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  • The cow snout was acceptable, but the thick orange drink he recommended for washing it down—something called jamu, resembling a barium cocktail flavored with buttermilk and garlic—was a onetime experience, thanks.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The cow snout was acceptable, but the thick orange drink he recommended for washing it down—something called jamu, resembling a barium cocktail flavored with buttermilk and garlic—was a onetime experience, thanks.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Eni, 31, sells a traditional herbal medicine called jamu from a basket that she carries around the dockyards and fish markets of North Jakarta.

    Mercy Corps Roger Burks 2009

  • However, a majority of health workers interviewed in Indonesia subscribed to views one, two or three in preference to seven, despite an extensive re-education campaign by the Ministry of Health over the past five cars it is obvious therefore that we must follow the example of the extensive "jamu"

    Chapter 10 1985

  • Speaking at a ceremony on the ground-breaking for the construction of a 'jamu' factory, Mari said that that the export value was still far below the total herbal medicine sales on the domestic market of about US$500 million annually.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2010

  • Speaking at a ceremony on the ground-breaking for the construction of a 'jamu' factory, Mari said that that the export value was still far below the total herbal medicine sales on the domestic market of about US$500 million annually.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2010

  • The absence of medicine to cure the deadly flu forced people to use alternative treatments, such as jamu (traditional herbal drink).

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2009

  • Untuk pengobatan, dibuat ramuan semacam jamu dari biji milk thistle.

    Mengenal Milk Thistle, Tanaman Penuh Khasiat – Netsains.Com 2008

  • Aisyah ground up the remaining half of the root and gave Peter a second dose of the jamu.

    The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

  • Aisyah gave him some of that jamu stuff but he really needs proper treatment and medicine.

    The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

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