Male Contraceptive Pills from Gandarusa

Hasto Wardoyo, the head of the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), said male participation in family planning (KB) needed to be increased.

KOMPAS/HENDRA A SETYAWAN (HAS)

An officer takes care of a willow seed at the Ciganjur Nursery belonging to the DKI Jakarta Provincial Cemetery and Forestry Service in Ciganjur, Jakarta, on Friday (27/9/2019).

Researchers at Airlangga University have developed male contraceptive pills from the extract of gandarusa (Justicia gendarussa) leaves. Aside from being an alternative contraceptive, the preliminary data show that the extract also increases libido.