BIZARRE.

[jhameia]

I went to see a physician today about my hives, since my family cannot get over the fact that once in a while I break out in a fit of rashes. I wanted to try acupuncture, but this physician treated my brother's acne, so my mum trusts him more.

He had a look and started asking if I drank a lot of tea or ate a lot of fruits and veggies, which I haven't in Canada, but I do drink a lot of chrysenthemum tea and soya bean milk here. He then asked if I eat a lot of salads in Canada, which I clearly don't. Either way, his diagnosis is that I eat too much cooling foods ... which are like, veggies and fruits and various teas. And I have a surfeit of Vitamin C.

Don't ask me how this works. But if anybody has any clue, please let me know, because I don't understand it, either.

I was given a set of black pills, red pills, and liquid.









The instructions say that I have to take four red pills and four black pills, four times a day. I also have to drink 30ml of the liquid medicine at the same time.

I'm told the red stuff is for circulation, and the liquid and the liquid medicine for rashes. This is going to happen for the next four days.

Also, the liquid medicine? Tastes AWFUL. A sip is fine, because it's Chinese medicine, it always tastes a bit, well, distasteful, but gulping the whole shot of medicine? IT FELT LIKE BURNING DOWN MY THROAT.

I have no idea what's in the medicine. My dad asked if they were registered, and the man giving it to us hedged around the answer.

WAHH.

Comments

[jolantru.livejournal.com]

O_o

The second pic ("for rashes") says that it is for hives - the Chinese characters for 'hives'. But I am not sure about the chemical make-up of the pills.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Ahh. That works. Hives are a form of rashes, after all! Thanks! Can you tell what the first one says?

[jolantru.livejournal.com]

I think... something to do with circulation, though I had to keep staring at the Chinese characters.

[ardwynna-m.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're about to enter the Matrix.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah. With the flash on, the black pills actually look blue, too.

[sparklemagpie.livejournal.com]

That's crazy Jha! D: Good luck!

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Usually chinese herbal pills you have to take a lot of - they're powdered forms of the usual herbs. Because Chinese herbs aren't as immediately potent (with attendant side effects) you have to generally medicate a lot, regularly. At least that means if there is side effects, you can scale back on dosages easily.

Usually, hives/rashes, etc. is too much HOT food, though. Usually a combination of heat + liver or lung stuff.

For warming, but not hot foods, you can usually do good with soups, jook, pork, ginger, etc.