Yuan Xiao Jie

Today's Yuan Xiao Jie and although it marks the end of celebration of the CNY, it doesn't make any difference to the day itself - I was again not, only Renee's but also daddy's chauffer today, ferrying him to and fro the workshop(he's getting his car's 'spring' changed for a much better drive).

Renee had came back from school last Friday, coughing with phlegm and as my gastric isn't that well, I thought we might as well get ourselves checked by the chinese physician today. A change of plan and we went straight home instead, after picking Renee up/visiting the Buddhist Temple. Daddy was supposed to meet a client for dinner but it was last minute postponed til tomorrow, so he's able to have dinner with us, hurray - since it is Yuan Xiao Jie, :D.

At the physician's, myself was given 2 types of prescriptions and since I wanted to take them the 'original' way - herbs brewing(instead of them in powder form) for better 'healing' effect, we decided to buy this - I call it 'the BREWER', heeee. This should make life or should I say, brewing chinese herbs alot easier. All we have to do is to simply put in the herbs, fill up with the indicated amount of water, switch it ON, wait for a couple of hours and voila - the 'remedy' is ready, with a beeper informing you too. No need for the constant checks on the brewing 'status' anymore!:

The smaller 'pot' is for brewing/double-boiling tonics

Renee seems to be very 'heaty' and her body's very warm, like fever's attacking anytime, so apart from the bottle of mixture, the physician prescribed 2 bottles

of this, to cool/detox her body

I've forgotten to inform the physician that Renee's complained of tummyache for a few hours on Sunday morning(she was ok a while after I've applied 'ru yi' oil on her tummy) but he hadn't detect anything wrong with her tummy, so I guess it could be due to the 'heatiness' as it'd done so once before(will monitor anyway).

*It's funny how heatiness can cause so much discomfort/problem to one's body and although the western medicine does not entirely agree, they however can't explain how one's ailment/symptoms dissipate after the chinese medication. From personal experiences, we've found out that chinese medications are actually more effective in many areas....(A few areas I can strongly name offhand now are - our digestive system, women's menstral symptoms and 'heatiness')