription medications, which often produce side effects, “JAMU” follows the premise that nature has provided us with a gift of healing medicines. With proper care and understanding these medicines can assist us in healing ourselves. There are certainly fewer side effects in using these natural medicines, and often there are improvements in the quality of life (enhancements in mood, appetite, energy, complexion, and so on).