We picked up Manang Lorna the Herbalist at the Philtranco bus station around 3pm. She looked stylish in her new outfit. She said she has a new suitor and is thinking about marrying him. Of course he is also a muslim like her. If she agreed she would be his 3rd wife. And she would need to live in Zamboanga City.
But enough of the pleasantries. Bugoy requested for a caretaker. Why settle for a mindless caretaker? Call Manang Lorna. And she arrived as promised.
I have confidence in manang lorna that these kinds of infections are very easy for her.
After picking her up we passed by Bugoy’s old apartment to get supplies like his stove, clothes, utensils, the computer, etc. We passed by his girlfriend for her to see his progress. Then we shopped for some folding beds.
Manang and I gathered the initial materials she needed. Atsuete in the market. Sambong leaves in the same street of our house in our village. Avocado leaves in our garden.
Then we made the effort to lug every item to the 3rd floor where the apartment was. Tiring day.
Manang Lorna immediately gave Bugoy her cleaning treatment with atsuete. Then prepared his bath with Sambong.  Then she cooked him some avocado leaves tea.
As I left the two of them Manang lorna had just finished her tawas / prayer / oration to ward off evil spirits or kulam from my brother.
My brother confided in me that he was wary of Manang Lorna’s ways. I reminded him that this is the great but eccentric Manang Lorna who taught me many things and helped cure my infections then as documented in www.eczemacure.info . That the reason she was here was because YOU asked ME to call her up and cure YOU. So you had better respect her and accept her treatments as I would not have wasted her time so she could ride a bus all the way from the farthest end of Bataan to be your maid. She’s an accomplished herbalist and she is the only doctor I know who is willing to live with you and be your maid at the same time. Just remember to pay her well.
Tomorrow is another day. I think Manang will be with us in the next week or two.