What will a Taiwanese do when he/she is sick

What will a Taiwanese do when he/she is sick ?




Besides going to a doctor, we Taiwanese have our own way to

cure our illness. For example, we will have a lot of fruit or take

vitamin C rather than medicine. Sometimes we will also go to a

doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Instead of prescribing pills

to the patients, the doctor will give you the prescription with

medicinal herbs. In the old times, you can put them in a special

pot, and after simmering for sometime, depending on the kind of

herb. The medicine would be the soup of the herbs, and it is as

efficacious as the pills. Now most of the doctors of traditional

Chinese medicine would prescribe herbal pills too, to avoid the

tiresome process of simmering the herbs.




 In addition to drink the herb stew, we also have some traditional

treatment, such as fire cupping or acupuncture. They both can relief

aches and soreness.