Utilization of herbal ingredients locally as a treatment in the traditional way, or which is known as herbal medicine has been done a long time in this country. Therefore, herbal medicine is expected to be the identity of Indonesian herbal medicine.
"Herb is a native Indonesian culture, so the development of herbal medicine was supposed to be still uses the term herbal medicine," said Dr. Arijanto Jonosewojo, herbal medicine expert from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Airlangga, Thursday (08/22/2013) in Jakarta.
The development of herbal medicines made from all over the world allows people to use it into the type of treatment that is efficacious and safe. So according Arijanto, herbal medicine in Indonesia needs to have an identity.
Arijanto mention, herbal medicine is currently divided into three groups, namely herbs, standardized herbal medicine (OHT), and fitofarmaka. "In the future expected his name to OHT or medicinal herbs phytopharmaca," he said.
To get there, he said, needed saintifikasi or verification process safety and efficacy of herbs for health scientifically. By doing so, herbs can be used as a trusted physician treatment.
"So far, most of the herbal ingredients used for traditional herbal medicine then departed from the empirical evidence, not scientific. So it has not been able to be trusted," he explained.
Nevertheless, the process is not easy saintifikasi. It takes quite a long time to declare a formulation proven to be safe and efficacious. Saintifikasi process includes standardized testing, toxicity in experimental animals, preclinical testing and clinical trials.
"Herb is a native Indonesian culture, so the development of herbal medicine was supposed to be still uses the term herbal medicine," said Dr. Arijanto Jonosewojo, herbal medicine expert from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Airlangga, Thursday (08/22/2013) in Jakarta.
The development of herbal medicines made from all over the world allows people to use it into the type of treatment that is efficacious and safe. So according Arijanto, herbal medicine in Indonesia needs to have an identity.
Arijanto mention, herbal medicine is currently divided into three groups, namely herbs, standardized herbal medicine (OHT), and fitofarmaka. "In the future expected his name to OHT or medicinal herbs phytopharmaca," he said.
To get there, he said, needed saintifikasi or verification process safety and efficacy of herbs for health scientifically. By doing so, herbs can be used as a trusted physician treatment.
"So far, most of the herbal ingredients used for traditional herbal medicine then departed from the empirical evidence, not scientific. So it has not been able to be trusted," he explained.
Nevertheless, the process is not easy saintifikasi. It takes quite a long time to declare a formulation proven to be safe and efficacious. Saintifikasi process includes standardized testing, toxicity in experimental animals, preclinical testing and clinical trials.
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