Apr
20
2010

Where the BEE ended up finally..

Last week, Darling had a bad sore throat that he eventually lost his voice. He went to a Chinese Medical shop and bought this. I don’t read nor speak Chinese so I’m not too sure what they are. He told me to boil it for him so that was what I did… But I got the shock of my life when I tore open the packaging and saw what was inside..

Ok, at first they looked normal to me with all those Chinese herbs. But ONE particular thing made me jump!

Remember I posted about the bee or hornet that caused havoc in my living room? Well, many of you asked what happened to it in the end.. Here’s the answer..
I boiled it together with the chinese herbs! lol.. just kidding :D I did not do that! Darling took it to the road outside and let it off.

On a serious note though, the Chinese Herbs that Darling bought has dried bees in it! THAT was what made me jumped when I first tore the packaging. I’ve never seen bees as herbs before and just the thought of boiling and drinking them scared the heck out of me. Well, I did boil them for Darling but I did NOT even want to have a sip of it..

Nope, I don’t drink bees! :P

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Caroline Ng May Ling April 21, 2010 at 4:24 am

let me translate d chinese word – "kai sheng cha" = open voice tea. LOL! dats if direct translate la k. :) i used to drink thse types of herb medicine when im small till am 16 cz i dnt eat tablet medicine. :s its actually common thing. n yea for sure smelllllllyyyyyy. :S My dad usually will gimme drink it with sour plum.

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Caroline Ng May Ling April 21, 2010 at 4:25 am

CHOPPED!

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reanaclaire April 21, 2010 at 4:46 am

i think it is not bee la.. maybe another type of insect??? i seen before dried cockroach.. yucks!! dont ever let them near me… now thinking of that can make me retch! urgh… but it heals him, right? :p

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Merryn April 21, 2010 at 4:49 am

@Caroline – You are so cute lah.. after explaining panjang lebar baru u CHOPPED! lol.. I'm laffing like crazy imagining what the heck is in ur mind [email protected] – Dried roaches? Eeewww.. I'd rather suffer than eat or drink those things leh… :(

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Tekkaus April 21, 2010 at 5:35 am

Why there is dried bees? Yikes! :D

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Alice Law April 21, 2010 at 5:40 am

Ohhh~!! BEE can get rid of sore throat?!! All this while I was thinking that only HONEY is a good remedy for hoarseness!!!

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wenn April 21, 2010 at 6:34 am

haha, it's smelly too. My husband sells this kind of herbs too.

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Pete April 21, 2010 at 7:30 am

This herb with the black bumble bee very effective for sore throat or when one lost his voice….cure very fast! After that can 'sting' like a bee…..beware….ha ha ha!

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smallkucing April 21, 2010 at 7:59 am

Chinese med are like that la…some even put poo in.

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Merryn April 21, 2010 at 8:23 am

@Pete – Oh yes! He sure can 'STING' after that! lol… :P

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bluedreamer27 April 21, 2010 at 8:38 am

is it normal to have that dried bee in the Chinese herbs?? is it,,, a sort of medicine or something or accidentally put in the packaging???yikes! i will not dare drink it no matter how sick i am haha

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ddy the writer! April 21, 2010 at 8:39 am

oh man… u guys eat that? I hate bee but i like honey. hehee

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bluedreamer27 April 21, 2010 at 8:39 am

by the way merryn, i got the simplified explanation of how blog idol works… hope it helps

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Mummy Gwen April 21, 2010 at 9:35 am

Eeee….so geli lah. But Chinese med is like that lor.

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suituapui April 21, 2010 at 3:44 pm

Those may be a different kind of bees – don't just simply drink bees. In Chinese medicine, they use poison to fight poison…but never had any with bees before. They even have scorpions and centipedes…and snakes… Aiyor! You let it go? Should have killed it! These days, many reports of people being kiled by bees!!! Dangerous!

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the little prince April 21, 2010 at 6:36 pm

I dont think is bee but its looks so errrrr….I dare not boiled it too@@ :-)

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eugene April 21, 2010 at 6:57 pm

halo,, in cantonese it is called Ham Chok Fong,,, believed to contain somekind of property that smoothen the throat,,,,,

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Mei Teng April 21, 2010 at 9:50 pm

Haha…I wouldn't want to drink something made from dried bees. There's a certain type of Chinese herb that looks like dried maggots…which is mostly seen in herbal soups.

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CH Voon April 21, 2010 at 9:54 pm

When I saw the photo – medicine directly convert to mandarin “open voice tea”So funny medicine!Bee is one type of medicine. Same apply to “Lipas”. Try it. “Lipas” ‘s function is release body hot “gas”.

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mNhL April 21, 2010 at 9:56 pm

Chinese herbs come in all kind of things which make us goes YUCKS! but they cure pretty effectively. I won't dare to drink too….Gross!

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~LiLHypPo's mUM April 21, 2010 at 11:57 pm

I kinda hate chinese herbs in a way… they put all these kind of weird and yucky stuffs…how la to telan kan? :S

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Alice Phua April 22, 2010 at 4:46 pm

First time for me to hear about using dried bee together with other Chinese herbs. Thanks for sharing! :-)

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Ayie April 23, 2010 at 8:42 am

i wouldn't have a sip too, your darling so brave! lol

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Irene April 23, 2010 at 8:35 pm

mebe u supposed to boil the bee inside? hahhahahahah!

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slavemom April 23, 2010 at 11:05 pm

The buzzing bee was looking for its dead fren. hahaha

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