the lady was like back packing a rocket launcher. lolx But she's good! tough and hardworking... hmmm...

5 thumbs up for indonesian jamu

it is so authentic..very traditional..in malaysia now a days everything goes into the TV..no such thing as you have potrayed in blog

by the way, temulawak is also for arm pit kan?? hehehe correct me if im wrong

What would you say about the quality of traditional herbal medicine? Do you use it? Would you recommend it? Is its use still widespread?

(Another bronze? Yay!)

wayne: LOL, yup, I really do think that those ladies - jamu sellers are very tough :)

cp1: hehehe, do you also drink jamu?
Uhmm.. I'm not so sure whether temulawak can also for arm pit but yes beside for liver disease, it's also to clean the blood.

MM: well, for people in the small villeages, most of them are still consuming jamu as medicine. A lot of old jamu recipes comes from the royal families in Java island. Yes, sometimes I also drink jamu like kunyit asam (tamarin & tumeric).
Yup, you got BRONZE, congrats :)

Why those bottles are so large?

Could tourists found them in the shopping Centre?

Do they exported to another country?

OOps...so many questions. :-p

pinkpanther: don't worry, I would glad to answer to your question, I suppose I should put more information about this jamu, but I'm just too lazy, hehehe.

Why the bottles are so large? so the lady need to go back home all the time to re-fills the bottles.

I doubt that tourist can find liquid jamu in shopping centre because jamu is traditional herbal medicine but yes, people can buy the dried powder or capsule in supermarket.

Export? Yes, definitely jamu has been export to some countries like Malaysia, Singapore and even to Japan :)

Would you like to try jamu? I can send it to you.

You ever try those jamu when you are sick? Does it work?

Maybe can copy down the "recipe" for future reference.

I mean it is a waste that all these jamu just disappear when the older generation gone.

well during my 44 days of confinement, yes i did..its nasty. thank god it is in capsule or else i might need tranquilizer khi khi khi

hehehe..cute..she looks very classic :P

so this is what we call, mobile pharmacy?

Now I want the one with vitamin C
:)
It's just so rare nowadays to find these gems

red sponge: yes, I did try some of it and it works ok, but I think I prefer modern medicine :)
Uhmmm.. I think I have a book of the general jamu's recipes.

cp1: Oh.. you did! Wow... yes, a lot of Indonesian women also do it, and they say, it really help :)

mr.goober: hahaha.. mobile pharmacy that sounds cute :)

zeroimpact: the one with vit. C? the simple "jamu" with vit. c:
1 glass warm water plus 1 tbs honey and 1 lime.

I tot you are going for the 'galian singset'.. hehehe.. better not.. have you recover from your upset tummy?

photocrazy: LOL
I did try the galian singset but it didn't really work to me, better use the diet pills :P
So far, no more upset tummy :)

i think jamu is good only to maintain general health and not really for medication