I told my Chinese boss that I was sick and she gave some cold remedies to take. The thing is that the packages are written in Chinese and my boss does not know what they are called in English.
One of the remedies is a powder that you are to mix with hot water and drink. It comes in a little plastic packet. The packet is white and green, and the only recognizable letters are OTC. It tastes like minty and sugary coffee. The mixture has a dark brown color.
The other thing I got were tablets that come in the same kind of package they use for Dentyne Ice gum. It contains white and blue pills. I was told to take the white pill in the afternoon and a blue pill before I go to sleep. The only thing recognizable on the package are the numbers 999 inside of a rectangle. My boss also told me that she thinks the name of the product was black and white, from what she could translate that was written on the pack.
Actually, my wife has some sort of topical cream from that same 999 company. It gets rid of diaper rash over night. Not it doesn’t bother you the next day, I mean there is no sign there was ever a rash at all. Freaking awesome. And the white and green drink mix stuff sounds familiar. I may even have some of that at home right now.
If you can scan or post a photo of the packages I can have my wife look at them and see if she can help a bit. You can email or PM me, or you could post them here.
The herbal stuff is called Kangganjiedu granules. Scroll at the bottom of this page for some very basic info. That’s pretty much all that seems to be available in English. From what I can glean from the Chinese pages, it appears to be a popular remedy for relieving cold and flu symptoms. The instructions say to drink one pack, with water, 3 times a day.
The pills appear to be paracetamol and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride tablets. This is not a specifically Chinese remedy, as a matter of fact, the active ingredients are the same as non-drowsy Sudafed.
