Visitors to Bali have also caught on to the powerful healing benefits
of jamu, no doubt in part due to the popularity of the film Eat, Pray, Love.
A Balian [traditional Balinese healer who works with divine energy] will be consulted, and they will
use jamu [herbal medicines derived from the lush Bali landscape], massage and energy healing to help cure the sick.
Some argue that powdered turmeric is too bitter and not pure enough to use in
making jamu and others recognize that it is a valid substitute.
These include not
only jamu drinks, but body scrubs made of ground rice, and oils for hair and body containing the local beautiful flowers and herbs.
Start your day with a dose of a local herbal medicine
called jamu, and end it tucked into a canopied bed in your sumptuous Javanese villa.
Using the finest ingredients of the age - old tradition
of jamu, the spa offers affordable spa treatments.
Indonesian people have been
using jamu (herbal remedy) for years.
One
jamu that can not be questioned for its amazing health benefits is made with turmeric and ginger, known as Jamu Kunyit Asam, and can easily be made at home with access to the right ingredients.
Local organic red rice wine is available by the bottle as well as a selection of
jamu (traditional tonics).
Essential oils, exotic centuries - old herbal «
jamu» drinks and Balinese massage techniques and wraps delivered and applied by skilled therapists will relieve your muscles of tension, leaving you ultimately relaxed.