Tropical Medicine pictures

If you're interested in tropical medicine made from plants in the jungle, you're in luck. We have just the guy to show you. He graduated from a tropical medicine school in the south. One item he makes which everyone seems interested in is Tiger Balm. It's a lot more complicated than you might think. It takes over a dozen plants and a step-by-step process. Here are just a few of the steps...

All pictures are from the cameras of professional photographer Mr. Frits Meyst of Adventure4ever
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Tropical medicine

Step 1 - know your plants

Wild medicinal plants

Step 2 - gather those plants

Processing tropical medicine

Step 3 - chop 'em up

Making Tiger Balm

Step 4 - mash 'em up

Tiger Balm from wild plants

The finished product!

It is much more complicated than this, but you get the picture...

Thai massage with Tiger Balm

Carefully apply in a traditional Thai massage... and we'll all lived happily ever after!

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