Its been 3 weeks now and I still have some type of strep-throat/bronchitis-y virus. Mom says I seem to be getting ill more than usual here. I wonder if it's something in the environment.
Anyways... I thought I would dish up dad's and my favorite remedies for combatting illness in China:
- Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa cough syrup which is pretty much like the Chinese version of Robitussin. It tastes like herbal cough medicine with a slight aftertaste of wet dog and comes in both syrup and lozenge form.
- Ginger tea - fresh ginger boiled for hours until the water is yellow/brown and the mixture is really spicy. Then add lots of honey to make it drinkable (I add lemon too). Helps the throat, stomach... pretty much everything. Actually, it's possible that it doesn't help anything at all, but the spiciness alone makes it seem like it's working.
- Congee - rice soup. Good for stomach. Very bland.
- Comfort foods: Chinese minestrone soup (pretty much tastes like minestrone except it is sweet and spicy as well), and apple strudels (we buy them at the Japanese bakery... they are amazing!)
- Mango 7+7 juice - this is my new favorite! Dad bought me this for vitamin C value I think... but the cool thing about this juice is that it has 14 different kinds of juices in it, including spinach, broccoli, grape, carrot, bell pepper, purple broccoli, apple, celery, pineapple, lemon, passion fruit.... but mostly mango. It tastes pretty great for having that many vegetables inside of it!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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