The TCM physician diagnosed it as a cough arising fron dryness, rather than the heatiness that I thought (since over 90% of my previous sickness episodes arose because of my inherent heaty nature). I then realised that I perhaps should not have self-medicated the 羚羊水 over the weekend.
Anyway, was sent home with 2 days worth of pills (labelled 补阴片) and told I should recover quickly.
Unfortunately, I was caught (without an umbrella) in a passing shower on my way home and got rained on. I didn't think much about it and continued working on the poster prints which I had to complete today (the voucher expired on 17th).
I was coughing quite a bit during YX's last music class today, and attributed it to the chill since it rained heavily in the afternoon. I barely finished the clear fish soup I had bought for dinner. But I was elated to find that YX enjoyed her spaghetti bolognese and almost finished the whole serving.
On the way home in the car, I was coughing through'out but thought it was due to the dry aircon. I did have a plastic bag ready as I realised some violent coughs tended to attract a vomit reaction and my dinner was indeed, very watery. Thankfully, YX did not give too much trouble that evening (maybe cos we didn't ask her to practise her piano or do her activity books).
That night, I couldn't sleep well as I was feverish (I was too tired to get out of bed and find a thermometer to measure) but I thought it was okay since I was in pain the whole day from the sore throat. I also later realised I was shivering uncontrollably although I did not have the aircon switched on nor the windows open. Covering myself with a blanket did nothing to help.
