Tawangmangu as a Herbal Touristic Destination

Health tourism is a tourism activity that emphasizes improving health, physical fitness, as well as restoring the spiritual and mental health of tourists. Indonesia is known to have around 7,000 herbal and spice plants that are often used to maintain health, fitness and healing. The tradition of processing herbal plants into herbal concoctions that are efficacious for health and medicine has existed from ancient times to the present. The herbal preparations are often used in body and beauty treatments.

In Indonesia, currently there are several tourist destinations that are focused on wellness tourism and herbal tourism, such as Bali and Yogyakarta. The choice of Tawangmangu as a herbal tourism destination is also not without reason. This is because in Tawangmangu there is an herbal health center belonging to the Ministry of Health. Traditional medicine using herbal ingredients in Tawangmangu has been scientifically tested. This is because Tawangmangu has a herbal medicine saintification program, and each herb is tested for its safety, quality and efficacy until it is suitable for consumption.

Processed Herbal Medicine Original of Tawangmangu

There are at least 800 types of different herbal plants cultivated in Tawangmangu. The entire collection of medicinal plants in Tawangmangu is efficacious for preventing and treating various diseases.

For example, the medicinal plant Sambiloto which can prevent diabetes, pace which contains high antioxidants, tempuyung to expedite urine, and handeuleum leaves to treat hemorrhoids. Other herbal medicines such as turmeric which can treat ulcers, celery to treat hypertension, and guava leaves to treat diarrhea have been clinically tested in Tawangmangu.

In addition to knowing herbs, Tawangmangu also develops the potential for aromatherapy, meditation, healthy food, and exploring nature. Interestingly, tourists will also be given information about the history of herbal medicine and Javanese herbal traditions as a tour package.

In fact, tourists visiting Tawangmangu can also visit the Hortus Medicus Herbal Research House . The Jamu Research House is a scientific clinic, laboratory, herbal medicine house, museum, cinema room, library, as well as a greenhouse for the adaptation and preservation of medicinal plants.

So, with the development of herbal tourism in Tawangmangu, it is hoped that it can become a combination of medicine, economic value, tourism, and education that can introduce Indonesian original herbal ingredients to the international scene.

A tourist destination in Tawangmangu is Rumah Essential Indonesia (Rumah Atsiri Indonesia). This tourist spot, which is located on Jalan Watusambang, Plumbon, Tawangmangu, is actually the result of restoration from the Bulgarian Indonesian Citronella factory.

Rumah Essential Indonesia is filled with various types of beautiful, colorful flowers. Apart from enjoying flowers, tourists can visit the essential oil museum to learn about the history of essential oils.