Thursday, November 11, 2004
More hair than usual has been falling out of my head lately, so I made a trip down to the local Chinese Traditional Medicine Dispensary last week to see what the doctor's orders/recommendations were. Walking in the front door (actually thick plastic strips hanging from the top to "keep in heat") reminded me of about the same aroma as a veterinarian's office in the States. I came armed with a Chinese-English dictionary in case I heard terms like "anemia" or "zinc/iron deficiency", which I had heard before in America. Little good it did in Chinese medicine, but somehow we communicated back and forth about my options. The doctor brought out several boxes - each boxset full of herbs and liquids. All these boxes were supposed to last only four days - one cough syrup-sized bottle taken four times a day, too. I thought that before I bought and consumed mindlessly, I atleast needed to write down all the important ingredients off the box and come back and Google them all. So I found myself today on the internet looking for a Chinese-English medical dictionary online. I found one, boy, did I find one. Here is one exerpt from the aforementioned site:
All Chinese characters used at this site are displayed in GIF image format thus obviating the need for a text-support system. This also serves to deter the 'cut-and-paste' plagiarism rampant in this decadent age.
And I can't help but post what is now my and Frank's favorite quote found in China so far. Here it goes:
This site is crafted with altruistic intent and serosanguineous sacrifices. Any act of plagiarism, irrespective of nature and extent, is counter-revolutionary and tantamount to bed-wetting.
Posted at 09:53 pm by
Brandi In China
