Driven by a pandemic that encouraged many to rethink and reprioritize their health, people around the world are increasingly seeking out different ways to boost their well-being. As a result, the ...

Indonesians swear by jamu. Families have their own recipes carried on from one generation to the next. Spices, roots, and herbs such as turmeric, ginger, and tamarind are traditionally ground into a ...

“On a scale from 1 to 10, tell me how much this hurts.” A healer, dressed in head-to-toe white linen, is poking different parts of my foot with a sharp, pointed stick. “Four,” I respond, voice muffled ...

Traditional Indonesian herbal medicine, or jamu, dates back 1,300 years. A panci jamu, or jamu pot, seen in a stone mural carved on a wall of the Borobudur temple in central Java suggests it was being ...

Metta Murdaya is the author of Jamu Lifestyle: Indonesian Herbal Wellness Tradition and the founder of JUARA, an award-winning skincare & wellness line inspired by the Indonesian jamu tradition. Born ...

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All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. It’s 4:30 am on a ...

The Jamu Stick – a 12 cm-long and 2.5 cm-wide stick made from mysterious herbs, designed to be inserted into the vagina every three to four days – exfoliates the vagina "by removing the dead skin ...

Passed down for centuries, this cure-all drink is having a moment. Indonesians swear by jamu. Families have their own recipes ...