The moh mee snuff at Mr Snuff is not the one that was commonly used in Thailand. The common one can, I think, be found at ebay. Just type in “Thai snuff” and do a worldwide search. You see a jar and the u-shaped tube used by Thais to take it. They stick one end in their nose the other in their mouth and blow the stuff up. I am fairly sure that this contains tobacco and Ebay does not know this. There have been a lot of health issues with this and it has virtually disappeared. I have not seen it in shops in decades. I do not think they are required by law to list ingredients on the label. Personally I would not touch this type of product if there was any alternative.
thank you but I cannot type the text in that alphabet. Maybe you can see something on this picture? Also something on top of the smell in this herbal snuff seems to be Sweetscented Bedstraw when I’m right. This snuff contains some rare herbs indeed.
This is “Yaw Hom” which means “good smell medicine”. I do not read Thai but I showed this picture to the wife. She took one look and said “This is to make you fart”. So, presumably, the good smell refers to the medicine not to its effect. Traditional flatulence inducing medicines are very popular in Thailand. If you go to a pharmacist looking for something to settle your stomach, such as Alka Saltza or Rennies, you will often come away with something to induce flatulence. But this is the first one I have seen that you take up the nose. It not snuff, which would be “Yaw Nut”. Enjoy!
Thank you very much - thank your wife from me - for this supplemental information. I am not farting much yet, but I can’t complain about the way things went at the toilet recently!
The 5th grader in me kinda wishes this did make melodic toots - i would get some for sure for family vacations and weddings…
this seems to be interesting: ngredients in Ya-Hom : Agastache Herba(Huo Xiang), Lysimachia Herba (Ling xiang cao), Citrus Peel (Chen Pi), Cinnamon Bark (Rou gui), Chinese mint (mentha arvensis)(bo he), Sichuan lovage rhizome (Chuanxiong), Licorice root (gan cao), Clove flower (ding xiang), Agarwood wood (Aquillaria Agallocha)(chen xiang), Southern tsangshu Rhizome (cang zhu), Angelica anomalla Rhizome (bai zhi) and Menthol.
this seems to be interesting: ngredients in Ya-Hom : Agastache Herba(Huo Xiang), Lysimachia Herba (Ling xiang cao), Citrus Peel (Chen Pi), Cinnamon Bark (Rou gui), Chinese mint (mentha arvensis)(bo he), Sichuan lovage rhizome (Chuanxiong), Licorice root (gan cao), Clove flower (ding xiang), Agarwood wood (Aquillaria Agallocha)(chen xiang), Southern tsangshu Rhizome (cang zhu), Angelica anomalla Rhizome (bai zhi) and Menthol.
What’s this? Sounds Chinese. Certainly not Thai. But there again all the old Pharmacist shops that sell traditional medicine in Bangkok are Chinese not Thai. The licorice root is the real give away. But who needs it? Just take an Oliver Twist chew, its flavoured with liquorice and always gives you a good run for your money. Keeps me regular as clockwork.
don’t like the Oliver Twist. too simple. Everyone can make that, it is too much money for just a tin of 7g tobacco. This thai stuff is really complex and stays and keeps developing in the nose for hours. Maybe I will order the other porcelain chinese snuff bottle that mr snuff sells. But first I am going to Rotterdam later this week and then I visit a large Chinese supermarket, will ask if they have some kind of herbal snuff. This list of ingredients came from a google search on ya hom, I don’t know if the source is thai or chinese.
Went to the Thai toko in Rotterdam today and took my bottle of Thai Herbal Yellow. Showed the older couple that runs the shop and to my big surprise they stocked some “Ya Hom” from another brand as well. It contains a paper inside the box with instructions how and where to use for. With a few translated sentences in English as well. You can sniff / inhale Ya Hom or make a tea of it by adding hot water. This brand has basicly the same smell and ingredients as the Yellow one (which I ordered from MrSnuff) but the quality is much better. I’m always happy to buy something nice in a store with friendly interested people rather than ordering online. This box was a little cheaper then Mr. Snuff’s offer as well.
The only herbs I’ve ever used I smoked. Never was into random herbal snuffs or herbal cigs myself.
don’t like the Oliver Twist. too simple. Everyone can make that, it is too much money for just a tin of 7g tobacco.
I agree its a bit expensive for what it is. Glad you think “Everyone can make it” might try to make it myself if its that easy. But that would not be until next year. I need to plant a new tobacco crop first.
@logicalfrank Good luck growing! The weather conditions seem to be good. When you roll out a piece of Oliver Twist you can clearly see it is the cutted side of a tobacco leaf. So that must be the easy part. Making the sauce is second but can’t be that difficult since they list the ingredients. Maybe you can even make it better (by adding some Ya Hom???)
thank you but I cannot type the text in that alphabet. Maybe you can see something on this picture? Also something on top of the smell in this herbal snuff seems to be Sweetscented Bedstraw when I’m right. This snuff contains some rare herbs indeed.
This is “Yaw Hom” which means “good smell medicine”. I do not read Thai but I showed this picture to the wife. She took one look and said “This is to make you fart”. So, presumably, the good smell refers to the medicine not to its effect. Traditional flatulence inducing medicines are very popular in Thailand. If you go to a pharmacist looking for something to settle your stomach, such as Alka Saltza or Rennies, you will often come away with something to induce flatulence. But this is the first one I have seen that you take up the nose. It not snuff, which would be “Yaw Nut”. Enjoy!
Well, Ive been snorting this all night to help with a cold. Then I read this comment, and it explains why im still stopped up, but now I can’t stop farting. Thanks.
I have no idea whats in the Thai red snuff, but I really like it and it does make me feel calm. No farting, but as I said above, some time ago, I’m pretty sure its tobacco snuff, no matter what they say on Amazon or Ebay. If anyone does know whats in it, could they please post? I am curious about it. And I think the 1954 date on the bottles, even the new-looking plastic ones, is perhaps a different calendar.
I just tried a nose-full of the yellow, and it sure has a burn that I would say is indistinguishable from that of tobacco. I don’t sense tobacco in it specifically - I didn’t get a tobacco buzz, but it sure seems a lot like a tobacco snuff. There seems to be menthol in it, but not too much. It’s very nice, once the menthol goes away (I’m not a fan of menthol). There’s definitely cloves in there and some other indian-type spices that I can’t place specifically, but they are good for those of us who are into the smells of Indian food. I’d also like to know if it has tobacco, if there’s anyone who can translate it into English.
…And I think the 1954 date on the bottles, even the new-looking plastic ones, is perhaps a different calendar.
According to the interwebs, 2556 = 2013. The Thai calendar dates from the start of Buddhism (543BCE). So apparently my Thai red expired in 2010, while the yellow has a date of 2013 (hopefully a “bottled in” but I’m not too hopeful. Still, it seems nice, so I’m going to keep sniffing it.
Just took a good sniff of the red. Now that definitely does smell like tobacco (still no noticeable nicotine buzz though), and the other scents in it definitely are not my cup of tea. There’s no Indian spices coming through with that one and there’s a weird sweetness to it - and for some weird reason it literally smells like it’s doing me harm - it has an air of antifreeze or maybe auto touch-up paint about it (maybe that’s the camphor - whatever it is, it’s overpowering and I don’t like it). Anyway, I aim to trust my nose and not go anywhere near that stuff again.
That yellow stuff lasts forever - I’m still getting a little sense of it an hour and a half later.
The red dose have a lacquer hint to it with a suttle hint of banana smell that seems to turn the initial hit to a very rancid smell in short time. That is why I have 3 new bottles of it in the trade thread. Date of 58 means it was made in 2015.
thank you but I cannot type the text in that alphabet. Maybe you can see something on this picture? Also something on top of the smell in this herbal snuff seems to be Sweetscented Bedstraw when I’m right. This snuff contains some rare herbs indeed.
This is “Yaw Hom” which means “good smell medicine”. I do not read Thai but I showed this picture to the wife. She took one look and said “This is to make you fart”. So, presumably, the good smell refers to the medicine not to its effect. Traditional flatulence inducing medicines are very popular in Thailand. If you go to a pharmacist looking for something to settle your stomach, such as Alka Saltza or Rennies, you will often come away with something to induce flatulence. But this is the first one I have seen that you take up the nose. It not snuff, which would be “Yaw Nut”. Enjoy!
This really needs to go on the Mr Snuff review page Fart snuff…tell me that wouldn’t sell…especially when someone figured out that you can mix it with Toques Cheese and Bacon for that extra …how shall we say…effervescence :))