Community Service Journal of Indonesia
Vol 5 No 2 (2023): Community Service Journal of Indonesia

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN THE USE OF HERBAL PLANTS TO IMPROVE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN SIMO ANGIN-ANGIN VILLAGE, WONOAYU DISTRICT, SIDOARJO REGENCY

Maat, Suprapto (Unknown)
Nidianti, Ersalina (Unknown)
Kurniasari, Diyan Wahyu (Unknown)
Algristian, Hafid (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Dec 2023

Abstract

Medical plants that have uses or properties in health treatment. Currently, the use of Indonesian herbal plants is only limited to being used as cooking spices and has not been optimally used as medicine to increase the body's endurance. The aim of this community service activity is as an effort to prevent disease by increasing the body's immunity after the Covid-19 pandemic. The method applied in this community service activity is community empowerment in the use of herbal plants to improve the immune system in Simo Angin - Angin village, Wonoayu District through the stages of lectures, demonstrations and collaboration. The target participants were PKK women from Simo Angin-angin Village, Wonoayu District, Sidoarjo Regency, a total of 30 people. The results obtained were counseling and education on the benefits of Indonesian herbal plants using posters and brochures. The results of the community empowerment activities in Simo Angin-angin village are through making herbal plants as drinks in the form of herbal medicine to increase the body's immunity. Participants can understand the potential of herbal plants to be processed into drinks that can be consumed to maintain health after Covid-19. The conclusion is that the PKK women in Simo Angin-angin Village, Wonoayu District, Sidoarjo Regency know how to prevent disease by using Indonesian herbal plants and producing herbal drink concoctions to increase the body's immunity. The next recommendation for community service activities is processing residents' empty land for herbal plants and community empowerment through the production of herbal drinks to commercialization.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

csji

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Community Service Journal of Indonesia (e-ISSN 2684-7884) is a journal that results from the implementation of community service in the fields of health, nursing, medicine, psychology, and public health which is published every 6 months. The scope of this journal is articles related to community ...