Pemanfaatan Lahan Kosong Sebagai Tanaman Obat Keluarga Warga Desa Lae Butar, Gunung Meriah Kabupaten Aceh Singkil

Abstract

TOGA is a plot of land, either in the yard, garden, or field, used to cultivate medicinal plants. The goal is to fulfill the needs of family medicine. The KKN group from UTU saw the potential for empty land around the community, namely the yard of the Lae Butar Office, which can be utilized to plant TOGA such as ginger, turmeric, and so on. Therefore, the utilization of land for making TOGA in the village is carried out in order to motivate the community to provide herbal medicine for the family through the yard. Research at the Lae Butar Office, Gunung Meriah, Aceh Singkil is a type of research that uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. The selection of the village office as a research location was based on the consideration that the community could see the whole medicinal plants that would be planted. The research was conducted in August 2024. The results of the survey showed that there are 7 types of medicinal plants that can be planted in the Lae Butar office yard. The seven medicinal plants have their respective properties in maintaining body health. The types of TOGA that will be planted include turmeric (Curcuma longa), kencur (Kaempferia galanga), temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza), red ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc. Var. Rubrum), ginger (Zingiber officinale), lemongrass (Piper betle), and betel (Cymbopogon citratus). The TOGA planting process is divided into 3 stages, namely: determining planting media, preparing medicinal plants, and starting the planting of medicinal plants.                                  

Keywords: medicinal plants, plant types, planting process, Lae Butar.