Anyone who has experienced a massage involving a hot herbal Sachet knows it is a very relaxing way to ease pain. However, there is much more to these sachets of natural herbs than simply relaxation and stimulation. The origin of the herbal sachets dates back to the 14th to the 18th century,'when they used a warm sachet with natural herbs applied to specific points of the body. It would be administered to heal back pain, sprains, skin diseases and inflammations.

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The sachets often contained ingredients such as ginger, turmeric, galangal, tamarind leaves, lemongrass, pendants leaves, camphor, Kaffir lime and sweet basil.