Scented water She explains the idea of making such a scented water is to put 8 tablespoons of dried herbs in a pan of 1 pint of water and simmer for 10 minutes. This water then is to be allowed to cool. Then it is to be strained to remove all the herb pieces. For the actual bath then a quarter of this scented water is to be put into your bath, highlighted with fresh flower petals on top of the bath water. She explains roses and lovage have a cleansing and deodorising effect. For a refreshing effect she recommends to use
Tubho tea Tubho tea Tubho tea (sometimes spelled tubha), is a traditional herbal tea of the Ivatan people in the Philippines made from dried leaves of the tubho fern. It is one of the rare teas in Filipino cuisine, as most Filipinos traditionally prefer coffee over tea. Tubho tea is made from the tubho fern ("Sphenomeris chinensis biflora"), a subspecies of "Sphenomeris chinensis" found in the northern Philippines, Guam, Hong Kong, and southern Japan. Some authors consider it as a separate species, "Sphenomeris biflora". Tubho tea is not made from fresh fronds of the tubho, instead it is made from mature fronds