Guidelines for The Use of Herbal Medicines in Family Health Care

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GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF HERBAL MEDICINES IN FAMILY HEALTH CARE

FOREWORD

SIXTH EDITION

We are grateful that the review of the book “Use of Herbal Medicines in Family Health Care”
for Community, Cadres and Families has been completed. The publication of the Fifth Edition
contains several improvements, i.e. additions inserted in Second Chapter: General directions;
Third Chapter: Remedies for fever, cough, stomach-ache, wounds; Fourth Chapter: additional
mother’s health care, improved accuracy of the remedy recipes based on research with
clearer pictures, also mentioning the respective local medicinal plants name of the different
areas, in order that they are easily recognized.

This publication was supported by WHO. It was prepared in partnership with a herbal expert
team from Universities, NGOs and MOH in order to respond to the need for herbal medicine
and self use, which aims to empower the community.

This publication on medicinal plants application in maintaining family health is highly needed
by the rural or isolated communities, which have difficulty in accessing health service
facilities.

This enriched and more complete edition will provide a wider horizon and facilitate the use
of medicinal plants, by promoting a healthy lifestyle in the society, and preserving the fore
fathers’ heritage.

We thank the Team that has developed the book ‘Guidelines for The Use of Herbal Medicines
in Family Health Care’ for their contributions.

We thank all stakeholders and the Team that has developed the book and have provided
their support and valuable suggestions in the review of this book. We are aware that this book is
still far from perfect, therefore, we welcome your critique and suggestions for improvement.

Jakarta, Maret 2009

Director of Community Health

Dr Bambang Sardjono, MPH