I studied with Jack Chaiya, Mama Lek's son for a couple days (the picture is not of Jack!) and we spent one morning at the market, gathering the necessary ingredients for herbal compress (the cotton wrapped bags of herbs that is steamed and applied to the body for various effects). The bowl is filled with lemongrass, cumin root, yellow ginger, kaffir lime and kaffir lime leaves, and eucalyptus. The ingredients are mashed in the mortar and pestal and then wrapped in a cotton cloth, tied up with rubber bands and set in a steamer for 10 or 15 minutes.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Making Herbal Compress
I studied with Jack Chaiya, Mama Lek's son for a couple days (the picture is not of Jack!) and we spent one morning at the market, gathering the necessary ingredients for herbal compress (the cotton wrapped bags of herbs that is steamed and applied to the body for various effects). The bowl is filled with lemongrass, cumin root, yellow ginger, kaffir lime and kaffir lime leaves, and eucalyptus. The ingredients are mashed in the mortar and pestal and then wrapped in a cotton cloth, tied up with rubber bands and set in a steamer for 10 or 15 minutes.
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Paul, It is nice to see you have taken up blogging. If you need any help I would be happy to assist you. You see, I have a blog, and it is going great. Hopefully one day you can achieve what so few of us have. It would be an honor for me to let you into our club. Until then, keep trying. Glen
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