Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Rhizome Extraction Technology: Coaching for the People of Kampung Jahe, Karasak-Astanaanyar Sub District
Kiki Mulkiya Y., Ratih Aryani, Yani Lukmayani, Fetri Lestari, Esti R. Sadiyah, Hilda Aprilia

Universitas Islam Bandung

Abstract

The use of yards in the Karasak Village, Astanaanyar District, Bandung City has been pioneered since 2021 with an orientation towards the cultivation of medicinal plants, specially ginger. Ginger rhizomes are known to have many benefits. The efficacy of ginger rhizome will be more optimal if the preparation is concerned to critical steps to improve the quality of the rhizome. One of the efforts to improve the quality of this ginger rhizome is through the processing of simplicia. The team from the Department of Pharmacy, FMIPA Unisba, was trained the ginger rhizome simplicia processing to representatives of people of Kampung Jahe. This training aims to educate the people of Kampung Jahe about the stages in making simplicia to improve the quality of ginger as the harvest crops from the yards. As the implementation of this training, education was carried out to representatives of the people of Kampung Jahe regarding the stages of making ginger rhizome simplicia, handing over ginger and turmeric rhizome, and handing over 1 unit drying cabinets. From this activity, it is known that it has been able to increase the knowledge of participants by an average of 14, 82%.

Keywords: ginger rhizome, processing of simplicia, Kampung Jahe

Topic: Chemistry