Tired of coughing incessantly, I decided to try a different cure. I went into a shop selling traditional Chinese medicine and explained that I had a dry cough. The proprietress said she'd get a bag of herbs for me to brew. She set about opening drawers and picking herbs which she put into a Burger Awam bag. Whatever happened to the paper used to wrap herbs or was that in bygone days?
I don't know more than half of the herbs in this bag. There are a lot of leaves and what I think are white lily bulbs. The proprietress gave me instructions on how to brew the herbs which were good for 2 doses.
Firstly, soak the herbs for half an hour. Then brew the herbs with 5 rice bowls of water for an hour. That would leave me with at least 2 bowls of medicine. Actually, it tasted more like a kind of tea than a bitter brew.
The next day, I could brew again adding 3 bowls of water and this time, I didn't need to brew for an hour. Okay, it didn't cure my cough but at RM16 for this bag, I think the price was a bit steep.
No comments:
Post a Comment