How to Make Mangosteena Soap in Kiriwong

       Hello everyone. I’m Kanuengnut Naowapan. I’m a third year student in English major at Faculty of Education, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University. Today, I would like to show you about how to make mangosteenna herbal soap of Kiriwong Herbal Home in Kiriwong village. Before we will see how to make mangosteena herb soap, I would like to tell about Kiriwong village. The Kiriwong community is in a fertile tropical rain forest valley where the villagers largely depend on the natural resources, particularly plants, for their livelihood, including food, housing and herbal medicines. The mixed orchards, called Suan Som Rom, by the villagers are the main sources of their income. These orchards grow a variety of plant species: The villagers used the natural resources, mainly the plants grown in the community. They learn to benefit from the plants, with some adjustment for more benefits, from trying to survive in the natural environment.

       There are many communities in this village which can add the villagers’ earnings. The one of all is mangosteen soap in Kiriwong Herbal Home. Kiriwong Herbal Home is found in 1999. They produce many kinds of herbal soap that they use the natural resources. There are many products such as mangosteeenna herbal soap, lemon grass herbal soap, herbal soap mangosteeenna more tamarindus indica, herbal soap mangosteeenna more zedoaria rose

       Now, let’s us to see how to make mangosteenna herbal soap. We have to use many kinds of herbs such as Mangosteen peels, White crane flower, Philippine violet, Ringworm bush, Zedoary, Gisol, Amomum cf. biflorum Jack, Palm oil, and Coconut Oil. Moreover, we use Soap, Lye and water.

       Furthermore, there are few of materials that we use to produce mangosteenna herbal soap such as Electric Grinder, spinner, Compressor, Stamper and enamelware.

       As we’ve known about the ingredients and materials. Now, let’s us to see the instruction of mangosteenna herbal soap.

       First, dry all the seven herbs that is consist of Mangosteen peels, White crane flower, Philippine violet, Ringworm bush, Zedoary, Gisol and Amomum cf. biflorum Jack in the sun for 5-7 days.

       Second, boil the seven dry herbs with 40 liters of water. When it’s not hot, filter it.

       Third, Mix herb juice with soap and palm oil. Bring them into the electric Grinder. It will be line soap.

       Next, bring the soap into enamelware and Squeeze it by hands

       Bring the Squeezed soap into the Electric Grinder and Squeeze it by hands again

      Then, Bring the Squeezed soap into the spinner

      Bring the delicate soap into the compressor. It will be a piece.

      Finally, bring a piece of soap in to the stamper. Then it will be mangosteeenna herbal soap.

       Packaging of mangosteeena herbal soap is to pack with plastic. They use para rubber leaves. It’s very beautiful. There are many sizes of mangosteeena herbal such as 90 gram, 85 gram, and 15 gram. They are precious products for the villagers. In this study, Mr.sonthaya Chamna gave information.