Wednesday (20/07/22) at the LAKESMU guesthouse in Sapen, Yogyakarta SHEEP Indonesia, represented by Hariyoso as manager of health, shared stories and healthy tips with medicinal plants for the elderly at RW.06 Sapen. The activity, which was initiated by the elderly association of Demangan village, focused on how to prevent and treat diseases that are often suffered by the elderly simply through medicinal plants around.
The activity was attended by 25 elderly people and began with a brief presentation of what diseases usually affect the elderly (people with an age category over 60 years) and what plants around are able to become a means of prevention and medicine and how to process them. The activity, which lasted for approximately 2 hours, was more filled with questions and answers by participants; one of them was Mr. Nur who asked about how the dosage and side effects of medicinal plants to be consumed because these plants are a group of alternative medicines and the participants did not understand the side effects, there was also Mrs. Lies who asked how to choose and sort out good plants to be used as medicine.
The activity is planned to be held regularly considering the high enthusiasm of the participants (fathers & mothers of the elderly) and the need to be able to provide stories and share healthy tips with medicinal plants to elderly residents in other RWs.