PENANAMAN OBAT KELUARGA (TOGA) DALAM MENDUKUNG PENCEGAHAN COVID-19 DI DESA CIMANDIRI KABUPATEN LEBAK

Utami, Wahyu Kartiko
Akbar, Bagus Istigosah

Jurnal Pengabdian Dinamika
Vol 8, No 1 (2021)

ThiscommunityserviceactivitywascarriedoutinCimandiriVillage,PanggaranganDistrict, LebakRegencywith theaimofincreasing communityknowledgeand technologyin aneffort topreventCOVID-19throughincreasing communityimmunity.Effortstopreventorincrease communityimmunityarecarriedoutbyplanting variousfamilymedicinalplantsinthe community'syard.Communityserviceiscarriedoutasoneofthevillageprogramstoincreaseimmunityorfamilyhealththroughplantingfamilymedicineinthecommunity's yard.In additiontoeffortstopreventCOVID-19throughincreasingcommunityimmunity,theplanting offamilymedicinalplantsisalsooneoftheusesofthecommunity'shomepagein Cimandiri Village,mostofwhichhavenotbeenutilizedproperlybythecommunity.Optimizingtheuseof thecommunity'shomeyardwithvariousfamilymedicinalplantsisalsoexpectedto increase thefamily'seconomybecausethesemedicinalplantscanlaterbeusedbythe communityfor theirdailyneedstotheneedtoimprovepublichealth.Cimandirivillageitselfisanareawhere mostofthepopulationworksasfarmerswithagriculturallandareasthatdominatethevillage. Sotheplantingoffamilymedicinalplantsisanalternativesolution forthecommunityin utilizing thehomepagewhileincreasing immunitythroughfamilymedicinalplantsorlive pharmacies.Familymedicinalplantsareanalternativetochemicaldrugs,especiallyplanting familymedicineismuchcheaperandpracticalthatcanbedonebyvariouscommunitygroups consideringthatmultivitaminsormedicinesforimmunityarenotcheap. Afterconducting socializationabouttheimportanceoffamilymedicinalplants,empowerment activities continuedwith theprovisionoffamilymedicinalplantseedsandplanting offamilymedicinal plant seedsin several placesinthe Cimandiri villagecommunityyard. Planting family medicineisalsoonewaytotakeadvantageofvacantlandwhichissometimesnotusedproperly bythecommunity.