大安药园休闲农场 Part II

Taaadaaa! This post is definitely an educational post, because I'm blogging about some medicinal herbs that can be found in Da An!  Do you know that herbs are very useful? They can be used in culinary, medicine and other spiritual usage! 


So let me introduce the herbs in Da An! They are normally medicinal herbs (: 


Mr Chen, Da An's teacher is very creative in teaching as she relates Chinese Zodiac (the twelve animals) to introduce the herbs! Firstly, let me test you all, what are the animals in Chinese Zodiac? Well, there's no reward for answering this question correctly Hahaha! 


There are....mouse,cow,tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,goat,monkey,chicken,dog and lastly pig! (must be in sequence please) :P


*Drum rolls* The first animal is...

Mouse! 

So the herb that relates to the mouse is...

                                                  Salvia coccinea L

For those who can read Chinese, can you see the relationship 

between the zodiac and the herb? 

It has the word "mouse" or 鼠 in the name! It can be used for treatment of fever and abdominal pain :)

So what's the next animal?

                                                                        Cow! Mooooooo

             Morning Glory, aka Ipomoea nil

Again, there's the word "Cow" or 牛 in the name (:

TIGERRRRR*Roarssss*

                                  Sansevieria. It can be used to treat cold cough and bruises  (:

Taadaa...here is Ms Rabbit! 

Hmmm are you curious about how dandelion relates to rabbit? In Taiwan, it is normally known as 兔兒菜 (again, the word "rabbit" or 兔 in the name) It's very useful because it helps to treat red eyes, sore throat,cold, fever, gastroenteritis and etc etc. There're lots more but I can't list down all here! :(

Next, Dragon! 

Duchesneaindica (Andr.) Focke

Then...it's Mr. Snake! *hisssssss*

Hedyotis diffusa Willd

Listen carefully, it helps to treat acute appendicitis (early stage) and......... cervical cancer! Wow. so cool right? 

Ahhh I think that's all for today. I know it's to much for you all to absorb in one day..so take a break. Continue next time okay? *cheers

So cold and windy here. i think typhoon is landing very soon :(( 

大安藥園休閒農場 Part I

Aloha! Me again. It's time to update another new story yeah?

Initially, we're quite worried about the promotion stuff, but our TN, Yu hao is really nice and he told us that don't worry about it first. All we need to do now is just experience everything and help out as much as we can in Zhen Tou Shan so that we can produce good quality promotion and marketing stuff. How kind he is.

So today, we went to Da An Herbal Medicine Leisure Farm. There are hundreds of herbs and plants that can be used in medication in the farm! We were informed that there was a group of elementary students coming to farm for study tour so we had to help to conduct the activities (:

The farm

Herb testing in process.

 Teacher Chen was teaching on how to differentiate the herbs! 

 Heading out to the farm! 

 For those who came back from the farm, they had to complete the puzzles! And it's all about herbs, cool right?

 Aha! aloe vera planting in process. Everyone get to plant their own aloe vera and bring it back! 

 We're happy kids!

 Mini snail on aloe vera. Hahaha! 

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Guava-wrapping day

Summer in Taiwan, can you imagine how hot it is? Let me tell you, it's like the weather in Malaysia - hot and humid. So there is a reminder for you all, make sure that you apply sun block before stepping out from the house!

Okayyy, let's get it started.  As Zhen tou shan is famous for guavas, so we can see guavas EVERYWHERE! 

There are 8 guava trees in Chai Da Jie's house, so we're helping her to wrap the baby guavas :) 

Do you know the reason we need to wrap the guavas? 

Actually it could prevent bugs and protect the outer skin of guavas! 

 This was my first time (and Dani, my partner in Zhen Tou Shan) to wrap guava. It's a truly fun and interesting experience. However, there is one thing that you should be aware of is.. the mosquitoes! Make sure that you apply mosquito repellent before heading to the  garden. 

Pen off, Chai Da Jie's calling us for lunch now! :) 

隐居山林

 Hello! I'm Mei Jin from Malaysia, from AIESEC in UNMC Malaysia! *claps please*

Well, why I chose this project?

Initially I was planning to go Vietnam for GCDP, but things didnt go as I planned earlier at last minute *cries*. I was about to give up to go for GCDP, until I saw this Taiwan Farm Fun Taiwan project :) Oh yeah I'm a nature lover! That's why I got excited when I saw this project on aiesec.net and it sounded fun!


So taaadaaaaa, I'm in Taiwan already for 3 days and I'm located in Zhen Tou Shan Agriculture Area. 


Unlike in Malaysia,the sun rises at  5am! I thought I'm going to be late for my work  every time when I open my eyes because of the sunshine -______- 

This is 隐居山林, my first homestay in Ilan!  It's so beautiful and the hosts are really friendly! (: I feel that I'm back to my home in Malaysia again. As the hosts are vegetarians, so we just followed their diet :) Although it's vegetarian food, it tasted delicious!

The house is HUGE. 

The view from the house! The scenery is breath-taking.

 There are several rooms that you can choose from. Each room has its own uniqueness! 

They grow some vegetables outside of the house too! And there are lots cute decorations around the house. 

My partner from Indonesia, Dani! 

Chai Da Jie (the host) and her cute grandson! 

A home feels home is not only because of the house, it's the bonding between family (: No matter how far you go, there's always a place called home.