[UPDATE below]
I had a bit of a cold for a few days and I very much needed a good night's sleep. I probably would have headed to a store and picked up some NyQuil if I were in the US.
However, in Chengdu, Sichuan province NyQuil was not an option so I realized some East meets West ingenuity may be in order.
So first, I picked up a box of this:
If you're not sure what that is, let me flip the box over:
But some Tylenol Cold medicine on its own certainly wasn't equal to a good dose of NyQuil without a special key ingredient. So, I added that ingredient by washing down the medicine with some of this:
Baijiu is a very common distilled liquor in China and there are a wide range of qualities. The above bottle set me back about 10 yuan (about US $1.50).
The verdict of this new combo?
Well, based on my single test run it had a bit more of a kick to it than NyQuil but it served its purpose well. I had a very good night's sleep.
Maybe this is why I've never seen NyQuil in China.
[UPDATE: A reader kindly recommended against mixing alcohol and Tylenol. I had unwisely assumed that if NyQuil could mix cold medication and alcohol that other mixes would be fine as well. After checking here, here, and here I realized it isn't that simple. Under certain conditions mixing Tylenol and alcohol could have very negative consequences. Fortunately, given my health, infrequent drinking, and the low dosage of Tylenol I was very unlikely to have a problem. See the previous links for more information. I hereby add the warning: I do not recommend trying this at home (or elsewhere).]
I had a bit of a cold for a few days and I very much needed a good night's sleep. I probably would have headed to a store and picked up some NyQuil if I were in the US.
However, in Chengdu, Sichuan province NyQuil was not an option so I realized some East meets West ingenuity may be in order.
So first, I picked up a box of this:
If you're not sure what that is, let me flip the box over:
But some Tylenol Cold medicine on its own certainly wasn't equal to a good dose of NyQuil without a special key ingredient. So, I added that ingredient by washing down the medicine with some of this:
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| 90 proof Baijiu |
Baijiu is a very common distilled liquor in China and there are a wide range of qualities. The above bottle set me back about 10 yuan (about US $1.50).
The verdict of this new combo?
Well, based on my single test run it had a bit more of a kick to it than NyQuil but it served its purpose well. I had a very good night's sleep.
Maybe this is why I've never seen NyQuil in China.
[UPDATE: A reader kindly recommended against mixing alcohol and Tylenol. I had unwisely assumed that if NyQuil could mix cold medication and alcohol that other mixes would be fine as well. After checking here, here, and here I realized it isn't that simple. Under certain conditions mixing Tylenol and alcohol could have very negative consequences. Fortunately, given my health, infrequent drinking, and the low dosage of Tylenol I was very unlikely to have a problem. See the previous links for more information. I hereby add the warning: I do not recommend trying this at home (or elsewhere).]
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