my pa has been coughing for nearly 2 weeks. almost everynight, i hear his coughs till i sleep.

initially, i asked my ma whether pa has seen a doctor. ma said pa refused to see a doctor.

just now i asked pa, and he said he has seen a 中医. and i asked him what the 中医 said. he said 中医 told him it's "风咳". i asked what's "风咳", and ma said "我也不知道，以前大舅也是这样，咳到好为止咯。"

i asked: 为什么看中医
ma: 中医可以调嘛
i asked: 那药呢
ma: 有吃啊
i asked: 那为什么没有好
ma: 哪里有那么快好的

seriously i have NEVER trusted 中医 in treating illness. ok, perhaps sprains, dislocations and improving health, they are better. but for others, i still believe in western medicine? at least symptoms will be controlled in a shorter span of time, at least you won't be waiting for the medicine to take N days/weeks/months/years/decades to 把身体调好, after which then your illness will go away? or you thought you have recovered when in fact you should thank your immune system.

why dont my parents learn their lesson? a few years ago, my sister fell ill, and they brought her to see many 中医s. my sister didn't get any better. Till my sister was really very ill, then they brought her to the hospital. treatment was delayed. she need not undergo all the chemotherapies. but because she went to see 中医s who just prescribed some herbs or medicine to improve her health and told her to "放轻松 不要那么压力", treatment was delayed. all because of the 中医s' useless advice.