FMIPA UII – The Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Islam Indonesia together with the Yogyakarta City Branch of the Indonesian Pharmacists Association (IAI) held a community service program entitled Healthy with Traditional Herbs and Active Exercise (SEHATI) in Suroharjo Village, Muja-Muju, Umbulharjo District, Yogyakarta City on Sunday, 19 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 H / June 15, 2025 M.

This activity involved lecturers, educational staff, laboratory assistants, and also students from the Herbal Medicine Study Center (PSOH) of the UII Pharmacy Study Program, class of 2022–2024, and was attended by dozens of villagers and PKK teams as part of UII’s catur dharma and also the commitment of IAI Yogyakarta in providing education, particularly community empowerment in the field of herbal medicine.

On this occasion, the speakers at the discussion titled Jamu: Traditional Drink with Various Benefits were UII Pharmacy Lecturer and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Expert apt. Pinus Jumaryatno, M.Phil., Ph.D., and apt. Fitra Romadhonsyah, M.Pharm.Sci., who educated the community on how to live healthily and independently by utilizing easily accessible herbs from the surrounding environment.

“From this education and training on making herbal jamu, we hope that residents will learn more about the benefits of herbal plants around them and be able to process them for their own needs. This training on making herbal jamu is also expected to equip residents, especially mothers, with knowledge that could serve as a basis if they want to use it for economic purposes—for example, processing and selling it. Moreover, nowadays the trend of herbal health is regaining popularity,” said Pinus, who is also a researcher at PSOH Pharmacy UII.

He further added, “If residents can gain knowledge and learn the process of making jamu, we would like to initiate the emergence of jamu villages in Yogyakarta so that they can become special interest tourism destinations in the future,” said Pinus.