On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:52:16 -0000, "DC." not@home wrote:

There's a old Chinese saying & believe that when you travel, it's easy to
get 'filled up with wind'. Hence you often find many elderly Chinese
travellers with all sorts of menthol oil or tiger balm type rubs & potions,
very similar to how the Victorians travelled many years ago,
[snip]

I have a lot of respect for Chinese traditional medicine. Sounds like
they're pretty smart about travelling, and I wouldn't expect any less.

Also, be prepared to get a respiratory infection and bring along a
good remedy, such as a thing that squirts salt water into your nose.

Now i'm afraid... i know it's winter & with the shadow of SARS looming, is
it really that bad?

I didn't get SARS! I was actually getting respiratory problems because
the windows in my damned hotel didn't open and they recirculated the
air in the place!

when you say respiratory, what do you mean exactly?
[snip]

Incipient bronchitis/sinusitis.

But that thing that squirts saline solution into the nose is a very
good remedy.

Michael

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