When I was young, I had a story making me surprised. At that time, I could not find out any answers about what I doubted until I grew up.
My mother told me that Thai people have used Thai herbs to treat some illnesses in the past. She planted Thai herbs such as garlic, shallot, lemongrass, and chili around the backyard and often described their properties to me. When having free time, she always reads many books related to the benefits of Thai herbs. Therefore, it is not surprised that she knows a lot about them. I believed that she might be cultivated by my grandmother to know about them.
When I was four years old, my mother told me that I was scalded by hot water on my right arm. I cried loudly with suffer. My mother was shocked when looking at eruption on my arm, and then hurried to bring me to go to the nearest hospital. She felt bad to leave me alone in that day. I stayed at the hospital with her about two days. She took care of me well until a physician allowed me to come back home. I took medicines every day after I went out the hospital. She was afraid that my eruption became a scar, so she walked at the backyard to pick star cactuses which have a property in cure a scar. She always used them to smear on my arm. After that, my scar became relieved. I never believed before that Thai herbs can really cure my scar.
Now, I am aware of the benefits of Thai herbs planted around my backyard. I learn to know about them more and more. Most new generation hardly knows them. However, I think that they are amazing plants.