| abstract | - [Source] Shig was a Mandalorian tisane, a beverage infusion made from any available herb. The citrus-flavored herb called behot was a popular choice for making shig, and was often used as a natural relaxant. Shig brewed from the behot herb possessed an amber coloring, and retained the plant's citrus flavor. Some Mandalorians enjoyed splicing their shig by adding a touch of tihaar, a powerful alcoholic spirit Mandalorians distilled from fruit. Jedi Knight Etain Tur-Mukan found shig soothing to her stomach while she was pregnant, and her adopted Mandalorian father, Kal Skirata, enjoyed a mug of shig to calm his nerves. Cantinas along Chortav Meshurkaane in Keldabe sold mugs of shig, and the native anti-Imperial resistance fighters of Toprawa brewed their own shig from locally grown behot herbs by the end of the Clone Wars. While working with the resistance on Toprawa, the Jedi Knight-in-hiding Jax Pavan came to develop a taste for the hot beverage, and drank shig often during his time on the planet.
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