BOOKS FOR REFERENCE ON JAMU AND HERBAL TONIC

NEED SOME REFERENCES ON HERBAL TEA OR JAMU..HERE ARE SOME BOOKS...


THE JAMU BOOK IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE WITH RECIPES, ORIGINS, TYPES AND HISTORY OF JAMU. EXCELLENT BOOK TO KEEP IN HAND. ALSO THERE IS A BOOK THAT I RECOMMENDED AT THE CORNER OF THIS PAGE- SPA ASIA BY SOPHIE BENGE IS ALSO GGOD FOR REFERENCCE IN THE FUTURE.

HERBAL TONICS

HERBAL TONICS OR JAMU IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SUCCESS STORIES OF THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY, YET IT IS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN OUTSIDE OF ITS ORIGIN COUNTRIES SUCH AS INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA. JAMU IS TOUTED AS THE ANCIENT ELIXIR OF LIFE AND DESPITE THE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC PROOF SUPPORTING ITS BENEFITS, MANY WOMEN SWEAR BY IT EFFECTIVENESS WITH UP TO 80% OF THESE COUNTRIES POPULATION BELIEVED TO DRINK A GLASS OF JAMU DAILY AFTER RECITING A MORNING PRAYER.

ORANG KATA MAKAN JAMU NANTI AWET MUDA, CERGAS SELALU, SUBUR DAN MUKA BERSERI..(MUKA KARAN LA TUU EKK...) SELAIN JAMU KUNCI FOR THE WOMEN, JAMU JUGA DIGUNAKAN UNTUK MENGHILANGKAN SELSEMA, ANGIN MEDU DALAM PERUT. MUNGKIN JAMU TU RASANYER PAHIT OR MIGHT LOOK LIKE TAIK KAMBING KANN...TAPI PERCAYALAH HASILNYA DAPAT DILIHAT DALAM WAKTU YANG SINGKAT.

TO THEM WHO DOES NOT LIKE THE SMELL, THE TASTE OF JAMU, HERE IS ONE RECIPE OF HOME MADE HERBAL TONIC...

WHAT U NEED :

 SCREWPINE LEAVES/DAUN PANDAN
GINGER AROUND TWO INCHES
STARANISE /BUNGA LAWANG

BOIL ALL OF THE INGREDIENT AND DRINK IT WITH HONEY OR PALMSUGAR.