Comments for Mumsgather http://mumsgather.com My very own mini, personalised, parenting resource. A cyber filing cabinet of parenting articles and links. I love sharing my children's favourite sites, online games, crafts and exchanging childcare stories and parenting issues faced with other parents. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:45:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Cough, phelgm and sputum by Annie Tan http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314754 Annie Tan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:58:29 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314754 My mom used to double boil the orange with rock sugar. Slice the side of the orange till it looks like a large cube, then insert the rock sugar into the orange. Then double boil it - maybe 2-4 hours. Then drink the orange juice - it taste a bit bitter due to the skin. I love it, but have not done it myself. BTW, yesterday I coughed till vomit - like a child.... My mom used to double boil the orange with rock sugar. Slice the side of the orange till it looks like a large cube, then insert the rock sugar into the orange. Then double boil it - maybe 2-4 hours. Then drink the orange juice - it taste a bit bitter due to the skin. I love it, but have not done it myself. BTW, yesterday I coughed till vomit - like a child….

]]> Comment on Cough, phelgm and sputum by Baby Darren http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314690 Baby Darren Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:11:53 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314690 hey...i've just recovered from my 3 weeks cough...took 2 bottle of cough mixture + 3 visits to the clinic did not help until....I boil this to drink for 3 continuous day.. Go to chinese medical hall and ask for (translated in cantonese) 1. Chuin Pui 2. Nam Hang & Pak Hang 3. Kat Peng The above are 3 MAIN ingredients..they may add some other herbs that I cannot remember the name. You can ask the people at the chinese medical hall. This is not any special medicine but a very common herbs for cough. Pack RM5 per pack and boil from 3 bowls of water to 1 bowl (about 2 hrs), using small flame. Then drink 1 pack each day for 3 days and see whether it improves. If you are not too sure, u can just go to chinese medical hall and asked them to prescribe you some herbs. It works on hubby and Darren too. Hope it helps.... hey…i’ve just recovered from my 3 weeks cough…took 2 bottle of cough mixture + 3 visits to the clinic did not help until….I boil this to drink for 3 continuous day..

Go to chinese medical hall and ask for (translated in cantonese)
1. Chuin Pui
2. Nam Hang & Pak Hang
3. Kat Peng

The above are 3 MAIN ingredients..they may add some other herbs that I cannot remember the name. You can ask the people at the chinese medical hall. This is not any special medicine but a very common herbs for cough. Pack RM5 per pack and boil from 3 bowls of water to 1 bowl (about 2 hrs), using small flame. Then drink 1 pack each day for 3 days and see whether it improves.

If you are not too sure, u can just go to chinese medical hall and asked them to prescribe you some herbs. It works on hubby and Darren too.

Hope it helps….

]]> Comment on Having a maid complicates the family dynamics by shoppingmum http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/27/having-a-maid-complicates-the-family-dynamics/#comment-314680 shoppingmum Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:05:20 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/27/having-a-maid-complicates-the-family-dynamics/#comment-314680 My ex-maid in Ipoh never spoiled my kids. She would just let them cry and cry and won't give in if I've told her upfront about the rules about food and TV. She was so strict to them, and when my parents saw it, they thought she's too hard on my kids. :P But I think she did the right thing as that would be the way I will handle my kids as well. But over here, my part time help can really spoil them. We have language barrier, so it's hard to explain to her how to treat my kids. Thus, I tend to "push her away from my children" and just let her clean the house. Got what I mean? LOL! My ex-maid in Ipoh never spoiled my kids. She would just let them cry and cry and won’t give in if I’ve told her upfront about the rules about food and TV. She was so strict to them, and when my parents saw it, they thought she’s too hard on my kids. :P
But I think she did the right thing as that would be the way I will handle my kids as well.
But over here, my part time help can really spoil them. We have language barrier, so it’s hard to explain to her how to treat my kids. Thus, I tend to “push her away from my children” and just let her clean the house. Got what I mean? LOL!

]]> Comment on Cough, phelgm and sputum by lia http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314669 lia Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:51:21 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314669 feel better soon hun! <strong>Thank you. :)</strong> feel better soon hun!

Thank you. :)

]]> Comment on Cough, phelgm and sputum by lia http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314667 lia Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:47:21 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314667 yes, kayu manis is cinnamon. Hot tea/lemon/honey works great too. I have bought echnieca (sp?) liquid, a bit mahal at first but you only use a few drops at a time. Marvellous stuff. It also numbs the throat so drinking/eating isnt so ardous. <strong>Whats echnieca?</strong> yes, kayu manis is cinnamon.

Hot tea/lemon/honey works great too.

I have bought echnieca (sp?) liquid, a bit mahal at first but you only use a few drops at a time. Marvellous stuff. It also numbs the throat so drinking/eating isnt so ardous.

Whats echnieca?

]]> Comment on Cough, phelgm and sputum by henny http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314643 henny Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:29:42 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314643 MG, I have a traditional recipe for bad cough and flu take 1 tablespoonful of warm honey and mix with 1/4 teaspoon of "kayumanis" powder (I couldn't find the term in English, I hope it has the same meaning in Melayu term). Ususally I find the cough get decrease and also the phelgm & sputum. <strong>Honey is always good yah? I think kayumanis is cinammon if I am not mistaken.</strong> MG,
I have a traditional recipe for bad cough and flu
take 1 tablespoonful of warm honey and mix with 1/4 teaspoon of “kayumanis” powder (I couldn’t find the term in English, I hope it has the same meaning in Melayu term). Ususally I find the cough get decrease and also the phelgm & sputum.

Honey is always good yah? I think kayumanis is cinammon if I am not mistaken.

]]> Comment on Cough, phelgm and sputum by mott http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314642 mott Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:18:07 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314642 Don't know much abt this heaty/cooling thing as well. All I have is my granma's remedy (which is a traditional one), just make almond milk drink. Somehow it always works. I think you can buy the almond custard powder (for making the dessert) and just add warm water. <strong>That would be just almond powder right because doc say cannot drink milk because it creates more mucus.</strong> Don’t know much abt this heaty/cooling thing as well. All I have is my granma’s remedy (which is a traditional one), just make almond milk drink. Somehow it always works.

I think you can buy the almond custard powder (for making the dessert) and just add warm water.

That would be just almond powder right because doc say cannot drink milk because it creates more mucus.

]]> Comment on Cough, phelgm and sputum by wen http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314639 wen Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:11:09 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/29/cough-phelgm-and-sputum/#comment-314639 i personally think that leong char wont help with ur cough and u shd take cough with phlegm medicine. my fren reconmended a cough medicine with mint which can be bought from pharmacy. I don't know if spelling is correct or not but here it goes: Tomsolo <strong>Thanks. :)</strong> i personally think that leong char wont help with ur cough and u shd take cough with phlegm medicine. my fren reconmended a cough medicine with mint which can be bought from pharmacy. I don’t know if spelling is correct or not but here it goes: Tomsolo

Thanks. :)

]]> Comment on Elderly Care in the UK by Kyle http://mumsgather.com/2007/11/14/elderly-care-in-the-uk/#comment-314614 Kyle Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:38:15 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2007/11/14/elderly-care-in-the-uk/#comment-314614 I enjoyed your post. Thanks, Kyle http://www.thehomecaredirectory.com I enjoyed your post.

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]]> Comment on Having a maid complicates the family dynamics by physiomom http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/27/having-a-maid-complicates-the-family-dynamics/#comment-314244 physiomom Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:32 +0000 http://mumsgather.com/2008/08/27/having-a-maid-complicates-the-family-dynamics/#comment-314244 Certainly. We need to set the rules and put a stand. Afterall they are just aliens from another country..who are they to set their own style .Ultimately we are still the boss..EEE I still havent got over the dilemma and allergy over "MAID" since the recent maid issue 2 months ago. No matter how nice thet are to our kids, we never can tell what's their real motive. <strong>Its always better to err on the cautious side with our kids.</strong> Certainly. We need to set the rules and put a stand. Afterall they are just aliens from another country..who are they to set their own style .Ultimately we are still the boss..EEE I still havent got over the dilemma and allergy over “MAID” since the recent maid issue 2 months ago. No matter how nice thet are to our kids, we never can tell what’s their real motive.

Its always better to err on the cautious side with our kids.

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