Since it is now the fasting month, school dismisses at 1.30 p.m. and so I have more time in the afternoons to devote to the Herb Garden. For the past few weeks, I have been training a few of my students to identify and choose the herbs that could be used for a traditional herbal bath. This afternoon, I was teaching them about which herbs to choose to treat skin diseases. One of the teachers was bitten by some insects when she visited a wooded area and had developed a big rash and so I was getting herbs for a medicinal bath for her. The herbs that I told them to get from the garden were the leaves of the Lemuni, Inai, Starfruit, Sirih, Kaduk and Hempedu Bumi. I also got herbs for a few other teachers in the school with the help of my young apprentices. After they had selected the herbs, they helped to sort and pack them.
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Lemuni - I came to knw the name some 3 weeks ago. My Malay fren give me lemuni rice, she said usually eaten by malay ladies during confinement, to dispel wind. Taste nice la... eaten with accompaniments.
The lemuni leaves and flowers are also used to treat skin diseases. My library assistant makes delicious tasting nasi lemuni.
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