Monday, March 28, 2011

Sinus Management

People (OK so only my parents) have asked if the herbal potion I took last week helped with the cough.  It did provide temporary relief and soothing, but I was still fighting the cough on Friday.  I decided to pursue the next level of Chinese medicine by going for ear candles (advertised to be good for total body health).  We have a friend who swears by it for migraine relief.  Below is a picture of the event, sorry for showing so much skin and for the graininess of the shot.

In the end it didn’t work either, although it was very relaxing.  I was tempted to try to talk the guy into shoving the candles up my nose instead, but “Wǒde tōnghuà  ma”, which literally translated means that my Mandarin is horse-horse-tiger-tiger (so-so).  Yeah, maybe sounds strange but try to explain “I’m just pulling your leg” to a Chinese national.  We ended the night with a trip to Starbucks and a red bean scone with a green tea smoothie.


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