A group of tourists seemingly photographed in front of the etalase that contains hundreds of plants that have been preserved and arranged neatly. Most of them also seem seriously observing plants in the garden. The vegetation is a medicinal plant, a collection of UPF Yankestrad Tawangmangu RSUP Dr. Sardjito. When the middle tourists follow the medical tourist tour in the usual tourist attraction called Hortus Medicus.
Hortus Medicus is a Latin language that means the garden of medicinal plants. Therefore there visitors can travel as a variety of plants that are cultivated, processed, researched and utilized as traditional medicines. In fact, the utilization is also for the healing of patients in the pretama clinic that stands in the tourist site.
A tourist from Solo City, Sherly Aprilia for example, she is with his family deliberately gazing a journey of 38 kilometers from their home to Tawangmangu, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java to follow a medical tour. According to him, the place is very pleasant like a heaven for the native medicinal plants of Indonesia.
Tourists see cultivated medicinal plants in Aromatic Garden Tlogodringo UPF Health Services Tradisonal Tawangmangu RSUP Dr. Sardjito.
Mahasiswa foreign from the Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gajah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta saw medicinal plants when following medical tours.
Not only nusantara tourists, foreign tourists are also there that take this medical tour package among Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore.
Hortus Medicus is part of RSUP Dr. Sardjito which has been certified by the Ministry of Health. The tourism object manager develops medical tourism (medical tourism) with a traditional medicine approach that deals with the journey to get medical services, both conventional and traditional, and consulting with a specialist.
In addition, they also maintain the concept of wellness tourism (sports tourism) that emphasizes on holistic, meditation, spa and healthy lifestyle and educational tours.
Pegawai UPF Yankestrad Tawangmangu Supatno harvested medicinal plants in Aromatic Garden Tlogodringo.
The supervisory sorts postpanen drug plants in UPF Health Services Tradisonal Tawangmangu RSUP Dr. Sardjito.
According to the head of the UPF Yankestrad Tawangmangu RSUP Sardjito who is also a doctor of Ulfatun Nisa, the history of the place began in December 1947 when the Head of the Department of Chemistry was cured Eijkman Dr. Soetarman along R.M Santoso. They both pioneered a subtropical drug plant garden in Tawangmangu to support the fulfillment of drug raw materials in the early period of independence of the Republic of Indonesia.
When the Dutch Military Aggression event I in 1947 occurs chemical medicine blockade, raw materials and health equipment. The condition causes Dr. Soetarman decided to establish Hortus Medicus in the land belonging to R.M Santoso for medicinal plant resources. The first plant is cultivated when it is a digitalis plant to treat heart disease, then it is fertilized cat and koka plants.
Today, about 300 species of 900 medicinal plants are cultivated in Hortus Medicus with a total area of 15.6 hectares covering three locations namely Karanganyar, Karangpandan, Tawangmangu. In that area the plant is now constantly developed as a potential for health tourism.
The supervisor UPF Yankestra Tawangmangu Ariyanto (right) and Hendri (left) sorts of post harvested medicinal plants for patient recipes.
Dokter Danang Ardiyanto (right) examines the health of patients in the Aesthetic Hortus Medicus Clinic.
During 2024 visits of tourists to the place recorded has reached 14.834 people. As from January to June 2025 reached 4.651 people.
In the presence of medical tour packages, the Indonesian society commonly seeks curiosity to overseas targeted can be interested and can find the treatment in Hortus Medicus.
Photos and text Maulana Surya
Staf laboraturium testing UPF Yankestad Tawangmangu Siti Lestari (left) streamline students to research medicinal plants.
Some types of medicinal plants are for tourist knowledge.
Author : Nyoman Budhiana
Wisatawan observes the medicinal plants preserved when following medical tours.
The pharmaceutical supervisor serves the creation of traditional medicine recipes for patients in the clinic of Pratama Hortus Medicus.
Wisatawan enjoys traditional herbal medicine from Jamu Rosmarin Cafe in Aromatic Garden Tlogodringo.
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