Indonesian Herbal Drink

We call it JAMU (jaah-moo). It's still made traditionally by hand, no machines involved.
The Jamu lady made many kinds of liquid herbal drinks and then she would sell it from house to house, on foot. She would carry all the bottles on her back. The bottles are put in bamboo basket. Nowadays, some of jamu ladies ride a bike when selling the herbal drinks.

Jamu is made from herbal roots, leaves, trunk skin, and fruit. Even a part of animal is added to jamu, but it's not common.

Most of herbal drinks taste bitter, we add honey to make it taste better. There are that taste sweet too.

The function of herbal drinks (depends on ingredients):
a. Daily supplement for health.
b. Eliminate sore muscles
c. Increase eating appetite
d. Refreshment to body system
e. Increase breast milk production
f. Help weight loss
g. Eliminate body odor
h. Reduce cholesterol, etc

Some of herb ingredients are:
Ginger, Tangerine, Cumin, Lime, Nutmeg, Curcuma, (I have difficulties to find English name for Indonesian herbs, so I'll add them later).

Instant jamu is also available in the supermarket in the form of powder (add with warm water), tablets and capsules.
Our big jamu manufacturers are Jamu Air Mancur, Nyonya Meneer atau Djamu Djago.