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thomas pars



Joined: 29 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:19 pm    Post subject: Finally found medicine that works! Reply with quote

I get sick about twice a year here. And as always I would go to the
doctors and they would give me the 30 pill mystery pack. Last time
however, a friend suggested I go see an acupuncturist/ Korean herbal
medicine doctor. The doc prepared a tea that I was to take 3 times a
day. Usually my colds stick around for almost 2 weeks.I felt alot better the next day. And by the end of the week it was gone.

He told me most of the time those mystery pill packs don't work.
As they are meant to treat the symptoms and not the illness. Either way,
do yourself a favor and head to the traditional herbalist. It is more expensive
but it actually works.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If your Korean herbal doctor has found a cure for the common cold then he could become one of the richest men in the world!!

Gimme his number! I want to buy shares in his cold cure company!!
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The Sleeping Earth



Joined: 08 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's called homeopathy, and it's as big of a mystery/scam as any in the word.
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Pink Freud



Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It has nothing to do with homeopathy.
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Kang-aji



Joined: 06 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Remember that prevention is the best medicine! Oh, and laughter, I guess, but I'd rather prevent a cold than laugh while I have a cold. Especially if I'm all phlegmy.

I don't know if you already do all this stuff, but I suggest multi-vits, a good diet, exercise, not drinking in excess, etc. All these will go a long way to reducing that cold-count.

When I did get whacked with a cold once, my Korean co-worker brought me a bunch of packets filled with turtle-foodesque pellet stuff, a couple of random pills and rice porridge. That did the trick for me. I felt better really quick!
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mystery pack? What, the nurse at the doctor's office doesn't hand you the prescription sheet? Every time I've been prescribed medicine here, that's what happened. You can even get them to tell you what it is if you can't read hangeul.
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kang-aji wrote:
I don't know if you already do all this stuff, but I suggest multi-vits, a good diet, exercise, not drinking in excess, etc. All these will go a long way to reducing that cold-count.

Right. Also avoiding exposure to second hand smoke and wearing a mask during the yellow dust can do wonders for protecting the immune system.
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curiousaboutkorea



Joined: 21 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kang-aji wrote:
I don't know if you already do all this stuff, but I suggest multi-vits, a good diet, exercise, not drinking in excess, etc. All these will go a long way to reducing that cold-count.


Thanks, Dr. Obvious! Laughing
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kinerry



Joined: 01 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:51 am    Post subject: Re: Finally found medicine that works! Reply with quote

thomas pars wrote:
I get sick about twice a year here. And as always I would go to the
doctors and they would give me the 30 pill mystery pack. Last time
however, a friend suggested I go see an acupuncturist/ Korean herbal
medicine doctor. The doc prepared a tea that I was to take 3 times a
day. Usually my colds stick around for almost 2 weeks.I felt alot better the next day. And by the end of the week it was gone.

He told me most of the time those mystery pill packs don't work.
As they are meant to treat the symptoms and not the illness. Either way,
do yourself a favor and head to the traditional herbalist. It is more expensive
but it actually works.


I've got this keychain that prevents tiger attacks, IT'S NEVER FAILED ME!

With suckers like you born every minute, it's always easy to make a buck.
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Kang-aji



Joined: 06 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Finally found medicine that works! Reply with quote

kinerry wrote:
With suckers like you born every minute, it's always easy to make a buck.


No need to get catty. Just because you don't believe it, doesn't make it stupid. For thousands of years, every person on the Earth believed it was flat until one nut-job had the audacity to say it was a sphere. Do you have perfect knowledge of the body's inner workings? Can you say for sure this remedy DOESN'T work?

Also, let's not forget this: Where do you think modern Western medicine came from? Most of the basic chemicals that pharmaceutical companies use came from PLANTS, people. Also known as HERBS. That were used in herbal remedies for centuries before being scientifically studied and refined.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Finally found medicine that works! Reply with quote

Kang-aji wrote:
kinerry wrote:
With suckers like you born every minute, it's always easy to make a buck.


No need to get catty. Just because you don't believe it, doesn't make it stupid. For thousands of years, every person on the Earth believed it was flat until one nut-job had the audacity to say it was a sphere.


Actually, it's been known for more than a couple of thousand years that the planet's not flat and it wasn't exactly a crazy notion either.
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Kang-aji



Joined: 06 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fair enough. My point is that the op's recommendation isn't so crazy either.
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thomas pars



Joined: 29 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is why I hate this site. I try to do a favor and recommend a
cold medicine that works better than anything else I've tried
and get berated for it.

Fine get sick, stay sick. And in the mean time go F--- yourself.
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Easter Clark



Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thomas pars wrote:
This is why I hate this site. I try to do a favor and recommend a
cold medicine that works better than anything else I've tried
and get berated for it.

Fine get sick, stay sick. And in the mean time go F--- yourself.


Laughing Laughing Laughing
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thomas pars wrote:
This is why I hate this site. I try to do a favor and recommend a
cold medicine that works better than anything else I've tried
and get berated for it.

Fine get sick, stay sick. And in the mean time go F--- yourself.


Dave's WIN!! Laughing
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