I get nasty pangs below my tummy that come and go for about half of an entire month. The pains usually last 30 minutes to 1 hour and can happen at any point of the day. I’ve had them wake me up at 4 in the morning a few times. Not fun. I even logged some of the experiences and have yet to see a pattern in terms of the time of day they occur. So basically, I spend about 10+ days in a month feeling miserable. This is excluding the usual monthly visitor. Ah, the wonders of the female body.
My family doctor’s given me some antibiotics (Mefenamic) which do work, I guess. I mean, it’s kind of hard to tell considering the pain tends to go away by itself anyway.
Anyway, my mom picked up some Wuji Baifeng Wan made by Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group Corp. Ltd. under the Great Wall Brand label from a local Chinese grocery store. (You can see an image of the packaging and some general information about its uses at Amazon.) She took these kinds of pills when she was young and figured that I could give them a try too.
The pills themselves are fine but I’d really like to punch the people that designed the capsule that holds the pills because …
I suppose, decades ago, this was the method used to keep the capsules from popping open themselves while in transit from the factory to the stores and they’re maintaining the tradition nowadays too? Whatever the reason may be, it really has to go. I’m not sure what the quickest method is for removing wax but I’m pretty sure nothing compares to simply opening the plastic shell. Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group Corp. Ltd. must be too damn poor to get new machinery and shells with clasps, I guess. Actually, I’m not sure why no reviewer on Amazon mentioned the idiotic design.
Thankfully, there are other companies that also make the white phoenix pills and don’t package them in some ancient traditional method.
Edit: We tried another brand later on which actually had an illustration of how to open a damnable capsule — you’re supposed to apply pressure on it such as stepping on it with your foot. 9_9
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Hi there! Great read! I’d like to suggest another way of opening it though without necessarily scraping all the wax (i agree, the design is definitely not user friendly). All you have to do is to look a trace of the ‘equator’ circling around it, and then hold it on that part. Next, squeeze it really hard until it pops open. 🙂
😀 Thanks for the reply! I’m not strong enough to pop open the blasted capsule with my hands though. I found the alternative of just stepping on the thing instead. ^^;;