Fivelements :: Balinese Healing, Living foods, Sacred Arts

Discover the bounty of the Earth’s natural medicine chest.

Many of the traditions associated with beauty, vitality, health and rejuvenation are secrets whose origins have been lost in time.

For hundreds of years the Balinese have used a wide range of indigenous plants for therapeutic, medicinal and health-enhancing purposes. Balinese healers passed on to their children their wisdom and natural love and understanding of traditional herbalism.

At our Laboratorium, we are channelling the energy of life to nourish mind, body and soul. Here, we are maintaining an ancient relationship with the natural world by lovingly blending the resources of Mother Nature, and utilising ancient ‘Usadha’ herbal recipes, to create home-made, life-enhancing remedies. Freshly harvested flowers and spices are combined with native oils for hair, skin and body treatments.

Our Laboratorium can also be used as a traditional organic medicine lab, and as a facility for workshops and training. It is fully equipped with stainless steel outfitting, sinks, refrigeration, and dry, dark storage.

We have a Chinese herbal medicine practitioner, a naturopath and a homeopath on call, and our short-term goal is to activate connections with the universities who are teaching Balinese ‘Usadha’ and bring students to our working laboratorium to share knowledge. Additionally, we will begin creating medicinal gardens.