No Qualms about Chinese Medicine

Zhirui is an interesting little tot who doesn’t give the frown when asked to take medicine, even Chinese medicine. In fact, she sips them down like sipping her favorite soup.
We did this with the help of some little friends- piggy, baby and doraemon. In the past when Zhirui was not so receptive to medicine, we would try many ways-- like dishing out rewards. In some occasions it worked, in some, it doesn’t, when she saw through our plot.
Then one day, we told her during medication time, “Ooh.. look at piggy and baby, they take their medicine and drink lots of water. In this way, they will get well quickly. How about zhirui?” Being a keen ‘peer’ learner, she quickly replied, “I want too.”

So from then on, her little friends would join her during every medicine feeding sessions. “Let’s take turns to take medicine. Ok, who shall Mummy feed first?” “Piggy! Then baby! Then doraemon” And she will always be the last. After gulping down some water herself, she'll make sure her little friends do so too. haha..

A few months down the road, she no longer runs away during medication time. She could also understand that the doctor prescribes medicine to help her get well from an illness. Now, she has no qualms about taking medicine.

Speaking about medicine, we were very much grateful to know Physician Lee from 乐仁堂 whose medicine works effectively on Zhirui's common ailments. Everytime during new teeth emergence or just before a growth spurt, she would run a temperature. Neurofen and Dhamol help to keep dangerously high temperature at bay, but soon after the peak is over, we'll switch to Chinese medicine to dissipate the heatiness and within 2 days, Zhirui is well again. Chinese medicines are herbal in nature and hence does not harm her young and developing organs. On the other hand, Western medicines are usually synthetic and could leave residues that are not easy to get rid from the body.