Paper Title
Improving Public Health Through Social Empowerment And Utilization Of Medicinal Plants Or “Toga” (Taman Obat Keluarga)” In Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Traditional healing using medicinal plants (Indonesian terms: TOGA/Taman Obat Keluarga) is legacy of
traditional wisdom and can be applied in this modern era for medication purposes. It is one of applied technologies which
have huge potential in the public health improvement. Education people and distributing TOGA in every household are some
efforts to popularize the utilization of TOGA in community. The methods used were counseling and demonstrating how to
utilize TOGA.From this research, there is indication that the one house and the other have TOGA and they know the way to
use TOGA.
Keyword— TOGA, Family Medicine Plant.