TEMPO.CO, Seoul - Every side of the world has its own unique and sometimes extreme traditional medicine. Korea with its Ttongsul is no exception.
Ttongsul, a traditional medication from the country of ginseng, is a kind of wine with 9 percent alcohol. The extreme part is that this wine uses human feces in the fermentation process. The rather-disgusting potion has been used since centuries ago and started to be abandoned in 1960. However, the video tape of its making process has only recently been viral.
"The making of this 'feces wine' was tracked down by a VICE correspondent. The correspondent found a Korean traditional doctor who claimed to be the last person who knows about the making process," wrote Daily Mail last Tuesday. Dr Lee Chang Soo, the doctor, said the potion can heal several diseases like fractured bones and epilepsy.
Soo stated only the feces of 6-year-old children can be used, which, according to him, are still clean and do not stink. Yuka Uchida, a VICE correspondent tried to drink the wine. According to her, it tasted just like any other wine but she could not clear off her mind from thinking about the feces and she felt like she smelled a feces odor when sipping the drink.
DAILY MAIL | ANINGTIAS JATMIKA
