Madura Traditional Jamu go to International

Madura Traditional Jamu not hazardous to health

Bangkalan. Head of the Bangkalan Regency Health Agency, Madura, dr. Fathurrozi said Madura traditional medicinal herbs, locally called jamu, are not banned by the Drug and Food Supervisory Agency.

The agency has recently banned 54 traditional jamu procuts as they were found to contain substances hazardous to human health, but Madura jamu was not one of them, Fathurrazi said on Monday.

He said that Madura jamu products are locally made, unlike other types of jamu which are mostly manufactured, and therefore most probably contained hazardous substances.

A Madura traditional jamu vendor on Jalan Soekarno-Hatta in Bangkalan, Sarifah (37) said since the officially ban on many traditional jamu products, her merchandize had even become incresingly popular among local residents.

She said that in the past she used to received only 15 to 20 buyers per day, but in the last few days their number has increased up to 40 each day.

Head of the Bangkalan health agency dr. Fathurrazi said that the banned jamu poducts take the form of pills or capsules, not a solution, like kamasutra (sextually exiting) capsules, and "Ayu Seng Ayu" weight losing drugs in capsules. (*)

Source: ANTARA News