To be Fair

The Keeper of Tradition Medicine

Madam 陈秀花 is a tradition medicinal woman is the village of Shanti Asoke. Many from all over Bangkok comes to her for tradition remedies for cancer, skin care and many other illness. Since she was child, she has always been interested in tradition herbs. She experimented with taking the herbs herself.

Now at the age of 60, looking like she is still in her mid 40s, she is an established tradtional herbalist with her own pharmacy and medicinal hall. TV station, newspapers and magazines feature her regularly. There are more than 200 difference species of herbs in her garden and a large enzyme laboratory at the back of her medicine hall.

However the journey to get to where she is had her ups and downs. She was married with 3 children but lost her husband in a car accident. Widowed and with three small children, she decided to sell the factory of her husband and bought a small piece of land in the asoke village in Bangkok. There she set up her home and her medicine practice and brought up her three children. Two of her sons are married and she has two grandchildren now.

I asked her what motivated her. She told me her motto in life is just to live happily and to be able to help others.

posted by Vegie @ 9:45 PM