Tuesday, July 15, 2003
HEARBS FOR VERVE -By YVONNE LEE SHU YEE
YVONNE LEE SHU YEE visits a nursery and finds herbs with all sorts of curative qualities. THESE days, sicknesses, syndromes and stress make good health much sought after. Whilst many resort to pill popping, some become fervent followers of herbal power. Along the green belt of Sungai Buloh in Selangor, the Pandarosa nursery is a popular haunt for herbal enthusiasts.
Indeed, nature has its secrets. Tan showed me plants with shapes that look like the organ which they supposedly treat. Pointing at a Ficus Deltoidea or cotek mas plant, popularly known as the “female Viagra”, he turned a leaf over and showed me its veins that resembled the womb. The plant is known to improve a woman’s libido and help those with kidney and high-blood pressure problems.
“How effective herbs are depends on how motivated and consistent one is. If taken correctly and consistently, one would feel its effects. Some share with others their remedies. Most patrons know of my nursery by word of mouth,” he added.
Finally, to quote European herbalist Abbe Kneipp, “There is a plant for every illness.”
The Star, 15 Julai 2003
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