I was inspired to make the multipurpose plantain salve after returning back to the big city of Tangerang. The fierce instinct of mosquitoes to survive there triggered itchy and inflamed bumps on my skin. Fortunately, I had brought a small jar of broadleaf plantain infused oil with me there. Before making this salve, you need to make broadleaf plantain infused oil first, and the method I usually use is…
Tag: Wild Plants
Etiquette of Foraging
Foraging can be defined as to search for, to identify, and to collect food; medicine; materials for tools that are sourced from nature. Humans have lived this method of surviving for about 90% of history, usually by the help of simple tools to collect fruit/leaves/seeds, to fish, or to hunt animals. Currently, only about 0.002%…