TY  - JOUR
T1  - Jamu Empon-Empon the Preservation and Protection of Indigenous
Knowledge as a Community District of Central Java Province Kebumen
AU - Roseliana Mazidah, Zahrina AU - Adriani Susetyo-Salim, Tamara 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SP  - 258
EP  - 261
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.258.261
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.258.261
KW  - Preservation
KW  -protection
KW  -Empon-empon herb
KW  -indigenous knowledge
KW  -Kebumen community
KW  -Central Java Province
AB  - This research aimed to observe the preservation and protection of Empon-empon herb (ginger,
turmeric, curcuma) of Kebumen Regency community from Central Java Province. Empon-empon herb had been
believed from generation to generation by the community as herbal medicine which can cured various diseases,
one of which is antedote of cancer. Using qualitative descriptive method, the result showed that Kebumen
Regency community had been preserving Empon-empon herb by conducting processing training to improve
its economic value which formed micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM) along with financial aid in
micro-credit, fostered along with the help of tools to improve the product packaging quality and marketing
assistance through the exhibition along with the selling of the product in Kebumen Distric Griya Exhibits.
Products which was produced consituted herbal medicine drinks extract in powder form of Empon-empon. The
product brand was ZAHRIN which had permission from food and drug administration and the halal label that
facilitated by the Department of Trade Kebumen. Branding, BPOM permission and halal permission were
methods to protect the knowledge of Kebumen community concerning Empon-empon.
ER  -