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Healing traditions thrive in Phnom Penh


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Krouch Sopheak has never visited a modern doctor. In his 38 years, he’s cured all his aches and pains with the help of his uncle, a travelling healer from Banteay Meanchey province.

 

“Traditional healers deal with all kinds of minor maladies,” Sopheak says, sitting next to a burlap bag filled with herbs, roots and bark in a shop in O’Russei Market.

 

He’s come to Phnom Penh to buy herbs for his uncle, who is preparing a tonic for a woman with severe menstrual cramps.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/healing-traditions-thrive-phnom-penh

 

 
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