BELITUNG - PT Bintang Toedjoe through the Komix Herbal brand held a Goes To School Talkshow, which on this occasion was presented at MAN 1 Belitung. This activity, which has a roadshow concept, was again educating about medicine, especially herbal medicine, which was attended by students representing organizations, (4/12/2024).

With the theme of the Healthy Generation Herbal Generation, this talkshow that collaboration between Komix Herbal and several number of speakers, such as the BNN of Belitung Regency, the PC Indonesian Pharmacist Association (IAI) of Belitung Regency, Loka POM of Belitung, and Pos Belitung.

Here the speakers convey information according to their fields, apt. Septia Monalisa, S.Farm., Chairperson of PC IAI Belitung Regency explained about the classification of herbal medicines and their benefits. "Herbal medicines to improve health levels as rehabilitative or health recovery and also as curative (healing diseases)", she explained.

In addition, Mona added an explanation about self-medication of medicines and herbs, including their relationship to DAGUSIBU (Get, Use, Save, Throw Away) of medicines and herbs.

The speaker from Loka POM of Belitung, Tiara Wiladatika, SKM., explained about the classification of natural medicines, their certification and registration.

"Natural medicines consist of herbal medicine, standardized herbal medicine (OHT) and phytopharmaca. Herbal medicine is a concoction that comes from traditional knowledge. If OHT, its efficacy is scientifically proven with pre-clinical tests and standardized materials. While the last one, phytopharmaca is herbal medicine to maintain health whose efficacy is scientifically tested with pre-clinical and clinical tests."

In addition, Tiara also explained about the drug logos on the market for over-the-counter (OTC) drug logos, limited over-the-counter (OTC) drug logos, prescription drug logos and narcotic drug logos.

Tiara added, before using a natural medicine, it would be better to screen it first with CEK KLIK, namely Check the Packaging, Label, Marketing Authorization, and Expiration Date.

Meanwhile, Content Manage of Pos Belitung, Teddy Malaka, reviewed media and herbs, and used media wisely. Teddy invited Gen-Z not to easily believe hoaxes and spread fake news in the media.

"Verify Information before Distributing. If necessary, ask competent sources. Check whether the source is/are credible or not," added Teddy.

The next speaker, Kompol Agus Handoko, S.H., Head of BNN of Belitung Regency, discussed drugs and their abuse. He added tips on how to avoid the dangers of drugs.

"All the foundations are Imtaq: faith and piety. Prohibitions that are not allowed should not be done. And secondly, be disciplined in using gadgets. Don't just give up, you have to think positively."

Head of LOB 2 & Public Relations of  PT Bintang Toedjoe, Andry Mahyudi in his speech conveyed why talk about herbs. 

“As we know that Korea has ginseng that is very world-famous. So our dream, Bintang Toedjoe was how to make this red ginger as one of Indonesia's native herbal plants that has great potential to go global. In addition, the advancement of digital technology was currently developing very rapidly, which can also cause legal problems due to the spread of inaccurate news”, said Andry. 

The hope was that with herbal education from various sources, Gen-Z will be wiser about information by filtering it before sharing.

Komix Herbal is a herbal cough medicine made from natural red ginger and lagundi leaves. Lagundi leaves (Vitex Negundo) are one of the herbs that contain active compounds such as flavonoids, alkaloids, and triterpenoids which have anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and expectorant effects. Due to these effects, lagundi leaves have been used in traditional medicine to relieve coughs.