Vegan skincare entrepreneur Hildra Gwee goes back in time in search of natural, healing ingredients to use in her products because people in the past used plants and herbs for common ailments. Hildra discovers that back in the old days, diseases were believed to be caused by evil spirits and bad air' and so some of the cures that people in Singapore turned to were inevitably... dodgy too. A few were harmless, like the homemade remedies made popular during the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 while others were actually poisonous, like the so-called miracle cures' that could contain anything from mercury to heroin! In her journey to find natural prescriptions, Hildra rediscovers legitimate remedies that should be remembered, as well as frightening ones that are best, forgotten. Continue watching Into The Vault 2: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMf14VQEvTYZazzJlhKr0BbOvIh17roh ====== About #IntoTheVaultCNA: Truth, or fiction? We once had our very own Christian Dior, a real-life chewing gum villain, and a street named after tofu. In this new season, 6 Singaporeans uncover more curious tales from our past. ========== #CNAInsider #IntoTheVaultCNA #SingaporeHistory #TraditionalMedicine For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://ift.tt/2C3sZiR Facebook: https://ift.tt/2PPEuNA Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider
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