Taking a Gamble
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
GLODOK market in West Jakarta is home to several wooden shops, each adorned with a golden sign written in Kanji script, where traditional Chinese medicines are sold. Here you'll find bundles of sliced roots and bunches of leaves as well as packaged medicines on offer, guaranteed to cure all ailments. One of the promotional signs on display reads: "Sinshe (Chinese physician/herbalist) Djiauw Wie Young treats both men and women for all kinds of intern
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