The Sales Of Herbal Medicines Are Increasingly Selling When COVID-19 Is Ferocious

KEDIRI - Sales of anti-COVID-19 herbal medicines made by Wahyu, a resident of Kediri City, East Java, are increasingly in demand, as evidenced by the increasing demand.

Wahyu said this business has been in the works for a long time. He really concentrates on cultivating herbal plants and now makes various herbal medicines. In fact, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for herbal medicine to increase endurance is increasing.

"Incidentally there are researchers from Unair (Universitas Airlangga) Surabaya. There are lecturers who ordered and asked to be mixed and we also got permission to use and approved, so we also report to the public," said Wahyu. "Banaran Village, Pesantren District, Kediri City, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, July 7.

He said the herbal ingredients used to boost immunity to prevent COVID-19 include cinnamon, black lemongrass, fresh turmeric, fresh ginger, fresh ginger, and ginseng.

All ingredients are blended together. Mix water to help blend the cinnamon stew. After all crushed, filtered and then cooked on the stove over low heat. When cooked, mixed with granulated sugar, so that later it becomes crystals.

From the results of the concoction, the research lecturer also gave input that the results of the concoction were able to increase the body's immune system.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic until now, Wahyu said many residents had ordered the results of the herbal medicine concoction. In fact, some of the residents who ordered said that those who had previously been confirmed positive for COVID-19, within 2-3 days were negative for COVID-19.

Wahyu added that the herb is recommended to be brewed twice a day. One tablespoon of the herbal medicine is mixed with warm water and then drunk.

"This is taken every morning and evening. There is no problem for certain sick people, because this concoction also warms the body, for COVID-19, coughs, increases endurance, reduces fatigue. It also wards off viruses," he said.

Wahyu revealed that every day he makes concoctions of herbal medicines including herbal medicines to increase immunity to fend off COVID-19.

He admitted, with the help of five employees, every day on average up to 15 kilograms so that in one month, approximately 1 quintal of herbal medicines are made according to the requests of buyers from various regions in Indonesia.

"Orders by word of mouth. People come here (message) or we send them out of town. Also sent to outside the province," he said.

According to Wahyu, the herbal medicine can last up to four months and uses quality raw materials from specially prepared fields.

His party cooperates with farmers to cultivate herbal plants with an area of tens of hectares in the Mount Kelud area (1,731 meters above sea level) in Ngancar District, Kediri Regency and fields in Blitar Regency.

"There is no difficulty with the ingredients, because we grow our own. We also grow red ginseng and black lemongrass. We have two gardens at our place, Mount Kelud and Blitar Earth Tour," he said.

Wahyu was also invited several times by the health office related to herbal plants. For this reason, he hopes that people will also use herbal medicines for various kinds of pain and not always use chemical drugs, because the content is guaranteed to be safe for the body.