Friday, April 22, 2011

Shit Koreans Say ... about medicine.

"Korean medicine is too strong for foreigners."

"Be careful when you take your medicine it is stronger in Korea."

I can't tell you how many times I heard some variation of that theme when I was sick in Korea. It was alost as annoying to hear as "Korean food is too spicy for foreigners." Even people who should know better, doctors, would spout the party line about how much stronger and more effective "Korean" medicine is compared to Western pills. The funny thing is that they weren't talking about some kind of Oriental medicine they were talking about pills. In most cases the SAME pills you can get in the west with the same name. Nothing special about them at all.

6 comments:

  1. I've never heard that, but I have noticed how a lot of pharmacies have information about how the 미국 FDA approved many of the products.

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  2. You are lucky not to have heard it. :)

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  3. Heh. 한약 is just toxic. It merely promotes purging by kick-starting your own defenses to get rid of the invasion and anything else with it.
    Koreans are fond of saying things are 'too strong'. Even makkoli and soju which are pale shadows of strong ale and gin/ voddie.

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  4. I always had to laugh when Koreans went on about how strong soju is. I am rum drinker. soju is like a weak vodka.

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  5. Isn't 한약 Chinese medicine?

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  6. Is this a good medicine that cure the human?

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