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these are the "ingrediants".
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Taste bitter and sour, the smell drives hubby out to his garden!!!
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they are gancao 甘草 - the long stick,
chuanhonghua 川红花 - the red flower petals,
shouwu 首乌 - the black thingy,
& binlang 槟榔 - buah pinang, the supposed-round flat patterned thing.
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