Comments on: 3 Effective Chinese Medicines

By: tammy

tammy — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:16:03 +0000

stinky balls smell so bad the dog covers it’s nose to try to keep from smelling it. Really tho’ my tummy is always grouchy and my friend gave me some and today I feel better. She swears by this stuff. SMELLY

By: Winnie

Winnie — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:57:59 +0000

Those three are very famous old brands of Chinese medicines. I like the Chinese Cough Syrup-(京都念慈菴)川贝枇杷膏 because it’s also tasty..

By: Amberite

Amberite — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:12:54 +0000

I’ve been taking some chinese medicine for my current bug. They gave me antibiotics two local remedies. One of them is “Fufang jiegeng zhike pian” or lobelia according to the picture on the packaging and some Google translations — it doesn’t seem to do anything symptomatic but when I take it, I improve slowly, and when I stop I cough like crazy, so I’m guessing it’s the equivalent of guaifenesin, mucinex — an expectorant, a mucus thinner. These things do help you get better faster in non-obvious ways.

The other one is “fufang cao shan hu han pian” — which means, get this, menthol lozenges! Like any menthol lozenges anywhere. Except more Chinese-medicine-y in the packaging and shape. They have some other ingredients too, but they just seem to work like menthol lozenges to me.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:22:33 +0000

I remember a few years ago I had a cold and went to the pharmacy. They gave me some “cold medicine”. Later a friend came over and asked me why I was on antibiotics.

Figures.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:09:12 +0000

They’re good for you and you should try them. Or you can get your own!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:33:25 +0000

I don’t care how good the sales pitch, I ain’t stickin’ your stinky balls in my mouth!