viGUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF HERBAL MEDICINES IN FAMILY HEALTH CAREMESSAGE
DIRECTOR-GENERAL, PUBLIC HEALTH
FIRST EDITION
The objective of health development is that every citizen will have the capacity to live
healthily in order to achieve an optimal community health status as one of the elements of
social welfare in the national goal.
To achieve the above objective, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has
implemented a wide range of health efforts with active participation of the community.
One of the efforts is the application and utilization of medicinal plants in communities, which
promotes self-sufficiency in seeking solutions for health problems through recognition and
utilization of medicinal plants.
These guidelines for the Use of Herbal Medicine in Family Health Care will assist the community
in healthy living, especially in the rural and or remote areas that are not yet reached by the
health centre services.
We sincerely hope that this book will be used by the community in acquiring additional
knowledge and practices to overcome mild symptoms of sickness before the patient is
brought to the health centre.
It is our hope that cadres will also benefit from this book in their activities to develop and
promote the use of medicinal plants by the community.
We thank the Team that has developed the book ‘Guidelines for the Use of Herbal Medicine
in Family Health Care’ for their contribution.
Jakarta, November 1991DIRECTOR-GENERAL, PUBLIC HEALTH
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, REPUBLIC OF INDONESIADr. S.L. LEIMENA, MPH