So you ran out of compresses and it’s going to be a few weeks before your beloved Lom Love has more in stock… What to do?!
In lieu of your favorite compresses there is always the option to make them! Believe me, it’s not as convenient and it’s certainly not as authentic as imported goodies from Thailand, but it can be a fun project and they smell oh so good! After shopping around town I have a few favorite new places and some memorable encounters!
For an abundance of dried herbs such as Turmeric and Ginger you can count on Mimi at Troung An! They don’t carry fresh herbs including the extremely important lemongrass but she knew where I could find some and helped me out. Because Vietnamese grocery stores are more likely to carry fresh lemongrass she even wrote out the translation of my shopping list so I could find what I needed!
Another fun place is Lek’s Asian Market. Lek is the owner and she was incredibly excited to tell me exactly what I needed for making my herbal balls, as she has been a massage therapist and knows all about them. She insisted on fresh ingredients and happened to have frozen Kaffir Lime leaves from the tree she conveniently had for sale 
After a lot of searching and a little frustration I finally found the thorn in my side that is lemongrass! Pacific Mercantile Company, right in the heart of downtown, has very reasonably priced goods. I could have spent a lot of time and money there on things I was not necessarily looking to buy.
I highly recommend checking these places out for food, medicated liniments and of course your compress ingredients!
We use Lom Love herbal compresses at our student clinic: Denver Integrative Massage School
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