Jamu

After discussing about Indonesian food, we will better know about the Indonesian special drink. If Europe has a special wine, or chocolate delights, Indonesia has a healthful herbs (jamu).

Jamu is a typical drink in Indonesia. Herbal medicine is generally sold by carrying herbalist. Called so, because the seller holding bottles of medicine in his back. This beverage has been there from the days of our ancestors. Jamu utilizing natural materials, such as parts of plants such as rhizomes (roots), leaves and bark, fruit. Examples of types of medicinal herbs among other jamu beras kencur (sand ginger rice), jamu kunir asam (sour turmeric), and jamu sinom

Jamu beras kencur typical of the island of Java. This drinks increase appetite. The taste is sweet and fresh also make quite a lot of fans of this drink. With the main ingredient of rice (mashed) and rhizome kencur, jamu beras kencur contains vitamin B which can stimulate gastric provide hunger. Besides jamu beras kencur can help thicken the stomach wall to heal the ulcer disease if taken regularly.

While jamu kunir asam is useful for refreshing the body or can make the body become cold. Or in other words, avoid the heat in or thrush. There is also a herbalist who recommends drinking jamu kunir asam to smooth menstruation. The main ingredient is fruit jamu kunir asam plus acid turmeric / saffron. As a sweetener used brown sugar. Jamu sinom are not much different with turmeric acid, only lies in the additional material sinom.

jamu beras kencur

Good taste, good benefits for our bodies, is a herbs privilege. So, if you have not tried herbal medicine, there is no harm if we sip and feel the outstanding benefit.