chinese medical hall

With a piece of paper with prescriptions on it, I went to the nearby Chinese medical hall to get some herbs for the mother.

Chinese medical hall. It seems like there is at least one in every Chinese community in the world, to the point that I got a feeling they have Chinese medical hall before they have Chinese embassies. Even with the advances in Western medical science, many Chinese still trust Chinese herbs more than Western pills. Many believe that while Western medicines suppress the symptoms, it's the Chinese ones that cure the root of it all. Somehow I buy that idea too. But Chinese medical halls are progressing too. It is not uncommon to see diapers, panadols, vitamin C pills and cod fish oil in a Chinese medical hall.

So back to the one I was at. I was sitting on the stool, waiting for the lady to get all the stuff on my list. Reminds me of traditional hardware shop, they always have a way to locate the tiniest of components. While waiting another customer came with her toddler son. So the mother pass the son a 5 dollars note to pay for the stuff, and guess what, that kid gave me that 5 dollars note. (smart kid, hur hur hur)

This kind of heartland feeling, you will hardly find at pharmacy.