Herbal medicine

At the Chinisharns' house, there were a significant number of plastic trash bins in the garage.  When I asked what was stored in the buckets, I was given a short lesson in traditional medications.

The buckets were filled with different fruit and food scraps, which fermented over time.  Then, the condensation from the fermentation would be collected in smaller containers.  This usually meant only a few drops would be collected at a time and it would take a considerable amount of time to fill a small water bottle.  

Once collected, the liquid is often mixed with a bit of pure water before consumed or used as a toner for different aliments.  

Some of the smaller containers in the garage included liquids that were fermented for over five years before collecting or were fermented from liquid already fermented-- making these liquids time consuming to create and, thus, both important and valuable.

I tried a sip of one of these tonics or herbal medicines (when in Nakhon Phanom) and I found it to have an incredibly strong and unfavorable taste, but Mr. Narong says that he has some every day and it keeps him healthy.  It seems to work well for them!