Tuesday, April 8, 2008

馬尿有止咳的作用?!?!?

After almost 2 weeks of struggles with my cough, today i finally give in to my mom's instruction of drinking some cough medicine we called 'horse pee'. Why is it called 'horse pee'? I dunno, but it sure tasted like it!!!!! Ick Ick.

After extensive research on the internet, I found a little bit of info about it:

歷 史 悠 久 的 咳 藥 水 「 馬 尿 」 , 究 竟 是 甚 麼 ?
馬 尿 的 英 文 名 稱 是 Mist Expect Stim , 簡 稱 MES , 因 為 它 含 阿 摩 尼 亞 , 成 分 和 味 道 都 像 馬 尿 , 所 以 得 到 這 個 稱 號 。 MES 主 要 用 作 化 痰 , 通 常 政 府 門 診 都 會 處 方 這 種 藥 水 給 病 人 , 一 般 很 有 效 。
(source: http://health.atnext.com/

祛痰的咳藥則有﹕guaifenesin及ammonium chloride(俗稱馬尿),都可令痰液變稀,容易咳出。
(source: http://blog.yam.com/bali1004/article/9067278)

Whew! It seems these so called "horse pee" isn't really directly from the pee pee of a horse. It's just smells and taste like it coz of the ammonia in it. Nonetheless, the best way to avoid it is to get healthy!

Well it's time for me to get more rest so I can recover faster.

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