With long, small black appearance, lengthy purple branch color, it looks like wild bamboo which make most people bewilder that it is useless; instead it is used as a necessary plant for decreasing temperature in human being as well as being helpful for many other diseases.
Khmer traditional medicine is used almost in all areas in Cambodia, especially in rural area where the traditional custom is strongly applying. It has been well-known for all type of people, young, old, poor, single and married people since Angkorean period. The remedy has been extracted from vine, small plants, tree, which has totally 90 difference kind of plants and it has been taking from all provinces, such as kompong Speur, Kompong Chhnang, Pur Sat, Kompong Thom, Kompong Cham and Battambang Province. Besides,
Animal is an effective remedy in curing illness; however it is banned and is not allowed because it leads to animal extinction.
Within strong belief of plant, healer, LY Bounarith, said that, the old medicine or remedy is come from all kind of natural or wild plants such as Sleak Snay, Plou Baat, Plou Thom, Krovine, Pepper, Union and so on. He adds that the customer decide to use traditional medicine, for it is cheap, good quality and has no two side affect to health and it has been using since prehistory.
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