Saturday 3 September 2011

Martha Tilaar an Indonesian Jamu Doyenne


Matha Tilaar a woman who specializes in the manufacture of a health product, jamu (herbal medicine) and business from Indonesia.
 
Martha Tilaar now 74 years old and still healthy & actively involved in the jamu (herbal medicine) business as well as a lecturer at the University of Indonesia, School of Herbal Medicine. She wants her knowledge to be shared with others and not go to waste when she's no more here in this world.
 

She also teaches the blind massage techniques and women prisoners, handicraft. She gives talks on entrepreneurship too. Her days are full. Her grandmother was the person who tought her about jamu (herbal medicine). 

Jamu is for inner and outer health in the natural way. Beauty is health. If you are not healthy, you will not be beautiful, said Martha Tilaar. She was once a teacher and had to stop working to undertake the business of herbal medicine.

When she wanted to start her business, she was lack of capital & has to get the loan from her siblings to start the busines. Her business now has grown into an integrated, world-class with an annual turnover of US75 million dollars with exports around the world.

 Remembering the difficulties she had experienced, she now wants to help others by setting up the subsidiaries offering beauty counselling and giving out local and international franchise operations management for spa.

 Among the products are Biokos (anti-ageing skincare), Caring Colours (decorative, make-up base), Youth (splash colognes for Teenagers), Berto Tea, Dewi Sri Spa (holistic spa products), Professional Artist Cosmetics (performance, and make-up base) and Jamu Garden (medicinal, skincare, body care and healthcare).

For more info click here http://www.marthatilaargroup.com/ 


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