The long cylindrical stone mortar and pestle, the type commonly used in today’s traditional Jamu making, was discovered in Liyangan archaeological site on the slope of Mount Sundoro, Central Java. The site and relics are dated from Medang Mataram kingdom era circa 8th to 10th century, which suggest that the herbal medicine tradition of Jamu already took its roots by then. During the Japanese occupation, Indonesia’s Jamu Committee was formed in 1944. During the following decades, the popularity of Jamu increased, although physicians had rather ambivalent opinions about it. Most Jamu drinks is made by the age old techniques of [...]

The long cylindrical stone mortar and pestle, the type commonly used in today’s traditional Jamu making, was discovered in Liyangan archaeological site on the slope of Mount Sundoro, Central Java. The site and relics are dated from Medang Mataram kingdom era circa 8th to 10th century, which suggest that the herbal medicine tradition of Jamu already took its roots by then. During the Japanese occupation, Indonesia’s Jamu Committee was formed in 1944. During the following decades, the popularity of Jamu increased, although physicians had rather ambivalent opinions about it. Most Jamu drinks is made by the age old techniques of [...]

The long cylindrical stone mortar and pestle, the type commonly used in today’s traditional Jamu making, was discovered in Liyangan archaeological site on the slope of Mount Sundoro, Central Java. The site and relics are dated from Medang Mataram kingdom era circa 8th to 10th century, which suggest that the herbal medicine tradition of Jamu already took its roots by then. During the Japanese occupation, Indonesia’s Jamu Committee was formed in 1944. During the following decades, the popularity of Jamu increased, although physicians had rather ambivalent opinions about it. Most Jamu drinks is made by the age old techniques of [...]

The long cylindrical stone mortar and pestle, the type commonly used in today’s traditional Jamu making, was discovered in Liyangan archaeological site on the slope of Mount Sundoro, Central Java. The site and relics are dated from Medang Mataram kingdom era circa 8th to 10th century, which suggest that the herbal medicine tradition of Jamu already took its roots by then. During the Japanese occupation, Indonesia’s Jamu Committee was formed in 1944. During the following decades, the popularity of Jamu increased, although physicians had rather ambivalent opinions about it. Most Jamu drinks is made by the age old techniques of [...]