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The Lanna Eating Culture
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Chiang Mai University Library in collaboration with Information Technology Service Center
 
 

Frutescenes


 
            Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton
 
            Libiatae
 
            Nga khimon (Northern); Nga mon (Shan – Mae Hong Son); Ngae (Kanchanaburi); No (Karen-Mae Hong Son); Nong (Karen-Kanchanaburi)
 
            Small round seeds, brown, common in the northern highlands and wet areas, thrives well in the rainy season and can be harvested within 4 months after planting.
 
        
            Calcium, phosphorus, Vitamin B. Lanna people roast the seeds and finely grind it to mix with sticky rice with a little salt, called “Khao nuk nga”.
        
The seeds contain unsaturated fat to prevent high levels of cholesterol, prevent and treat heart disease, nerve related illnesses like insomnia, weakness, rheumatism, numbness, lack of appetite, constipation, eye weakness, cancer problems (as it contains a substance called “sesamol”), anti-aging. Seeds are pulverized and placed on the spot that muscle pain occurs. (Tribal Museum Online Project, 2007).
 
            

Tribal Museum Online Project. Samunphrai. Retrieved
July 11, 2007, from http://www.hilltribe.org/thai/lahu/lahu-herbs.html (in Thai).