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The fingerroot (Kaempferia pandurata ROXB) is one of the medicinal plants. Beside as a spice, based on research, the temu kunci plant can be used as a medicine. Fingerroot contain pivotal compounds such as essential oils, starch, resin, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, pinostrolerin, and alipinetin. Mostly, the plants containing saponins, flavonoids and phenols have the effect of spermicide or sperm immobilization. Based on this issue, the use of fingerroot rhizomes can have an impact on the reproductive organs. Until now there is still little research on the effects fingerroot rhizome on reproductive organs, especially as antifertility. The use of natural ingredients as antifertility has smaller side effects than synthetic chemicals. The aims of this study to determine the effect of decoction of fingerroot rhizome simplicia on the quality of male mice sperm. In this present study, the concentration that were utilized are 0%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5%, and 15 %. The results showed that the fingerroot rhizome simplicia decoction had an effect on the testis of Balb C mice (Mus musculus).