Sunday 28 June 2015

Understanding the Chinese medicinal terms Part 2

P o i s o n o u s  prawns ???? Did I miss something ? Or do I need a hearing aid ? If it is poisonous why are you cooking it and serving it on dinner table ?! Mom , are you trying to kill all of us to claim insurance benefit ?!! 

Ok calm down . The word poisonous is a direct translation of the word [ 毒 ] if you can't read it as it is typed in Chinese , it is  a word they use for poison in Chinese language . The term is literally or maybe mostly use to describe seafood . Arkshells are poisonous , prawns are poisonous and crabs sometimes . But shark fins are not . All of them that comes the same generation that would use the term 'poisonous' would think we are a nut job not to eat shark fins because we are against cruelty and trying to protect that sea creature . In their world shark fins are like top of medicinal food , they are good for skin , hair , energy bla bla bla and expensive things must be good .

They would say avoid poisonous things when you have chicken pox , an open wound . So my understanding of it simply relates to histamine release. The poisonous food group are usually the type of food that causes hypersensitivity in the general population . Sea shells allergy and peanut allergy for instance . Yes peanut is very poisonous they say . And so when you have an skin infections and eczema prone skin , allergic reaction happens easily with seafood as in this region or place where we live , sanitation is not perfect , so the seafood's cleanliness is not top notch . The possibility of allergic / histamine release is high after you eat those food mention and itchiness (scratch and scratch ) would worsen the broken wound , leading to skin infection . Here you go , when you get puss oozing out of your wound , mom will go : because you have poison in your body ! Now you need to wash your blood (????with detergent ) with burdock root soup .

Oh hemm gee . 

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