CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Indonesia is a country that is nutritions plants. Since the time of our ancestors,
traditional medicine or herb plant has been used to cure various diseases. When compared
with chemical medicine, traditional medicine is relatively save for comsumption. Traditional
medicine was relatively minimal side effects.
Traditional medicine is still the best option at this time. As along as
the traditional medicine is kept clean during the serving, it will not have
negative impact for the health and will make our body more healthy and
fit. Traditional medicine mostly made from natural ingredients, meaning
not experiencing chemical processes.
In traditional medicine, many choices of plant that can be used as
raw material. One is black seed which contains subtances that the body need such as
15 amino acids, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and minerals such as calcium, iron, sodium,
potassium, zinc, magnesium, selenium, and various vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin B,
vitamin B2, niacin (vitamin B3), and vitamin C. Black seed (Nigella sativa L.) is a medicinal
plant used to treat various diseases. The seeds can be used arthritis, headaches, prevention of
vomiting, laxatives, ASI facilitator, urinary tract infections, antibiotics, and others as
cytotoxic and immunostimulant.
Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry, Black seed has a very imprtant role because
Black seed is a plant which has function to helps regulate the metabolism, bringing toxins to
the skin surface to be issued, balancing insulin levels, regulate cholesterol, improve body
circulation, and improve the function of a healthy liver.
Based on the explanation, we raised a scientific paper entitle The
Benefit Of Black Seed For Healthy.
1.2

Problem Formulation
Based on background details before, the problem can be formulated in

statement :
1. What the benefits of black seed for healthy ?
2. How evelopment of black seed in Indonesia ?

3. How to make black seed as herbal medicine ?

1.3
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Objectives
To find out the benefits of black seed for healthy.
To find out how evelopment of black seed in Indonesia.
To find out how to make black seed as herbal medicine.

1.4 Benefits of Writing

1. For writers
To find out the benefits of Black seed for health, how evelopment of
black seedin Indonesia and how black seed processing become
herbal that so far only considered as an ornamental plant.
2. For community
To find out that black seed is a plant that has many benefits and so
that people can make black seed as an alternative medicine.