Chapter I
The Book That Survived.
A leather-bound ledger of remedies, carried out of Old Songkhla and kept in the family for five generations. Water, war and time took almost everything else.
The Secret
Chapter II
Written to Be Read.
Its pages are not incantations. They are measurements — grams, hours, the exact hour of the day to pick each flower. A working manual, kept by someone who expected it to be used.
Chapter III
Still in Use.
Every formula we make traces to a numbered recipe in that book. We have modernised the vessel, never the proportions.
