JAKARTA: The Bali-India foundation is developing over 10,000
species of medicinal plants that aim to be used to cure a number of diseases,
the foundation`s chair, Dr. Somvir, said on Monday.
Many species of medicinal plants were imported from India
and planted along with hundreds of other local species from Bali and other
regions of Indonesia in a spacious plot of land in Banjar Gunung Sari area,
Tegal Linggah village, Sukasada sub district, Buleleng, about 80 km north of Denpasar,
reported Indonesia’s ANTARA news agency.
Dr. Somvir explained that the medicinal plants “had been
cultivated there for about two years and were given organic fertilisers as part
of efforts to regain the soil`s fertility in the slopes near the hilly areas.” He continued that “the medicinal plants would be ready to be
processed into medical herbal products after four to five years of cultivation,
leading Bali to expect different environment-friendly medicines to become available
in its markets in the next two or three years.”
While waiting for the right time to process them into
medicinal herbal products, the foundation is also making efforts to increase
its species collection from a number of regions in Indonesia, such as the East Nusa
Tenggara province.
The development of medicinal plants by the Bali-India
foundation is also expected to help encourage local people to develop the same
business where prospect in the future is promising. Dr. Somvir said that the pilot medicinal plant project was
being developed on a 1.5
hectare plot of land in the first phase and would be
developed further on wider swathes of land in upcoming phases.
Experts in Indonesia have been conducting research on
medicinal herbs since last year to ascertain their medicinal properties that
might help cure diseases.
The research is expected to explore the possibility of
herbal medicines to be included in doctors` prescriptions, an idea which last
year became a topic of discourse.
“The idea was also discussed at a health ministry`s national
working meeting in Batam. However, many things still need to be considered
before it can be implemented,” the head of East Java`s health office, Dr. Dodo
Anondo, said last year.
Experts have deduced that Indonesia has at least 3,000 types
of medicinal plants that could be processed to cure illness.
Technology is important, which according to natural medicine
researcher Prof. Dr. Subagus Wahuono of Yogyakarta-based Gajah Mada University,
is needed to enrich the active compounds of herbal medicines.
Texto: Bikya Masr Staff
Data: 10.09.2012
Link:
http://www.bikyamasr.com/77149/bali-india-foundation-developing-10000-plants-for-medicinal-purposes/
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